theme parks

Robot Restaurant and MariCar (or Street Kart or whatever you want to call it) were problematic tourist experiences, sure. That doesn't mean they weren't bold.

Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, said Thursday that it is bracing for its first full-year consolidated net loss since its listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1996. The company said it expects to report a net loss of ...

Yomiuriland is offering packages including a workspace by the pool and rides on its Ferris wheel.

Universal Studios Japan in Osaka unveiled to the media a cafe and store based on Nintendo Co.'s popular Super Mario Bros. game series Thursday, the day before its grand opening. The world's first Mario Cafe & Store, selling food and merchandise inspired by characters including ...

A Japanese theme park on Thursday took the wraps off what it calls the world's first "life-size" statue of Godzilla to be installed permanently. The replica of the fictional monster, which is supposed to be 120 meters long, is set up at the Nijigen no ...

Super Nintendo World was initially slated to open in tandem with the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

The area, which will officially open to visitors from Monday, also houses a facility based on the animated superhero film "Big Hero 6."

The new attraction, whose opening was delayed five months due to the coronavirus, is set to debut on Sept. 28

"We loved Toshimaen because it was uniquely Japanese,” one fan wrote on Twitter. “Now it's going to be just another imported theme park."

Most of the 22-hectare site will be purchased by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which plans to build a park there.

With an area of approximately 30,000 square meters, the theme park will display film sets, costumes and props used in the movies based on the popular novels.