Mr. Tree at Rusutsu

Every Christmas when I was a child, we would go to the basement of the Lazarus department store for their wonderful Christmas set-up. It was like a mini-amusement park for kids. One of the highlights of these trips was seeing Mr. Tree. I was shocked when I walked into the Rusutsu ski resort to buy my lift ticket and saw Mr. Tree there to great me. It'd been a long time! I wondered what he had been up to since Lazarus closed years ago.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Hokkaido
• snowboarding
• Japan
• animatronics
• ルスツ
• 北海道
• ミスタートリー

[smailtronic]

At which Lazarus do you remember seeing Mr. Tree? I grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and they had a Mr. Tree at the downtown Lazarus. I'm curious if they had more than one.

[MuroranJohn]

Same! Downtown Lazarus in Columbus, Ohio. This must be his Japanese cousin!

[coriwillers]

Where was this talking tree?

[MuroranJohn]

Right inside where you buy your lift tickets at Rusutsu Resort in Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan.

[Semancik1650]

I AM MR. TREE DAMMIT!

[twang95]

Awesome

[Rhino888S]

Great video, really brought back memories. Thanks for posting! Is it more elaborate than the one on TV?

[thealy45]

okay that was weird