While chatting with someone during my office xmas party, I heard about an interesting tourist attraction near Nikko called 'Tobu World Square' that features 100 of the world's most famous buildings in miniature scale, complete with little cars and teeny-tiny people. She said it is really amazing, so I went to check it out. Despite being a rather frigid day, it was worth the trip and the cold. Very cool place! I was really impressed with the amount of detail of the exhibits. I had trouble spotting copies of people and cars...every one seemed unique! What is funny about these exhibits is that without a real-size person in the photo, you almost cant tell its miniature scale (1:25). Above you can see China's great city, and to the right of that is Tokyo Station. The furthest right is a close up on a NYC steet scene, with an accident none the less!
Here is a shot showing various buildings all together. i guess it IS a small world after all (cymbal crash)! K, sorry about that. The middle shot is of St. Peter's in Rome. Look at all those tiny people! The far right is of course Egypt's Sphinx and Great Pyramid. eehhh....that one was just OK..
This one on the left might look familar, since its a spot I visited in real life in an earlier post, namely Miyajima's Itsukushima Torii. The center is a close up of a bonodori (traditional dance done in summer at matsuri during obon). In the rightmost shot, you can see the kind of small detail thes figures have..down to the obi sash on the kimono! Anyone who likes models, architecture and feeling like Gozilla for a day should check this place out if you are anywhere near Nikko.
