Amusement Parks of Japan

Japan is Home of Many Popular Amusement Parks
Japan has many popular theme parks and amusement parks, including some globally famous parks such as Disneyland and Universal Studios. There are more than 100 amusement parks in Japan, and some parks unique to Japan. For example, Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura, which is themed in a samurai era.

Tokyo and its surroundings are home to more theme and amusement parks than one could ever, as a foreign visitor. Already the Tokyo Disney Resort is divided into Tokyo Disney Land and Tokyo Disney Sea, making it a very unique spectacle when compared to its US and European counterparts. On top of the colorful dreamworld, a number of other Japanese parks have been attracting Japanese and foreign visitors for a number of years. Fuji-Q is well known for its huge rollercoasters, Puroland for its Hello Kitty attractions and Ghibli is directly connected to the world famous Anime studio.

World Theme Park Ranking 2015 by TEA

It was the first Disney park to be built outside the United States, and it opened on April 15, 1983. The park was constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering in the same style as Disneyland in California and Magic Kingdom in Florida. Tokyo Disneyland and its companion park, Tokyo DisneySea, are the only Disney parks not wholly or partially owned by the Walt Disney Company. There are seven themed areas in the park: the World Bazaar; the four classic Disney lands: Adventureland, Westernland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland; and two mini-lands: Critter Country and Mickey's Toontown. Many of the games and rides in these areas mirror those in the original Disneyland as they are based on American Disney films and fantasies. The park is noted for its extensive open spaces, to accommodate the large crowds that visit the park. Tokyo Disneyland is the world's second-most visited theme park behind the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Tokyo DisneySea is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort. It opened on September 4, 2001, at a cost of 335 billion yen. Tokyo DisneySea attracted an estimated 14 million visitors every year, making it the fourth-most-visited theme park in the world. Tokyo DisneySea was the second theme park to open at the Tokyo Disney Resort and the ninth park of the eleven worldwide Disney theme parks to open. Unlike Tokyo Disneyland, the overall intention was to create a more adult-themed park, including faster, scarier rides and shows designed more for an older audience. Many attractions and shows can be seen only in Tokyo DisneySea. Unlike Disneyland, alcohol drinks are available in the park.

Universal Studios Japan located in Osaka, is one of four Universal Studios theme parks in the world. The park is similar to the Universal Orlando Resort since it also contains selected attractions from Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, but there are also attractions that are not in the U.S. and are unique to Universal Studios Japan. Universal Studios Japan has approximately 10 million visitors every year. According to Theme Index Global Attraction Attendance Report, Universal Studios Japan is ranked fifth among the top 25 amusement/theme parks worldwide. The attractions are arranged in ten areas of the park. A tenth area, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, opened year 2014 with its flagship attraction, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.

Nagashima Resort is among the biggest amusement park in Japan. It features many roller coasters, thrill rides, kid rides, a giant Ferris wheel, and a mega water park. The park offers world-class roller coasters and amusement facilities. The park has 11 roller coasters, which is the most number in Japan. Steel Dragon 2000 is one of three gigacoasters world wide having the Guinness World Records for the world's second tallest coaster at 97 meters (once the tallest), the second fastest with 153km/h (once the fastest), and the longest with a track of 2,479 meters. White Cyclone is the world biggest wooden roller coaster. Also, "Acrobat", the newest roller coaster in the park is one of the biggest, fastest, and longest flying-type roller coaster in the world. Moreover, its waterpark is ranked as one of the biggest in the scale, and 11 different pools with 55 lane of sliders are regarded as among the largest waterparks in the world.

Fuji-Q Highland is an amusement park in the Fujiyoshida-city in Japan. The theme park is near the base of Mount Fuji. It has a number of roller coasters, as well as two haunted attractions: the Haunted Hospital "Super Scary Labyrinth of Fear", the world's longest haunted attraction, and the newly built Ultimate Fort. Fuji-Q is famous for its world-class roller coasters. FUJIYAMA was once the world tallest roller coaster, DODONPA was once the world's fastest roller coaster, an still has the highest acceleration at launch time, eejanaika is only the second "4th Dimension roller coaster" ever built, and TAKABISHA contains a 121° freefall which is the world most angled roller coaster, as well as seven major twists over 1000 metres of track.