Castle on the Ocean papercraft exhibition
Check out these images from the recent Castle on the Ocean papercraft festival in Tokyo. The creator of this impressive paper city is a university student by the name of Wataru Itou.
Tagged: Castle on the Ocean, Japanese design, papercraft, Tokyo
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