Shizuoka City has the distinction of being Japan’s model city. But it’s not what you think. Shizuoka produces 80% of Japan’s plastic model kits (assembling model kits is practically a national pastime for Japanese). Even the legendary model kit maker company Tamiya is based in Shizuoka.&nbsp;Now, Shizuoka City has installed unique pay phones that commemorate this feat. You might think nobody uses pay phones anymore nowadays, but this one is so tongue-in-cheek that it will put a smile on any onlooker. The payphones, placed outside of Shizuoka Station, are constructed to resemble a toy model kit. And not just replicas, people can actually make calls using the phones.&nbsp;The model phones are <a href="https://soranews24.com/2022/03/14/japans-plastic-model-capital-installs-working-plastic-model-style-payphones【photos】/" alt="part of the Shizuoka City Plastic Model-ization Plan" class="on">part of the Shizuoka City Plastic Model-ization Plan</a>, a PR campaign with public art pieces with a plastic model aesthetic. The project has turned everything - from mailbox to monuments - to resemble model kits.&nbsp;Image: <a href="https://twitter.com/NTTWestOfficial/status/1503289411789676544">@NTTWestOfficial/Twitter</a>​#PlasticModelKits #ShizuokaCity #Japan #Tamiya #payphone #mailbox

Fans of plastic model kits can pose as part of the kit in this clever installation.Image: <a href="https://twitter.com/yuritaaaaam/status/1372841170221555712" class="on">@yuritaaaaam/Twitter</a>​

A working postal mailbox that looks like a plastic model kit in Shizuoka City. Image:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/yuritaaaaam/status/1372841170221555712" class="on">@yuritaaaaam/Twitter</a>​

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