Greenland – An abandoned amusement park in Fukushima, Japan
February 1, 2010 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
Almost to the day 5 years ago while driving around in the North of Japan, I noticed a roller coaster and a ferris wheel on a hill just next to the main street. This was the second time I found an abandoned amusement park by chance.
Greenland was built in 1973 but had to close a short time later. Eventually it reopened in 1986 and closed its doors forever in 1999. Since a removal of all the rides would cost quite a bunch of money, the management decided to let nature do its work, turning Greenland into Rusty-Brownland.
Another Haikyo: Gulliver’s Final Resting Place
December 23, 2009 by Juergen Specht · 4 Comments
One of the most interesting Haikyo (=abandoned places or ruins in Japanese) was the entertainment park “Gulliver’s Kingdom”. I was lucky enough to spend a day in the abandoned park before it got demolished and replaced with a golf course.
The second death of the dinosaurs
December 20, 2009 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
The Kyouryu Park (Dinosaur Park) in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture in Japan, was one of the projects which relied on the short living Dinosaur trend and the expected visitors coming from Tokyo using the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, a tunnel/bridge combination crossing Tokyo Bay. However, using the Aqua-Line used to be very expensive, so it never caught on and lots of businesses on the Chiba side never saw an increase of visitors and had to shut down their operations.
These photos are taken at the day of the closure of the Dinosaur Park, but fortunately they could sell most of the Dinosaurs to companies, individuals and the Teine Olympia amusement park in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
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