The World Emporium is reminiscent of The Great Exhibition of 1851 of London. I wonder if the architects were trying to impart a feeling based off of the World's Fairs and Exhibitions that were so popular in the US at the turn of the last century.
Could be. The English Disney brochure says, Go back to early 20th-century small town America! Victorian-style shops line the street of this entranceway to Tokyo
Disneyland.
"Ditto! Thanks for the pics...what is DisneySea? Is it Tokyo's 2nd park? How exciting!"
Ok I'll post a couple more photos, these from DisneySea.
How to discribe DisneySea in a word...Mindblowing. It has to be the jewel of the Disney 2nd Parks. Beautiful and detailed like only Disney can.
This is a picture of the entrance area from the monorail.
The Chrismas Tree in DisneySea with the Tower of Terror in the backround.
Here is a front on View of "Hotel Hightower"
For a site that really does the Tokyo Diney Parks justice, you can't go past exploring the "Joe in Tokyo" site. Joe photographs all the different holiday displays and video's all the shows which you can download (free). What a Disney experiance! For an example, watch the "Legend of Mythica" show.
Joe's Site
http://www.jtcent.com/main.php
Legend of Mythica (66 Photo's and a video of the show)
http://www.jtcent.com/disneysea/special/spx5th/5th_myth.html
A picure of Minnie from that show.