Playing with your food

[phrodeau]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...freezes-thousands-of-fish-into-ice-as-gimmick

An amusement park in Japan has been forced to close its skating rink after a torrent of online criticism over its centrepiece: thousands of fish frozen into the ice.

Space World in the city of Kitakyushu, south-west Japan, bowed to pressure to close the facility on Sunday after an online campaign denouncing the piscine graveyard as “cruel”, “immoral” and “weird”.

The rink, which was supposed to have stayed open until the spring, featured about 5,000 dead sprats, mackerel and other fish that had been bought from a local market embedded in the ice, some with their mouths still open in apparent suspended animation, according to local media reports.

The fish were also used to spell out “hello” under the ice and to form an arrow showing skaters which direction to follow.

A spokesperson told the Asahi Shimbun that the park was considering holding a memorial service for the fish next year, adding that the fish were already dead when they were bought from a local wholesaler.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/n-icedfish-a-20161128.jpg

 

[Ms_Ann]

Cooooool...

 

[Lancecastor]

Dead Pool.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Give me a chainsaw and a fork.

 

[neci]

i find it fascinating.

edit. it could have just as easily been done in paint. the dead animal is not necessary for the effect.

 

[neci]

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f2a03b7a8b5b2ee97d6a02635ce1716e24a28878/55_0_2361_1417/master/2361.jpg?w=620&q=20&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&dpr=2&

 

[Hypoxia]

They embedded the wrong creatures.

Should have used lawyers.

Who would care?

 

[RoryN]

It looks weird...and oddly cheap.

Those color-changing LEDs would display better under the ice.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Cheap and tacky! Replicas of fish would have been pricey but very artistic.

Can you imagine the smell when it comes time to melt the ice and get rid of all those dead critters?!

 

[phrodeau]

Cheap and tacky! Replicas of fish would have been pricey but very artistic.

Can you imagine the smell when it comes time to melt the ice and get rid of all those dead critters?!

The smell wouldn't be bad. The bodies wouldn't thaw until after the ice melted.