The monument was built for a memory of the Nagano Olympic Games 1998. Interestingly this statue, which seems to be a ski jumper, is put in front of the skating rink. Something strange happened in 16 years? Addition to this, someone would left his bamboo broom there as you see. Nobody’s interested in a past Olympic Games? Probably it is because many of facilities for the games are still used commonly.
You can see the monument of ski jump as a real one.
and if you prefer downhill, you can see also,
This is a part of Weekly Photo Challenge by Daily Post.
Nice to see the lesser known monuments : )
Nice take on the Monument theme! Interesting. Thanks. 🙂
Meanwhile, you’re welcome to come and see what my take on the theme is:
http://fstopfantasy.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/weekly-photo-challenge-monument-2/