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The National Art Center is a unique and innovative art exhibition facility. Opened in 2007 in Roppongi, Tokyo.
The facility has 47,960 m of floor space on a 30,000 m site with four stories above ground and one below. Access is from Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.

The building is made up of seven enormous column-less display rooms, each 2000m², a library, an auditorium, a restaurant, a cafe and a museum shop.
The building is very art nouveau, from the outside and inside, so the building itself it almost part of the exhibit.The place is huge with rooms and rooms full of amazing artwork.

The largest Nitten Exhibition, supported by the Nitten Japan Fine Arts Group, displays a collection of over 12,000 works annually, taking up an area of 10,000m², or more than 5 display ‘blocks.

The building was designed by the world-famous architect Kisho Kurokawa (known for designing the capsule hotel), and the swirling design is part of highlights. The National Art Center Tokyo is open 10-6pm, closed on Tuesdays with late opening on Fridays until 8pm.

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium is located in the Grant Park Museum Complex at Lake Shore Drive. Shedd is home to thousands of invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

Aquarium has added several permanent exhibits to the main aquarium, effectively doubling its size and is now one of the premier aquariums in the country. The aquarium contains over 25,000 fish, representing more than 700 species from all parts of the world.

The oceanarium contains Beluga whales, sea otters and seals, but the stars here are the Pacific white-sided dolphins.

Shedd Aquarium offers experiences from awe-inspiring whales, frolicking sea otters and lively penguins, to streamlined sharks, exotic eels and thousands of amazing animals.

Here are some more of the incredible (and incredibly beautiful) things you can see at an ocean reef.

Shedd Aquarium offers a special event for 3-5 year-old preschoolers – “Tots on Tuesdays”.

In Qinhuangdao, China, the Tanghe River Park features a new installation of a red steel bench that runs for half a kilometer through the park. The Red Ribbon project has won an honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects, and was also selected by readers of “Conde Nast Traveller magazine” as one of the seven new wonders of the architecture world.
A “red ribbon” was designed against the background of green vegetation and blue water.  It is made of fiber steel, and lit from inside so that it glows red at night. It stands 60 cm high, and its width varies from 30-150 cm. Various plant specimens are grown in strategically placed holes in the ribbon. This ribbon stretches for 500 meters along the riverbank, integrating a boardwalk, lighting, seating and environmental orientation. The red ribbon is both functional and fashionable providing seating, and plenty of lighting and plan displays. The red is bright and inviting while symbolizing China’s joy and prosperity towards preserving the environment.

Stara Zagora mineral baths is 15 km northwest of Stara Zagora city…
The mineral water in the region reaches 52 °C and is suitable for both spa procedures and medical treatment. The treatment effect is thermal, mechanical and chemical. In the pool also are organized physical exercises which combine the physical activity with the relaxing properties of the water. During the summer is open the mineral pool with bathing beach where the balneological and bioclimatical conditions are combined.

The Mineral Baths were famous even during Roman times. Remains from roman baths from the 2nd century, built for the needs of the citizens of Augusta Trayana can be seen in the village.
Stara Zagora mineral baths have a rich history. People settled nearby the warm springs eight thousand years ago. Today the remains of Thracian and Roman mineral baths (1st and 2nd century BC) are an attraction to visitors in the centre of the resort. The oldest copper mines in Europe, which date from the end of the 5th millennium BC, are located 7 km southwest of the resort and are of great interest to visitors. Semi-finished objects made from copper, extracted from these mines, can be found in a large section of Europe, extending to the Volga river in Russia.
The rich cultural traditions and the spirit of the contemporary creators maintain an artistic atmosphere, which has always gone together with this town as old as its name.