Amusement Park in Asakusa

[bill937ca]

Want an amusement park for your layout?  There's one in Asakusa that has been there since 1853. Web page and park guide are below.

 

http://www.hanayashiki.net/e/index.html

 

http://www.hanayashiki.net/e/map.pdf

 

Theme Park Review article and photos.

 

http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/page.php?pageid=340

[Mudkip Orange]

Ooh, they have one of these:

 

http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=340&linkid=5976

 

Chicks dig this ride.

[scott]

n addition to the play equipment that was installed in 1872, there were also exotic birds, animals.......

Tiger quintuplets, which are rare in the world, were born in 1923! The first lion in Japan was born in 1931.

 

Bleah -- caged exotic animals = the bad old days.

[cteno4]

Bill,

 

thanks for more ref photos on this park. i found a bunch a few years back and filed it away as a possibility for a neat scene with a small packed in amusement park in the middle of a city!

 

dont know if anyone stumbled across this photo in the links...

 

talk about a chamber of horrors, being farted on by a giant sumo butt!

 

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/files/ch_1_35_395.jpg

 

cheers

 

jeff

[cteno4]

n addition to the play equipment that was installed in 1872, there were also exotic birds, animals.......

Tiger quintuplets, which are rare in the world, were born in 1923! The first lion in Japan was born in 1931.

 

Bleah -- caged exotic animals = the bad old days.

 

Scott,

 

in looking through the current park's website they dont seem to mention animal exhibits at all, so hopefully thats a thing of the past for them!

 

cheers

 

jeff

[scott]

Oh, I know--I was being only belatedly self-righteous. :-)