Tobu World Square

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.

Tobu World Square

1:25 scale replica of Tokyo Skytree
Location	Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan
Coordinates	36.807773°N 139.711761°E / 36.807773; 139.711761
Website	Official website

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.[1]

Night time illumination

Between November and March the park has extended opening hours. During this time approximately 1.4 million red and blue lights illuminate the park. Buildings such as the Tokyo Sky Tree, the Eiffel Tower and the Duomo di Milano are lit up with LEDs and spotlights. There is also a 150-meter tunnel of lights that leads up to the Alpine Roses Park.[2]

List of exhibits

• Bold Exhibits are UNESCO Cultural heritage sites.

Modern Japan zone

No.	Exhibits	Country	Age	Remarks
0	Tokyo Skytree and Composite Development Area	Japan	2012	On display from April 2010.
1	National Diet Building		1936
2	Akasaka Palace		1909
3	Tokyo Station		1914	with Shinkansen Yamabiko and Rapid Train of Chūō Line (running).
4	Tokyo Tower		1958
5	Imperial Hotel (Former)		1923	No existing (dismantled in 1968).
6	Tokyo Dome		1988
7	Tokyo National Museum, Honkan		1938
8	Tokyo National Museum, Hyōkeikan		1909
9	Yoyogi National Gymnasium		1964
10	Narita International Airport, Terminal 2		1992
11	Fuji-maru (passenger ship)		1989
12	Japanese typical fishing port		–	with Canal, Sluice and Port facility.
	Fuguijiao Lighthouse	Taiwan	1962	Exhibition from April 2018.

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  Akasaka Palace
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  Tokyo Tower
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  Narita International Airport
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  Fujimaru (passenger ship)

America Zone

No.	Exhibits	Country	Age	Remarks
13	Statue of Liberty	United States	1886	Cultural heritage.
14	City Pier A		Late 19th century
	Plaza Hotel		1907
	Grand Army Plaza		1867
15	World Trade Center		1973	Destroyed by the September 11 attacks in 2001.
	American Standard Building		1924
16	Empire State Building		1931
17	Chrysler Building		1930
	Central Park		1876
18	Flatiron Building		1902
	Harlem, New York City		–
19	White House		1800

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  Statue of Liberty
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  New York robbery
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  Versailles in front of the World Trade Center
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  White House

Egypt Zone

No.	Exhibits	Country	Age	Remarks
20	Pyramid of Menkaure	Egypt	Around 26th century BC – 25th century BC	Cultural heritage.
21	Pyramid of Khafre
22	Pyramid of Khufu
23	Great Sphinx of Giza
24	Abu Simbel temples		13th century BC

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  Giza Necropolis
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  Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx
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  The Great Sphinx and Caravan
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  Great Temple of Abu Simbel

Europe zone

No.	Exhibits	Country	Age	Remarks
25	Parthenon	Greece	5th century BC	Cultural heritage.
26	Roman Colosseum	Italy	80
27	Leaning Tower of Pisa		1372
28	St. Peter's Basilica	Vatican City	1626
29	Milan Cathedral	Italy	1813
30	St Mark's Basilica		1090	Cultural heritage.
31	Château de Chambord	France	1547
32	Palace of Versailles		1772
33	Basilique du Sacré-Cœur		1919
34	Notre Dame de Paris		1225	Cultural heritage.
35	Arc de Triomphe		1836
36	Eiffel Tower		1889
37	Belvedere	Austria	1723
38	Borgund stave church	Norway	Around 12th century
39	Peterhof Palace	Russia	1709	Cultural heritage.
40	Saint Basil's Cathedral		1560
41	Peace Palace	Netherlands	1913
42	Magere Brug		1772
43	The Windmills at Kinderdijk		Around 18th century – 19th century	Cultural heritage.
44	The windmill of Zaanse Schans (A)
45	The windmill of Zaanse Schans (B)
46	Neuschwanstein Castle	Germany	1886
47	Buckingham Palace	Great Britain	1703
48	Dover Castle		Around 12th century
49	Tower Bridge		1894
50	Westminster Abbey		1245–1519	Cultural heritage.
51	Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster		1836–1868
52	Sagrada Família	Spain	1882 – (Under construction)
53	Alhambra		Around 13th century – 15th century
54	Park Güell		1914
55	Casa Vicens		1888
56	Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, Barcelona		1058

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  The Parthenon
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  1:25 scale replica of St Peter's Basilica
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  Arc de Triomphe
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  Sagrada Familia
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  windmill of Kinderdijk (left) and Zaanse Schans (right)

Asia zone

No.	Exhibits	Country	Age	Remarks
	Wat Arun	Thailand	Before 1656	Exhibition from July 2019.
57	Masjed-e Emam, Isfahan	Iran	1638	Cultural heritage.
58	Ananda Temple	Myanmar	Around 1091
59	Angkor Wat	Cambodia	Around 12th century	Cultural heritage.
60	Taj Mahal	India	1653
61	Forbidden City	China	Around 15th century – 17th century
62	Temple of Heaven		1420
63	Mogao Caves		Around 4th century
64	Yungang Grottoes		Late 5th century
65	Great Wall of China		Around 3rd century BC
66-A	Namdaemun	South Korea	1448	For reconstruction after being destroyed in the 2008 Namdaemun fire (for completion in 2011).
66-B	Gyeongbokgung		1867	Exhibition from April 1999.
67-A	Dragon and Tiger Pagodas, Kaohsiung	Taiwan	1976
67-B	Taipei 101		2004	Exhibition from October 2015.

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  Angkor Wat
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  Making of The Last Emperor at the Forbidden City
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  Great Wall of China
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  Dragon and Tiger Pagodas, Kaohsiung

Japan Zone

No.	Exhibits	Country	Age	Remarks
68	The pagoda of Ishiyama-dera	Japan	747
69	Tōshōdai-ji		759	Cultural heritage.
70	Yakushi-ji		680
71	Hōryū-ji		607
72	Kasuga-taisha		768
73	Ninomaru Palace of Nijō Castle		1603
74	Kinkaku-ji		1397
75	Ginkaku-ji		1490
76	Byōdō-in Phoenix Hall		1052
77	Kyoto Imperial Palace Shishinden		Around 13th century
78	Katsura Imperial Villa		Around 17th century
79	Kiyomizu-dera		778	Cultural heritage.
80	The Great Buddha Hall of Tōdai-ji		Early 8th century
81	Itsukushima Shrine		Around 1168
82	Himeji Castle		1609
83	Zuigan-ji		Around 828
84	The reliquary hall of Engaku-ji		1282
85	Kumamoto Castle		1607
86	Japanese Four seasons		Spring (Rice Planting) Summer (Bon Odori) Autumn (Rice reaping) Winter (Dezomeshiki – New Year firefighters' event)	with Tobu Railway's limited express "Spacia", Tobu 10000 series train, a steam locomotive, and a freight train (running).
87	Multilayer house in Tamugimata, Yamagata		1822
88	Residence of a wealthy farmer (The house formerly Sasagawa), Niigata		1826
89	Scattered houses in Shōkawa, Toyama		1853
90	Gasshō-zukuri house in Shirakawa-gō, Gifu		Around 17th century – 18th century	Cultural heritage.
91	Weathercock house, Kobe (Former Mr. Thomas' Residence)		20th century
92	Yamatomune house (The house of Yoshimura), Osaka		Early 17th century
93	Yatsumune-zukuri house (The house of Toshima), Ehime		1758?
94	Former Kaichi School		1873
95	Main building of Dōgo Onsen		1894
96	Ōura Church		1864	Cultural heritage.
97	The palace formerly Glover, Nagasaki		1863
98	Dōzaki Church		1908
99	Shureimon		Late 14th century
100	Sapporo Clock Tower		1878
101	Former Hokkaidō government office building		1888
102	Zoological park with amusement park	(Create a model representative of British zoological park)

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  Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima
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  Himeji Castle, Hyogo
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  Japanese Tea Ceremony in Nijō Castle, Kyoto
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  Zoological park (image)

References

1. "Nothing very little about this miniature". Asahi Shimbun. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
2. "Tobu World Square - Tochigi Travel Guide | Planetyze". Planetyze. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

External links

• Official Tobu World Square site