Tokyo had Godzilla, at least on celluloid, but now the nearby port of Yokohama has sci-fi monsters of its own: a pair of giant metallic spiders to help it mark the 150th anniversary of the port's re-opening to the world in 1859.
The huge spiders are made by the French group La Machine.

The spiders weigh in at 38 tonnes each, the 12meter tall creatures have drawn crowds of thousands as they crawl through Japan's second city and even dip several of their eight legs into the port's murky waters.

Steered by humans perched high on their heads, the mechanical arachnids made their debut last weekend on the Yokohama waterfront, accompanied by piano music and clouds of steam blowing from their fanged mouths.

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