Sunday, July 30, 2006
You know you've seen them: Japanese tourists. They're everywhere! In the metros, at the skyscapers, making themselves a niche fixture in Western tourism.
Well, some Japanese developers have decided to profit on the Japanese taste for anything western-centric: they've created European-themed Theme Parks. In Japan! How crazy is that?
Huis Ten Bosch (aka The Netherlands in Nagasaki)
Italian Village (aka A Bit of Italy in Nagoya)
I read about this phenomena in this morning's NYT. Read the article
here.
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