Offbeat Traveler: Britain exhibit at Sand Museum in Tottori, Japan
Jooheng Tan, a sculptor from Singapore, finishes a sand replica of Buckingham Palace. (Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images)
A man works in front of a sand sculpture titled “London Taxi and Tourists.” (Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images)
Nicola Wood of Britain finishes a sculpture titled “Imperial Guards in Front of the Palace.” (Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images)
Karen Fralich of Canada works on a sculpture of naturalist Charles Darwin, left, and mathematician Isaac Newton. (Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images)
A sand sculpture depicting the reign of Queen Elizabeth I by Russian sand sculptor Ilya Filimontsev. (Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images)
Sculptors work around a replica of the Tower of London. (Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images)
A replica of Westminster Abbey in London. (Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images)