Tokyoites now have another way to escape their day-to-day lives with the opening Saturday of an indoor amusement center featuring virtual reality technology in the Shibuya district.

Shibuya VR Land, in the Shibuya Modi shopping complex, offers an hour's worth of virtual entertainment for an admission fee of ¥2,200 ($20). Theme park firm Huis Ten Bosch Co. created the facility in the hope of drawing visitors to its Dutch-inspired park in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, which also offers VR attractions.

"We see it as a way to boost name recognition across Japan and globally," a public relations official said.