Japanese town spent Covid-19 relief funds on building a statue of a giant squid
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-giant-squid-statue-scli-intl/index.html
It's easy to conclude whether or not construction of the giant squid is meaningful.
If the cost of building it is 30 million JPY, it would be meaningful when tourists brought economic impact with more than 30 million JPY. It's not good to criticize with simple impressions and without data.
