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Tobu World Square Model-Making Culture

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Japanese name: 東武ワールドスクウェア模型制作文化

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Tobu World Square in Nikko. The model-making skill of building the world's architecture at 1/25 scale.

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Tobu World Square in Nikko. The model-making skill of building the world's architecture at 1/25 scale.

About this place

Tobu World Square (東武ワールドスクウェア) is a theme park in Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. The theme park contains over a hundred 1:25 scale models of famous buildings, including UNESCO-designated World Cultural and Heritage Sites, complete with 140,000 1:25 miniature people. On 24 April 2010, a 1:25 scale model of the Tokyo Skytree was unveiled at the park. This is 26 metres tall, taller than the 19.95-metre replica of the New York World Trade Center.

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Field：Models, exhibition technology

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