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Meet Japan’s Harry Potter

Accio Internet fame!

 

Aja Romano

Internet Culture

Posted on Apr 21, 2015   Updated on May 29, 2021, 12:37 am CDT

Instagram user halno has a goal to fly around the world on his broomstick—or at least make it look like he has.

With the help of a camera, a broomstick (or balloons), and a lot of beautiful scenery, he might actually get his wish.

https://www.instagram.com/p/k9X6n6pUG9/

Halno’s quest has taken him to some of Japan’s most beautiful landmarks, as well as to sites across the world:

https://www.instagram.com/p/u0UpjbpUPX/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Yh08M2pUBX/

Japan loves a good example of forced perspective—in which the camera makes objects appear to have a different spatial relationship to one another than they do in reality. In 2013, the nation fell in love with a similar photo meme inspired by Attack on Titan. We’re happy that halno’s one-man meme involves more flying and less eating people.

Float on, fellow wizard.

H/T RocketNews24 | Photo via halno/Instagram

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*First Published: Apr 21, 2015, 10:52 pm CDT