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National Museum of Bhutan

First built in 1649, the conch shape watchtower (or Ta-Dzong) was established to protect the Paro Dzong (Fortress) below by overlooking the entire Paro valley from all directions. Conch shell has been the horn trumpet in Buddhism since the beginning of time. The conch shape design encompasses the union of sun (circular shape outside) and moon (crescent shape inside) which symbolizes fame and victory, making it very meaningful as a watch tower. In 1950s, the watch tower was closed to a collapse state. The third king ordered a renovation project to enhance the structure of the building and turned it into the National Museum. It now houses historic artifacts, antiques, ritual objects used in traditional festivals, as well as some preserved specimens of animals in Bhutan.

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In Chugoku Region

South America in Sand Museum

While the nature creates the sand dunes in Tottori Prefecture of Japan, sculptors exhibit amazing work of art using sand in the Sand Museum next to the sand dunes. When the museum started in 2006, it was more a temporary open-air museum until it moved to an indoor permanent venue in 2012. The Sand Museum invites the best sand sculptors around the world to create large sand sculptures every year, usually from April to January next year. The current exhibition “World Tour on Sand: South America” will finish on 3 January 2017.

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