If you want to check it out, take a look at the video below. The video uses a lot of flashlights in order to make their surroundings visible, which only adds to the eerie feeling of the Park.
The video shows that many of the attractions are still in place, and the once-happy Park looks like it is ready to have a horror film shot within it. YouTubers, The Proper People, posted an abandoned exploration video of Nara Dreamland. Nara Dreamland’s abandoned state may be history now, but luckily, there is video footage that we can use to revisit the abandoned theme Park once again. The Park was be left to decay for ten years until 2016 when demolition would finally begin. Attendance would drop heavily, and then in 2006, the theme Park closed its doors for good. Nara Dreamland was operational for 45 years but took a substantial hit once Tokyo Disneyland was built. Nara Dreamland would also have its own version of a Main Street, U.S.A., a Mad Tea Party-Esque ride, a Jungle Cruise-style boat ride, and a Matterhorn-like attraction. Credit: Park was not Disney affiliated but had striking Disneyland similarities, such as the castle as the “weenie,” which looked very similar to Sleeping Beauty Castle.
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The park hoped to become a Disney Park after “Kunizo Matsuo, a Japanese businessman & president of the Matsuo Entertainment Company, met with Walt Disney to discuss the attraction.” Things were going well during the park’s development in terms of creating the park in the eye of Disney however, Walt and Matsuo would then disagree over the license fees for using the Disney characters, which put an end to the idea of Nara Dreamland becoming a Disney Park. Nara Dreamland opened in 1961 with a heavy Disneyland influence. Credit: Disney’s America Was an Abandoned Historical Theme Park Meant for VirginiaĪlthough many may associate Japanese Disney Parks with Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, another theme Park was meant to become a Disney Park and when then left to rot. On top of that, there is one theme Park that was nearly brought into the Disney Parks category that ended up falling through the cracks and eventually decaying into an abandoned mess. If you love photographs of abandoned places as much as we do, check out more of Van de Velde's work via the Disney Parks always looking so perfect and pristine, it is always shocking to see something abandoned.Ĭontrary to what you may think, there are actually a lot of areas and attractions at Disney Parks that remained abandoned for years. And last but not least, Big Mountain Pachinko is one of Japan's many abandoned Pachinko parlours – deserted, lost and forgotten forever. Family Land closed as far back as 1970 and leaves only a giant Ferris Wheel in its wake. Western Village was launched in 1975 but was forced to close in 2007 because of its remote location and similar competition.
But when Disneyland Tokyo and Universal Studios Japan opened their doors, Nara Dreamland quickly saw visitor numbers drop and sadly closed its doors in 2006. Amusement parks usually conjure up images of soaring, spinning thrill rides, invigorating roller-coasters, and stately Ferris wheels. With empty Ferris Wheels, rusting rollercoasters swamped by nature and eerily quiet arcades – the apocalyptic scenes evoke a melancholy mood.īut why are these parks no longer? Nara Dreamland was inspired by the original Disneyland and was built in 1961 with almost identical rides and attractions to its American idol. Taking a walk around the former Nara Dreamland, Western Village, Family Land and Big Mountain Pachinko – he gives us a fascinating glimpse into the fun that once was, and what has been left behind.
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