Moomin is very popular in Japan. I can often find books or characters in most cute shops. Near our apartment, there is Moomin Park which has a fantasy theme and is free for children to run around and play in.It has a relaxed theme, it's about letting... ...full story at Mottekaero
from Mottekaero on Fri, Feb 15 2008
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| 18 Nov 07 |
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A Very Moomin Christmas »
YouTube video Moomin entertains the customers at the Moomin Café in Fukuoka with a handbell rendition of Jingle Bells. |
| 01 Nov 07 |
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Retiree starts anew with Kidzania career theme park »
Japan Times ![]() It was in May 2004 that retired restaurant manager Einosuke Sumitani first visited a career theme park called Kidzania in Mexico and saw children cheerfully engaged in jobs there. Read more . . . |
| 29 Jun 08 |
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Ramen Shop Theme Parks » Ramen Tokyo Throughout Japan there are a number of what are called "ramen theme parks". These theme parks are not outdoor affairs with clowns, balloons and roller coasters but rather they are inside shopping centers and malls and the theme, surprisingly enough, is ramen. The most famous one is probably the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, actually that one is more like a real museum than a theme park, however it's a commercial enterprise like all the rest to be sure.I have been to several of the ramen theme parks in and near Tokyo and I will present links to the reviews or external sites here:Shin-Yokohama Ramen MuseumRamen Square NY (Tachikawa City)Ramen Kokugikan (Odaiba)Shinatatsu (Shinagawa) (a branch of the excellent Tetsu is here) |
| 05 Sep 08 |
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Parque Espana » Japan Visitor パルケエスパーニャJapan has a fascination with theme parks that recreate the "life and culture" in other countries. Probably the most famous example is Huis Ten Bosch, the "Dutch" theme park in Nagasaki in Kyushu.Parque Espana (Shima Spa... |
| 10 May 07 |
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USJ becomes profitable for 1st time since 2001 opening of theme park » Japan Today |
| 25 Feb 08 |
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Inokashira Park & Zoo » Japan Visitor 井の頭公園と動物園-less than 20 minutes from Shinjuku or Shibuya-a venerable old Tokyo park founded in 1918-the first Imperial gift of its kind to the nation-has a zoo and aquarium-popular cherry-blossom park in spring-famous for its temple to ... |