Cartoons

I have never been to Japan, yet, but when I think about it, a mix of high-tech and manga images come to my head. Taiwan is not the same, but many people say they look alike. Sometimes, I feel I am living in a cartoon land. As an example, this figure that sits at the entrance of the Shida campus in Gongguan

Nobody has managed to give me an explanation of its meaning, but it is taken care of: changes in decoration, it is clean. I cannot imagine anything like this in Europe.