Culture Aug 24, 2021
Are you ready for sentient Disney robots?
by Brooks Barnes
The Magic Kingdom knows the nostalgia of herky-jerky animatronics won’t cut it with today’s children.
National Jun 14, 2019
'Naruto' ninja-themed area to open at amusement park at base of Mount Fuji
The operator of the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park at the foot of Mount Fuji will open a new area themed on the smash-hit "Naruto" ninja anime series on July 26, giving visitors a chance to explore the character's world in the shadow of Japan's ...
Business / Corporate Apr 3, 2018
Tokyo Disney theme parks log first rise in attendance in three years
Oriental Land Co. said its Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks saw a 0.3 percent rise in attendance in fiscal 2017, up for the first time in three years. Visitors to the two parks in Chiba Prefecture totaled 30.10 million in fiscal 2017, which ...
Business Dec 17, 2016
Theme park rapped for embedding fish in skating rink to close in 2017
An amusement park in Fukuoka Prefecture that sparked a flood of criticism for inserting thousands of frozen fish into its ice skating rink said Friday it will close next year. Space World in Kitakyushu closed the rink last month after people complained about the attraction, ...
National Nov 27, 2016
Fishy bid to lure more skaters prompts Kitakyushu rink to cut bait
by Reiji Yoshida
A barrage of online criticism prompted the an amusement park in Kitakyushu to close a skating rink Sunday where about 5,000 dead fish had been frozen into the ice — a design the operator originally believed would lure more skaters to visit. Instead, the Space ...
National Aug 14, 2014
A local Chinese authority in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has punished the operator of a spooky house for copyright violations involving Japanese amusement park Fuji-Q Highland in Yamanashi Prefecture, NHK reported Thursday. A fine of 275,100 yuan (¥4.5 million) has been slapped against the Chinese operator, ...
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN May 3, 2014
Avoiding the crowds during Golden Week
by Mark Schreiber
Let's be sensible: During Golden Week, why on earth would any sane person choose to drive to a destination on the expressway only to spend a good part of their holiday ensnared in a 35-km-long traffic jam? Doing their part to ease the congestion, ...