Thursday, September 30, 2010
Japan
Another Remarkable Post from
Wonderful Wamia
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9/30/2010 08:01:00 PM
The country of Japan is enchanting at first sight, but within a few hours of wandering around Tokyo, the perspective of a tourist may change. Inside Tokyo, a bicycle holds greater value than a car, and it will move faster. The unavoidable traffic inside Tokyo, especially near Shinjuku and Hikarigoaka, is slower than the average speed of a preschooler. Outside of bustling Tokyo, in Yokohoma, Niko and even near the airport in Nara, the traffic diminishes. The summer of 2010, the foreign crowd in Japan increased. Many tourists visited popular attractions such as: Tobo World Square;Hakone; Kamakura's Great Buddha; Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea; and various historic Shinto shrines and temples. I have a personal experience with most of these, and I enjoyed my trip to Japan, like any other tourist would have, a lot. Of the attractions listed above, I believe that Tobo World Square is definitely the best. Somewhat similar to Disney's Epcot, the World Square rises above it all. There you can see not only all the sights of Japan, but also the entire world's sight. You can go around the world in three hours here, but there's a detail that I've left out. The world's monuments can be seen here, but at exactly 1/25 of the actual size, and in perfect detail. There is even people there, and not stick figures but one of a kind people! The World Square is current and seasonal, it shows the current state of a monument, if there's snow at the top of the Eiffel Tower, there's snow at the top of the miniature model too! The garden also features real botannic life, bonsai trees trimmed to perfection. Ther e are chances to make the least gullible person believe you wen t to France or Giza, some senic veiws and monuments are just large enough to look real. In fact, since Tobo World Square is in Nikko, a mountainous area, many monuments includestairs , plastic camels and stone soldiers made to tae pictures with or on. There are even wooden platforms over some of the monuments. There is even a small hill to climb if you want to be the king (or queen!) of Rome. The actual monuments are seperated into sections by continent. At first, most people expect it to be small, but Tobo World Square is large and it is a good long walk from the Taj Mahal to the Floating Temple, even if they are in the same continent, or should I say country?