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246 Fun Miniature Dioramas By Japanese Artist Who’s Been Creating Them Every Day For 5 Years

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Bigger doesn't always mean better, as Japanese artist Tatsuya Tanaka proves with these tiny dioramas that he makes for his ongoing Miniature Calendar project.

He's been creating these miniature worlds every day since 2011, and we first featured his works of art a couple of years ago, but since then he gave life to hundreds more of creative ideas, some of which you can find below. Using everything from slices of bread, earphones, banana skins, and Pringles tins, Tanaka gives life to these everyday objects by reinventing them as props for the miniature people he combines them with. Whether he's using a bottle cap to recreate a restaurant scene or turning green plastic straws into a bamboo forest, the artist knows how to turn even the most unremarkable household item into truly unexpected miniature dioramas. Vote for your favorite below, and then check out more of his unique artworks on Instagram where he has almost 600k followers.

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#1

Final score:

196points

Superluminal1 7 years ago

Taking notes.

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#2

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188points

Roberto Torretta 7 years ago

Simply .......deleted !

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#3

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185points

Jasmine Chen 7 years ago

looks fresh!

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#4

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178points

Jasmine Chen 7 years ago

Don't peek!

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#5

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177points

Sophie G 7 years ago

smell ya later!

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#6

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176points

Jörg Zingler 7 years ago

Be careful, there are Aliens in those eggs ;)

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#7

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176points

Daria B 7 years ago

This one shows actually where our beloved potato snack comes from originally.

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#8

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169points

Judie Bodner 7 years ago

Soon we will sit under a tree and I will read you poetry

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#9

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168points

Marie 7 years ago

This one is so nice! Good work on light

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#10

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165points

Green line 7 years ago

colourful and superb!!!!

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#11

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148points

Jasmine Chen 7 years ago

How?

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#12

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144points

Superluminal1 7 years ago

A kernel of an idea.

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#13

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131points

Bobbi Newell 7 years ago

See kids? Sometimes it's OK to play with your food! 8-D

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#14

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110points

Nicolette Colon 7 years ago

One of my favorites!

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#15

Final score:

105points

Marie 7 years ago

Haha hello Neo!

8points

#16

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105points

Daria B 7 years ago

These must be the sound the athlethes make at each jump.

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#17

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104points

Daria B 7 years ago

Digital music.

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#18

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103points

Steffen Beth 7 years ago

The Sphinx?

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#19

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102points

Daria B 7 years ago

I hope to see more hardware board miniatures. I always immagined them as little big cities.

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#20

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96points

Blia Jurewitsch 7 years ago

Rough turf..

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#21

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91points

Lira Mai 7 years ago

love asian street food.

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#22

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87points

Dracule Mihawk 7 years ago

My favorite.

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#23

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86points

Lydia Taylor 7 years ago

e-books

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#24

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79points

Jasmine Chen 7 years ago

When I'm hungry I eat my house

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#25

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74points

Mona Symone Goyens 7 years ago

Ouch.

1point

#26

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69points

Lydia Taylor 7 years ago

sumo syrup?

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#27

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67points

Grace Barclay 7 years ago

Would so do this ride...

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#28

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63points

Roselle Angeli Cabaron - Pintor 7 years ago

Bamboos!

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#29

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63points

Rebecca Grzeskowiak 7 years ago

ORGANic pasta!

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#30

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61points

Kelly Pj 7 years ago

Breaking out of the barcode

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#31

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58points

Daria B 7 years ago

Santa and Rudy stick together.

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#32

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58points

Jasmine Chen 7 years ago

Eat your way out!

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#33

Final score:

57points

Jasmine Chen 7 years ago

Mommy is behind you...

5points

#34

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57points

Donna Reynolds 7 years ago

Dad, if I lifted that, I'd be screwed!

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#35

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56points

rosellellesor 7 years ago

Their butts must've been burned so bad. :D

9points

#36

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56points

Maria Virgina Ampo 7 years ago

Much wow

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#37

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53points

Carly Noelle 7 years ago

Attempting to do research

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#38

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53points

Davi Maran Junior 7 years ago

The 3rd: Broken teeth realness LMAO

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#39

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50points

DuheVon Hill 7 years ago

Workout mix

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#40

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47points

Jane Wee 7 years ago

抜刀斎！

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#41

Final score:

44points

Daria B 7 years ago

They are determined to set the record.

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#42

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42points

Dracule Mihawk 7 years ago

Cool little restaurant.

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#43

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Varsha Chrislin 7 years ago

Awesome Idea!

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#44

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41points

Helen Vnuk 7 years ago

This is a very interesting and funny way to get kids to eat their vegetables.

1point

#45

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40points

Landry Copeland 1 year ago

stop messing with my paint

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#46

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39points

rosellellesor 7 years ago

PianOreo

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#47

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38points

Simin Lai 7 years ago

Well, I guess reading is a staple for these people.

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#48

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38points

Jonna Baldres 7 years ago

He used some of the same miniatures in #46. :)

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#49

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DuheVon Hill 7 years ago

The giving tree

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#50

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#51

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36points

Brian Hermann 7 years ago

Corn silo

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#52

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35points

Donna Reynolds 7 years ago

Orange you glad to meet me?

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#53

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35points

Blia Jurewitsch 7 years ago

Smokehouse.

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#54

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34points

Nancy Arnold 7 years ago

The got the right angle for this picture...

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#55

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32points

Jocelyn Jensen 7 years ago

Orange you glad he made this one?

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#56

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Nancy Arnold 7 years ago

Lettuce ride the waves !

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#57

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31points

Carly Noelle 7 years ago

This looks like it would make a really cool book cover.

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#58

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#59

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Igor Kramer 7 years ago

Chuck Norris?

2points

#60

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30points

Lydia Taylor 7 years ago

this one is guda

4points

#61

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29points

rosellellesor 7 years ago

It's Shaun the Sheep!

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#62

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28points

Donna Reynolds 7 years ago

The land that broccoli forgot

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#63

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28points

Jasmine Chen 7 years ago

you sure you want to poop there?

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#64

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28points

#65

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27points

Mirriam Banda 7 years ago

i'm craving ice cream now

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#66

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27points

Jasmine Chen 7 years ago

Whee!!!

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#67

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27points

Carly Noelle 7 years ago

See, THIS is cauliflower.

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#68

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26points

May Hor 7 years ago

Google maps

1point

#69

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26points

Varsha Chrislin 7 years ago

Great!

0points

#70

Final score:

26points

M KC 7 years ago

Coffee with milk(y) way

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#71

Final score:

26points

#72

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24points

#73

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24points

M KC 7 years ago

Staplechase?

1point

#74

Final score:

23points

Donna Reynolds 7 years ago

Lego my Eggo

2points

#75

Final score:

23points

Kelly Pj 7 years ago

Mining the potato chips. Haha

1point

#76

Final score:

22points

Sasha Zang 7 years ago

Kinda counterproductive

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#77

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22points

#78

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21points

Samuel Martin 3 years ago

An odd way of splitting crackers.

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#79

Final score:

21points

#80

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20points

Epupepu 7 years ago

Is that sauna?

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#81

Final score:

20points

May Hor 7 years ago

Sea sand

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#82

Final score:

19points

Victoria Pietsch 7 years ago

My friends love Pocky and introduced the treat to me. It's surprisingly good for chocolate on a stick. I hear music every time I eat some

1point

#83

Final score:

19points

Vicky Bullock 7 years ago

Wow!

1point

#84

Final score:

19points

Kelly Pj 7 years ago

Fishing for seeds off the watermelon. Haha

0points

#85

Final score:

19points

Femke de Haan 7 years ago

Mario!!!

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#86

Final score:

19points

Victoria Pietsch 7 years ago

Little did the lone cameraman know, he was being watched. How else would this photo occur?

0points

#87

Final score:

19points

Daria B 7 years ago

Playing fast riffs.

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#88

Final score:

19points

M KC 7 years ago

Going to be a rough way down!

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#89

Final score:

18points

Daria B 7 years ago

That's.... More than 7 Dragon Balls. O_o

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#90

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17points

Aqua the Walnut 3 years ago

:)

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#91

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17points

Cheekypanda123 7 years ago

Carb mountain

2points

#92

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17points

Davi Maran Junior 7 years ago

where are they going ?

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#93

Final score:

17points

Rodrigo Carranza 3 years ago

pito negro

1point