Tobu World Square

We visited Tobu World Square theme park that has 1/25 scale models (including people) of famous locations around the world. 

Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre (Egypt)

I really enjoyed the park and definitely found some new places I want to visit. The details in the exhibits and the tiny people are incredible. There are many 'easter eggs' throughout the exhibits that the tour guides pointed out to us.  Zoom in on the big model picture to see the details or find the easter eggs. So after Egypt (above), I wandered through Europe with a stop in Moscow.

Colosseum (Rome, Italy)

Cat on second floor of Colosseum

St. Vasilie Church (Moscow, Russia)

Matryoshka dolls along road in front of the church 

Drawbridge of Magere Burg (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Organ grinder to right of building on the right

St Peters Church (Rome, Italy) with Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) in background

Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)

Versailles Palace (Versailles, France)

Puss in Boots in the middle of the Versailles plaza

Big Ben (London, UK)

Sherlock Holmes and Watson at entrance to Big Ben

Notre Dame (Paris France)

Sagrada Familia  (Barcelona, Spain)

This model was completed in 2005 so it shows it under construction.  The Sagrada Familia was completed in 2027.

Alhambra (Grenada, Spain)

Neuschwanstein Castle (Hohenschwangau, Germany)

Parthenon (Athens, Greece)

Belevedere Palace (Vienna, Austria) with The Duomo (Milan, Italy) in background

Basilica San Marco (Venice, Italy)

Front view of Basilica San Marco (Venice, Italy)

Dover Castle (Dover, UK)

I then moved on to China and visited a few of its major sites.  In the Forbidden City, they were filming The Last Emperor film in the model.  On the roof details, notice each end of a row as a symbol on it to protect the roof.

Forbidden City (Beijing, China)

Main Building 

Last Emperor on the steps of main building

Film crew for filming The Last Emperor

Roof details of buildings

Great Wall (China)

After China I moved on to other East Asian countries.

Dragon and Tiger Pagodas (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Dragon and Tiger detail

Wat Arun (Thailand)

Ogres guarding Wat Arun entrance (right side)

Taj Mahal (Agra, India)

Detail of people wearing red booties (required at Taj Mahal)

Angor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia)

Masjed-e Emam (Esfahan, Iran)

Then I walked through the Japan models.  The models includes many details of people doing various typical things in Japan.  The trees around the models were banzai trees which are the perfect size for the models.

Kasuga-taisha Shrine (Nara)

Details of people leaving shrine

Kiyomizu-dera Temple (Kyoto, Japan)

Itsukushima Shrine (Hiroshima)

Himeji Castle (Hyogo, Japan)

Noodle Delivery Man

Class outing

Waiting for the bus

Farmers

New Years Fire Fighting Ceremony

Tokyo Airport (notice all planes on 747's - the primary long haul plane of that era)

Finally, I wrapped it up with a visit to the US.

Whitehouse (Wash DC, US)

Statue of Liberty (NY harbor, US)

Chrysler Building,Twin Towers, Empire State Building, (NY, US)

New York, US

Car Accident

Utility work

These are just a few of the 100+ theme park models and 140000+ miniature people.  Every morning before opening, the staff removes any leaves, etc. that blew into each model.  I highly recommend taking as many 20 minute tours as you can as the staff tells you about the 'easter eggs' in the models.