In the 1990’s, at Momura Bay in Japan, a Holiday resort was built which looks exactly like an old Dutch city. Photographic records of this project show that a credible cityscape can be created out of nothing. Or maybe the opposite applies, i.e. that Dutch cities are actually not much more than sloppily made amusement parks. The thematic city has no history. It doesn’t even have it#s own name. The extremely serious approach to Dutch historic architecture in Japan triggered Paul Meurs, Professor for heritage Preservation at the TU Delft, to write a critical reflection on the Dutch monument and restoration policy.