Bolshoi Circus in Tokyo (2013)

Some 8,000 people and over 3,000 animals contribute to the spectacle that's known as the Bolshoi Circus. The greatest show in the world – well, one of them, at least – has been coming to Japan since 1958, and while it's lost some ground to the slick antics of the Cirque du Soleil, it still retains a certain old-school charm. After all, it's not like the Cirque has bears, is it?