One of the special attractions about Japan is their animal restaurants.  For example, we never saw a capybara when we visited the San Diego Zoo last month, but heard about the   Yokohama Capabara Cafe and Petting Zoo .  Has an admission fee of 4800 Yen.  The exchange rate today is 157Y to the $, so the actual cost is $21 just to enter.  Checked and learned that this attraction is has permanently closed.  Owner Shiramizu passed away and the capybaras were re-homed. Here is a  video featuring all kinds of animal cafes in Tokyo .  Some of them reported by Google AI: Hedgehog cafes :   Cafes like the   Chiku Chiku Cafe   allow visitors to hold and feed hedgehogs. Other locations, like the   HARRY cafes , have expanded to include hedgehogs and other small animals. Owl cafes:   In some Tokyo cafes, visitors can interact with and pet owls, including large and small varieties. The experience often involves gentle touching and hold...

When I was last here in 2015 I featured the 2717 feet tall Burj Khalifa, the highest in the world, here relative to competitors. That's because the Saudi Arabia  Jeddah Tower  had just begun construction, and will become the first 1 KM (3281 feet) building.  Both this and the Burj Khalifa were designed by American architect Adrian Smith.   In 2018 construction was halted and the project today has not yet been re-initiated.  There remains hope that operation might still occur in 2026.   In 2020 I had another posting, showing that China had most of the really tall buildings.  But no more in the future, for they recently banned super-tall buildings.   Read this article explaining why. In the meantime, not to be outdone, Dubai announced their 4300 feet observation Dubai Creek Tower, which began construction in 2016, and is also stalled. However, there might have been some criticism for not having people live in the structure, so Dubai announced the ta...