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Godzilla will fight Evangelion this summer at Universal Studios Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 27, 2018 - Tweet
Get in the damn crossover, Shinji!
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • cool • Evangelion • Godzilla • Hideaki Anno • kaiju • Universal Cool Japan • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)
Let Uncle Tashiro show you the perfect way to enjoy Tokyo Disneyland with young kids
- Master Blaster
Oct 26, 2018
The following is essential reading for parents, and possibly mental health professionals too.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • COK • kids • P.K. Sanjun • Parenting • SNOJ • Tashiro Daiichiro • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • travel)
Take our quality-tested Disney Sea cocktail tour: no time to lose when it comes to booze!
- Katy Kelly
Oct 10, 2018
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to take a catalog of some of the finest seasonal cocktails available at Tokyo Disney Sea!
- Japan
- (alcohol • Amusement Parks • beer • cocktails • COK • Disney • SNOJ • tequila • Tokyo Disney Sea)
USJ hotel’s horror-themed room is back, ensures customers won’t have a good night’s sleep
- Koh Ruide
Aug 30, 2018
How could you when the haunted room is filled with bloodstains, cobwebs, severed limbs, and a hidden switch that’ll whisk you into a nightmare world?
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • cool • halloween • hotels • scary • travel • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)
Grumpy Man’s Guide to Tokyo Disney: A bitter ex-fan shares his side of the 35th anniversary gala
- Katy Kelly
Jul 21, 2018
Can faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust rekindle P.K Sanjun’s love of Disney? Here’s his experience of the 35th anniversary festivities.
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- (Amusement Parks • COK • Disney • funny • moving • P.K. Sanjun • SNOJ • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Land • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • touching)
Osaka theme park to provide fake insta-friends for your Instagram photos
- Master Blaster
Jul 2, 2018
Extras will be on-hand to provide the image of a social life for your image-based social network.
- Japan
- (actors • Amusement Parks • friends • Hirakata Park • Osaka • social media)
Universal Studios Japan roller coaster stops, leaves passengers dangling 98 feet above ground
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2018
Video shows prone passengers awaiting help in hours-long rescue operation.
Gotta escape ’em all in real Pokémon game “Escape from the Amusement Park of Wind”
- Master Blaster
Apr 27, 2018
Finally, a real-world Pokémon adventure where you don’t have to worry about getting hit by a car.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • escape games • Hirakata Park • Osaka • Pokemon • Tokyo • Tokyo Dome City)
Studio Ghibli anime theme park’s first official concept art revealed, hints at wonders to come
- Casey Baseel
Apr 25, 2018
Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke monsters, and a building marked “Cat Bus” have fans more excited than ever about Ghibli Park.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)
Eerie dystopian view emerges as Japan dismantles one of its departed Bubble Era amusement parks
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2018
As Space World becomes a part of the past, the park’s remains are starting to look like part of an apocalyptic future.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • cool • Fukuoka • Kyushu • Space World • weird)
“Japan’s slowest roller coaster” derails, passengers don’t notice
- Master Blaster
Mar 25, 2018
Passengers safely extracted from a somewhat terrifying height.
Final Fantasy Universal Studios Japan VR roller coaster shown off in cool rider experience videos
- Casey Baseel
Mar 7, 2018
Airships, crystals, Cid, and even Chocobo popcorn buckets are part of the tie-up between the theme park and video game giants.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • cool • Final Fantasy • roller coasters • Square Enix • theme parks • Universal Cool Japan • Universal Studios Japan • video • video games • virtual reality • VR)
Gamers can become Pac-Man with new VR attraction in Tokyo【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2018
Video gaming’s newest trend meets its oldest hero with co-op game at Namco’s Tokyo amusement park.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Namco • Namja Town • pac-man • Tokyo • video • video games • virtual reality • VR)
Struggling Legoland Japan doubling down and becoming Legoland Resort with new hotel, aquarium
- Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2017
After a rocky first year, the blocky travel destination is confident about turning things around.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • aquariums • hotels • LEGO • legoland • Legoland Japan • Nagoya • travel)
Tokyo Disney Resort plans 300-billion yen expansion, rumored to be third Tokyo Disney theme park
- Casey Baseel
Nov 30, 2017
Expansion to have attractions exclusive to Japan, with Frozen area expected.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Disney • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland)
Frightening video shows the effect of typhoon winds on Ferris wheel in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2017
This is one amusement park ride you wouldn’t want to be on.
- Japan
- (Aichi • Amusement Parks • Ferris wheels • Typhoon Lan • typhoons • videos • wind)
Japan’s hot spring amusement park opens, and we check out its onsen attractions!
- SoraNews24
Jul 31, 2017
After month’s of waiting, the amusement park that seemed too crazy to be true receives its first visitors.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Beppu • cool • crazy • hot springs • Oita • onsen • Spamusement Park • Uenchi • weird)
Take your singing to new heights on the world’s first karaoke Ferris wheel in Tokyo
- Meg Murphy
Jul 20, 2017
Enjoy a round of karaoke with an amazing Tokyo view!
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Big O • Ferris wheels • karaoke • music • Tokyo • Tokyo Dome)
Struggling Legoland Japan will shut down for two days a week starting in fall
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2017
If you want to visit the Nagoya amusement park on a Tuesday or Wednesday, you’d better go soon.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • LEGO • legoland • Legoland Japan • Nagoya • travel)
Japanese amusement park opens doors to dogs, lets animals on rides with their owners
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2017
Dog days are coming to Fuji-Q Highland this summer.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • animals • dogs • fuji-q highland • pets • theme parks)
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