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Superhero sightings would be welcome news in a year as tumultuous as 2020. TikToker @hidden.on.google.earth asked in a video, is this real, while zooming in on a building in Google Earth. The TikTok video appeared to show a Spider-Man figure perched atop a building. The video itself had no coordinates or identifying location information. Multiple commenters asked where is this, but no one answered. However, a little bit of digging led us to StreetViewFun.com, which posted: Spiderman is here to save Japan. The building Spider-Man was seen perched atop in Google Street View was located in the city of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The video that showed Google Earth only revealed one Spider-Man, but in fact, two figurines clung to the building. A view of the front of the building revealed a second Spider-Man, which from afar looked to be the character Venom. However, it was not Venom, at least according to a company's website. The two Spider-Man figurines were part of the Mitani Equipment Industry Co., Ltd. building. On the company website, a translation from Japanese said they specialize in water supply and drainage equipment, air conditioning equipment, sewerage, etc., mainly in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture. We also roughly translated the company's explanation of the two Spider-Man figures: The Waygood! blog spotted Spider-Man on the Mitani building, as did Twitter user @nabe_kensuke. The picture on the left was from the company website: One Spider-Man can also be viewed on Google Street View from the expressway. We previously reported on other purported Google Earth finds, including zombies in Finland, Titanic in Japan, and a dead body spotted on satellite imagery.
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