Kyle Merriman recently visited Nara Dreamland, the abandoned Disneyland knockoff theme park in Nara, Japan that was built in 1961 and closed in 2006. He found it to be fairly intact, except for the fact that there are no people there and the weeds have grown everywhere. See the state of the park in a gallery of 56 photographs. Link
Previously at Neatorama: Nara Dreamland, an Alternate Universe Disneyland
GailPink
I love spooky abandoned theme parks and shopping malls and stuff like that (Chernobil)! Really enjoyed looking at these photos – thanks!
sise
Holy Moley! I got dragged there when we were in the area on holiday like… 14 years ago? I almost forgot about this place. Shows how memorable it was.
Gauldar
Great urban exploration photos. I like reading all these posts when the show up on the Web Urbanist too.
Loomis
The first ride in the first pic sounds to be the most awesome. “Screw Coaster”. Maybe over my headboard perhaps?
Kayt
I was lucky enough to accompany Kyle on our trip into Dreamland. It was indeed an eerie place and a photographers dream.
Check out some more photos of the Amusement Park on my site!
Florian
Great pictures, Kyle!
If anybody wants to see more of Nara Dreamland, have a look at my blog – I just put up some more myself.
SBD
Oh man, I used to spend my summers there in the 70s when I lived in Japan. Sorry to see it in such a state. Japan had many wonderful amusement parks back then. Thanks for the memories…
Xeno237
Seriously, I don’t know why China or Japan always tries to cash in on cash by stealing ideas. But a whole park!?! lol
TigrouMeow
I’ve been there a few weeks back! Here are my photos: http://www.meow.fr/nara_dreamland_haikyo
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