These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create. Japanese illustrator Takanori Aiba, 58, has built the intriguing scale models of windmills, lighthouses and even the Michelin Man.He delicately uses craft paper, plaster, acrylic resin, paint and plastic to create the host of sprawling miniature communities that wrap around the tiny trees.Following his work as an illustrator for Japanese fashion magazine POPYE he has spent the last nine years producing the detailed mini worlds.The creations take at least three months to construct with his Ice Cream Package Tower taking an astonishing 18 months work. Since 2003, he has made eight models, with 10 more planned over the next few years.
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
A woman has taken her house back in time - by spending £10,000 to transform it into her Victorian dream home .
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Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .
A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
football club has scored an own goal after it had to embarrassingly rename its stadium in honour of the DEVIL .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .