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On their travels across Japan, many people skip right by Nagoya, which is kind of a shame. Sure, the capital of Aichi Prefecture may not be able to match the limitless variety of Tokyo or the historical pedigree of Kyoto, but Nagoya has its own set of attractions, such as a beautiful castle and the best chicken wings in the country.
Plus, come next spring, Nagoya will have something nowhere else in Japan does: a Legoland theme park. Yes there are already Legoland Discovery Centers in Tokyo and Osaka, but those are modestly sized indoor facilities attached to shopping malls. Nagoya’s Legoland will be a full-scale outdoor amusement park like those in Denmark and the U.S.
Currently under construction in the city’s Minato Ward, Nagoya’s Legoland is scheduled to open next year on April 1. One-day ticket pricing is yet to be announced, but commemorative annual passes, dubbed “1st to Play,” have already gone on sale through the park’s website here.
Priced at 17,300 yen for adults and 13,300 yen for kids, bearers can enjoy unlimited visits to the park for one year starting on its official opening day, and will also be able to get a peek earlier than the general public on the park’s “preview days,” March 18-21, 2017.
The annual passes also get you a 10% discount on food and drink sold inside the park, and the implied promise of restaurants has us keeping our fingers crossed that one of them will be a human-sized version of the awesome Lego revolving sushi eatery we saw earlier this spring.
Source: IT Media
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papigiulio
WHAT?
PASS!
Yukiii
It's good for LEGO lovers.
Will this be famous for everyone in future, like TDL or USJ?
I hope... Cuz it's for Japan!!
Sparky Santos
We go to Legoland here in California. Sadly, the kid is getting too old for the rides, but she likes Lego.
Futaro Gamagori
17,300円 = annual pass
Wc626
Why do the Japanese constantly rip-off america. Tokyo Disneyland, Universal Studios, now Legoland. Even Nasu Highland Amusement Park has ripped-off a couple themes from California's Knott's Berry Farm.
In the US there are NO Sanrio Puroland's.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Of all the things to criticize Japan for, this one is rather odd. Why do they "rip off" America? Because they like American stuff. Companies such as OLC pay Disney a lot of money in royalties to use the Disney brand.
Maybe because HK isnt popular enough for Sanrio to make such a huge capital investment?
nath
I balked at that too until I read that it's for a year's pass.
Roger Jolly
Always loved LEGO, but what has it to share with Nagoya. It sounds so artificial. Beside it there is nothing there... the castele is a modern rebuilt, and chicken wings are nothing particularly worth-mentioning, beside not having anything to eat and chew on them... just hype. I wen tto Nagoya severla times... and I have found really nothing so turistically attractive to fill almost even one day.
gogogo
WTF! Seriously?
Futaro Gamagori
Nagoya? umm yeah, our train stopped at Nagoya station on our way to Osaka-Kyoto/Tokyo. Very famous line.
papigiulio
Ah, a year pass. Why not just mention a single 1 day ticket, i doubt many people buy year passes unless they have kids and/or live nearby. And again, 17000 yen is a steep price for an amusement park that is only 1/4 the size of USJ.
Futaro Gamagori
day pass amount hasn't been decided yet according to this article. this "year pass" is kind of a "special" one because it gives the holder access to the "preview days" which is around 10 days before it opens to the public. pay extra to give you the bragging rights just before everyone else sees it. some people would pay for those kinds of things apparently.
iamme
I don't think you can call them rip-offs as they are the official brand. And I assume it's more that these companies are looking to expand into Asia, rather than Japanese forcefully taking the brand here.
There was a true Disneyland rip-off somewhere in Kansai years back of Disneyland, similar to the ripoff found in China, which looked and felt like Disneyland, just at a smaller and much cheaper-looking scale. I would never pay to go to these (although the Disney character lookalikes are quite amusing).
kibousha
If it's anything like the sad one they have at odaiba, I'm gonna pass.
rainyday
Are you intentionally parodying yourself? Legoland (and Lego) is Danish, not American.
Wc626
Oh my bad. I stand corrected. Still, Disney, Universal, 6-flags blows away Legoland.
Stuart hayward
Kibpusha: Legoland will be much larger than Lego Discovery Center, it's an outdoor park with far more rides and attractions.
It's in Nagoya simply because it would cost way to much for that kind of land space in Tokyo, if you could even find it. Legolands around the world are doing well and this will be modeled similar to the other parks. I can't say if it will be successful or not, but I personally prefer Lego parks for children than any other.
As for the yearly admission pass price, I know it's not cheap but it's only a little more than their other parks and this is Japan after all.
albaleo
There are two or three amusement park "imports" from the US, and a huge number of others that have little or nothing to do with the US. Or don't they count?
And while we're on the subject, why does Disney constantly rip off other countries' children's stories? :-)
albaleo
But it would probably save Wc626's parents some money.
(Just kidding)
Patrick Kimura-Macke
Lego and legs. Nagoya is also famous for Sakuramichi: A long distance running event from Nagoya castle across the Japanese alps passing through Shirotori and Shirakawa to Kanazawa.