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90 attractions including a several technically based
105-m (344-ft) Ferris wheel attractions, including Toyota
with transparent gondolas, City Show case, the History
and nine roller coasters. Garage, Future World, driving
South of Tokyo, Yomiuri courses, and the E-Com ride.
Land features the White Space World is a huge complex
Canyon, an all-wood roller in Fukuoka prefecture, with
coaster. Joypolis, designed many hi-tech rides. It
by Sega, has many interactive incorporates a Space Camp
attractions, including the where children can experience Viewing turtles in one of Japan’s many
world’s first virtual-reality NASA astronaut training. spectacular aquariums
motion ride.
Yokohama’s dockside Minato Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan,
Mirai 21 complex (see pp136–7) Marine Theme Parks housing 580 marine species.
boasts a huge Ferris wheel, Hokkaido’s Noboribetsu Marinpal Yobuko in Kyushu
capable of carrying up to Marine Park Nixe offers offers a cruise in its “submarine
480 people at a time. marine and European ship” Zeela, from which you get
themes in whimsical combina- a close-up view of the fish
tion. In the Kanto region are through the submerged
Science Parks Kamogawa Sea World and windows of the vessel.
Despite being on the cutting Yokohama’s Hakkeijima Sea In Okinawa, Westmarine
edge of invention, Japan is Paradise – a man-made island offers a similar kind of cruise.
not well endowed with with one of Japan’s largest The Okinawa Churaumi
science parks. Tokyo Bay is aquariums. The highlight of Aquarium is one of the biggest
now home to Palette Town Osaka’s Tempozan Harbor in the world, housing about
(see p107), which houses Village (see p207) is the huge 740 marine species.
DIRECTORY
History Theme Nijinosato Tokyo Disney Resort ® Marine Theme
Parks 4279-3 Shuzenji, Izu, 1-8 Maihama, Urayasu-shi, Parks
Shizuoka-ken. Chiba-ken. Tel (045) 683-
Ise Azuchi-Momo- Tel (0558) 72-7111. Hakkeijima Sea
yama Bunkamura 3777. ∑ tokyodisney Paradise
1201-1, Futami-cho Mitsu, Parque-España resort.jp/en Hakkeijima, Kanazawa-ku,
Ise-shi, Mie-ken. Sakazaki, Isobecho, Toshimaen Yokohama, Kanagawa-ken.
Tel (0596) 43-2300. Shima, Mie-ken. 3-25-1 Mukoyama, ∑ seaparadise.co.jp
Nihon Minka-en Tel (0599) 57-3333. Nerima-ku, Tokyo. Kamogawa Sea World
7-1-1 Masugata, Tama- Porto Europa Tel (03) 3990-8800. 1464-18 Higashi-cho,
ku, Kawasaki-shi, 1527 Kemi, Wakayama. ∑ toshimaen.co.jp Kamogawa-shi, Chiba-
Kanagawa-ken. Tel (073) 448-0011. ken. Tel (04) 7093-4803.
Tel (044) 922-2181. Universal Studios Marinpal Yobuko
Tobu World Square Japan Yobuko, Saga Prefecture.
Nikko Edo Village 209-1 Ohara, Kinugawa- 2-1-33 Sakurajima, Tel (0120) 425-194.
470-2 Karakura, Nikko-shi, Konahana-ku, Osaka-shi.
Tochigi-ken. onsen, Nikko, Tochigi-ken. Noboribetsu Marine
Tel (0288) 77-1777. Tel (0288) 77-1055. Tel (06) 6465-3000. Park Nixe
∑ edowonderland.net ∑ tobuws.co.jp/en ∑ usj.co.jp 1-22 Noboribetsu
Noboribetsu Date Amusement Parks Yomiuri Land Higashicho, Noboribetsu-
shi, Hokkaido.
Jidai Mura 4015-1 Yanokuchi, Tel (0143) 83-3800.
53-1 Naka Noboribetsu- Green Land Inagi-shi, Tokyo.
cho, Noboribetsu-shi, 1616 Shimoide, Arao-shi, Tel (044) 966-1111. Okinawa Churaumi
Hokkaido. Kumamoto. ∑ yomiuriland.com/ Aquarium
Tel (0143) 83- 3311. Tel (0968) 66-1112. english Ocean Expo Park, Okinawa.
∑ edo-trip.jp ∑ oki-churaumi.jp
Joypolis Science Parks
Foreign Culture 1-6-1 Daiba, Minato- Osaka Aquarium
Kaiyukan
Theme Parks ku, Tokyo. Space World 1-1-10 Kaigandori,
Tel (03) 5500-1801. 4-1-1 Higashida,
Little World Minato- ku, Osaka.
90-48 Imainarusawa, Sanrio Puroland Yahatahigashi-ku, ∑ kaiyukan.com
Inuyama-shi, Aichi 1-13 Ochiai, Tama-shi, Kita-Kyushu. Westmarine
Prefecture. Tokyo. Tel (042) 339-1111. Tel (093) 672-3600. Naha, Okinawa.
Tel (0568) 62-5611. ∑ en.puroland.jp ∑ spaceworld.co.jp Tel (098) 866-0489.

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