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Nagoya 名古屋 | Chita Peninsula 知多半島 | Okazaki 岡崎 | Kōrankei 香嵐渓 | Inuyama 犬山 | Little World リトルワールド | Gifu 岐阜 | Takayama 高山 | Hida-Furukawa 飛騨古川 | Gokayama and Shirakawa-gō 五箇山と白川郷 | Magome and Tsumago 馬篭と妻籠 | Narai and Kiso-Fukushima 奈良井と木曽福島 | Matsumoto 松本 | Hotaka 穂高 | Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route 立山黒部アルペンルート | Kanazawa 金沢 | Obama 小浜 | Kakegawa, Hamamatsu & Toyohashi 掛川、浜松、豊橋 | Shizuoka and Mt. Fuji 静岡と富士山 | Kōfu 甲府 | Niigata and Shibata 新潟と新発田 | Fukui, Maruoka & Ōno 福井、丸岡、大野 | Meiji-Mura Museum 明治村

Little World リトルワールド

An open-air anthropological museum-cum-amusement park outside of Inuyama, the Little World Museum of Man is focused around a collection of native architecture from some twenty-two countries. Arguably a bit on the kitschy and dated side, the park is nevertheless a popular daytrip in the Tokai area, with lots of "multicultural" souvenirs and ethnic food, and a more photogenic site than some of its more dubious architectural reproductions might suggest.
Entrance to the park
Entrance to the park		 Philippine jeepney at the park entrance
Philippine jeepney at the park entrance		 Okinawan house from Ishigaki-jima
Okinawan house from Ishigaki-jima		 Relaxing in the courtyard
Relaxing in the courtyard
Little pavilion flanked by shīsā
Little pavilion flanked by shīsā		 Ceramic shīsā statue
Ceramic shīsā statue		 Ainu houses from Hokkaidō
Ainu houses from Hokkaidō		 Female and male Ainu outhouses
Female and male Ainu outhouses
Interior of an Ainu house
Interior of an Ainu house		 Site of the Ainu houses
Site of the Ainu houses		 Taiwanese farmhouse exhibit
Taiwanese farmhouse exhibit		 Flags flapping over the Taiwanese farmhouse
Flags flapping over the Taiwanese farmhouse
Chinese lanterns in the farmhouse
Chinese lanterns in the farmhouse		 Plains Indian tipi replicas
Plains Indian tipi replicas		 Replica of a wooden Navajo hogan
Replica of a wooden Navajo hogan		 Totem pole above a replica Tlingit house
Totem pole above a replica Tlingit house
Replica of a Peruvian landlord's residence
Replica of a Peruvian landlord's residence		 Peruvian music performance
Peruvian music performance		 Singer and quena player
Singer and quena player		 Passing llama
Passing llama
Replica of a Balinese gentry house
Replica of a Balinese gentry house		 Japanese girls in Balinese dress
Japanese girls in Balinese dress		 Detail of the entryway into the house
Detail of the entryway into the house		 Dwelling in the grounds of the Balinese residence
Dwelling in the grounds of the Balinese residence
Altar in the worship hall
Altar in the worship hall		 Replica of an Sumatran Toba-Batak house
Replica of an Sumatran Toba-Batak house		 Wooden detail of the Toba-Batak house
Wooden detail of the Toba-Batak house		 Manmade pond and Polynesian huts
Manmade pond and Polynesian huts
Yapese house from Micronesia
Yapese house from Micronesia		 Copy of a church from Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Copy of a church from Garmisch-Partenkirchen		 Bavarian-style wall mural
Bavarian-style wall mural		 View over the Bayern village
View over the Bayern village
Tables out front of the Bavarian house
Tables out front of the Bavarian house		 Pathway into the Bayern village
Pathway into the Bayern village		 Replica of an Alsace farmhouse
Replica of an Alsace farmhouse		 Copy of an Alberobello house from Puglia
Copy of an Alberobello house from Puglia
Japanese tourists and Alberobello house
Japanese tourists and Alberobello house		 A little croque-monsieur lunch
A little croque-monsieur lunch		 Moroccan Berber tent and Cheyenne tipi
Moroccan Berber tent and Cheyenne tipi		 Replica of a Sami tent from Lappland, Sweden
Replica of a Sami tent from Lappland, Sweden
1st wife's house from a Nyakyusa village, Tanzania
1st wife's house from a Nyakyusa village, Tanzania		 Ndebele homestead from South Africa
Ndebele homestead from South Africa		 Kassena compound from Burkina Faso
Kassena compound from Burkina Faso		 Replicas of the mud-brick dwellings
Replicas of the mud-brick dwellings
Nepali stupa replica
Nepali stupa replica		 Parkland below a Nepali Buddhist monastery
Parkland below a Nepali Buddhist monastery		 Cambodian Circus entertainers
Cambodian Circus entertainers		 Trio balancing atop a single pipe
Trio balancing atop a single pipe
Standing on a stack of pipes
Standing on a stack of pipes		 Trampoline jump over flaming rings
Trampoline jump over flaming rings		 Farmhouse from Yamagata-ken, Japan
Farmhouse from Yamagata-ken, Japan		 Entrance to a Korean landlord's house
Entrance to a Korean landlord's house
Inside the grounds of the Korean homestead
Inside the grounds of the Korean homestead		 Dressing up in Korean hanbok
Dressing up in Korean hanbok		 Front of the landlord's house
Front of the landlord's house		 Korean farmhouse
Korean farmhouse
Thai pavilion replica
Thai pavilion replica		 Yao house from Thailand
Yao house from Thailand		 Replica of an Akha house from Thailand
Replica of an Akha house from Thailand		 Lanna-Thai dwelling
Lanna-Thai dwelling
Copy of a red-brick house from Kerala, India
Copy of a red-brick house from Kerala, India		 Main hall of the Nepali Buddhist Monastery
Main hall of the Nepali Buddhist Monastery		 Buddhist stupa from Nepali in its small park
Buddhist stupa from Nepali in its small park		 Bottle of Tusker beer from Kenya
Bottle of Tusker beer from Kenya

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