Image: Richard W.M. Jones [Wikipedia]
That's a life-size model of a robot from Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky [wiki], located at the Ghibli Museum [wiki] in Japan (the museum features the anime works of Studio Ghibli, which also released the movie).
I just love the Miyazaki movies.
I would sooooo love to have this in my front yard!
--TwoDragons