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World’s Shortest Man & World’s Tallest

Back on October 10th, Fuji TV aired a special in which a 240cm tall man and a 70cm tall man traveled from their hometowns in China to experience life in Japan. The show billed itself as having the world’s shortest and tallest living humans, which was at least true in the case of the short guy, He Pingping of Inner Mongolia. However, I could not find much information on the tall guy, Chao (チャオ）, who is apparently not the world’s tallest living man, but it was still cool to see such a bizarre pairing.

Let’s take a look at some highlights from the show!

19 year-old Pingping alonside a 1 year-old baby:

Pleasing the crowds in Shibuya:

Being introduced to one of Japan’s living freak shows, super eating queen Gal Sone:

Visiting Hokkaido’s famous Asahiyama Zoo:

Experiencing life on a Hokkaido dairy farm:

Ping Ping taking the ice cream machine he got as a present in Japan and returning to his Inner Mongolia hometown to make ice cream for his friends and family [it is their first time]:

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8 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - October 21, 2007 at 12:36 pm

Categories: Foreigners in Japan, Japanese TV Tags: amazing, chinese, freak show, He Pingping, japanese, video, world's shortest man, World's tallest man

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Comment by Marina liteyears

2007-10-22 14:53:44

The Gal Sone lady kinda scares me,she’s cute and all, but her eyes(*.*). she has alien eyes,I wonder why?

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Comment by Tadashi

2007-10-23 08:13:31

If you are looking for alien eyes, google for Yvonne Catterfeld.

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