Comments on: Rotting Gulliver's Travels themepark in Japan http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: derio http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132808 derio Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132808 That one may be gone, but there is another similar theme park in Japan: The Gulliver Youth Vacation Village. It's maybe a half-hour from my wife's home in Shiga Prefecture, maybe about 2 hours drive north of Kyoto. Here is their official website (in Japanese only): http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~gullivervillage/ And the location in latitude and longitude: 35° 16' 24.31", +135° 55' 35.19" That one may be gone, but there is another similar theme park in Japan: The Gulliver Youth Vacation Village. It’s maybe a half-hour from my wife’s home in Shiga Prefecture, maybe about 2 hours drive north of Kyoto. Here is their official website (in Japanese only):
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~gullivervillage/

And the location in latitude and longitude:
35° 16′ 24.31″, +135° 55′ 35.19″

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132321 oasisob1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132321 Bad news: Mike Tyson's tattooist is suing Japan. Bad news: Mike Tyson’s tattooist is suing Japan.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132072 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132072 This would be the perfect place for a supervillain's secret lair. Also, nice facial tattoo on Gulliver there. This would be the perfect place for a supervillain’s secret lair.

Also, nice facial tattoo on Gulliver there.

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132841 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132841 I feel so neglected :( I feel so neglected :(

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132078 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132078 One would think that with land so expensive in Japan, this park would be immediately repurposed. Perhaps it's a case of the Tragedy of the Anticommons? One would think that with land so expensive in Japan, this park would be immediately repurposed. Perhaps it’s a case of the Tragedy of the Anticommons?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132590 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132590 It's no longer there. Gulliver and other stuff has been removed. It’s no longer there. Gulliver and other stuff has been removed.

]]> By: silkox http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132849 silkox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132849 Spirited Away, the Hayao Miyazaki animated film, involves an abandoned amusement park. Are there many in Japan? Spirited Away, the Hayao Miyazaki animated film, involves an abandoned amusement park. Are there many in Japan?

]]> By: derio http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1133372 derio Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1133372 @silkox, yes, there are many abandoned amusement parks in Japan. Most of them were built during the bubble heyday of the late 80's and early 90's, and not surprisingly many have not survived the years of depression afterward. Those that are closer to urban areas generally get torn down and turned into residential neighborhoods or shopping centers, etc., but many that are way out in the mountains just sit there, abandoned. There are many urban explorers that like to check these places out, here's one: http://www.brandknewme.com/?p=845 And this one is only a half hour from the Gulliver Village I mentioned above, but it's been torn down and the site is now a large shopping mall: https://totaljapandemonium.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/haikyo-biwako-tower-revisited/ @silkox, yes, there are many abandoned amusement parks in Japan. Most of them were built during the bubble heyday of the late 80′s and early 90′s, and not surprisingly many have not survived the years of depression afterward. Those that are closer to urban areas generally get torn down and turned into residential neighborhoods or shopping centers, etc., but many that are way out in the mountains just sit there, abandoned.

There are many urban explorers that like to check these places out, here’s one:
http://www.brandknewme.com/?p=845

And this one is only a half hour from the Gulliver Village I mentioned above, but it’s been torn down and the site is now a large shopping mall:
https://totaljapandemonium.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/haikyo-biwako-tower-revisited/

]]> By: Bobby Oppenheimer http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132607 Bobby Oppenheimer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132607 UER seems to have a bit of info on it... including the former location. There does seem to be a golf course close by but I can't seem to find anything interesting... http://208.68.90.155/locations/show.asp?locid=23800 UER seems to have a bit of info on it… including the former location. There does seem to be a golf course close by but I can’t seem to find anything interesting…

http://208.68.90.155/locations/show.asp?locid=23800

]]> By: fishyswaz http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132608 fishyswaz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132608 Unfortiunatly, Google's image resolution is low here. GPS coords: 35.415006,138.648072 link: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.415006,138.648072&num=1&t=f&sll=35.493191,138.672105&sspn=0.006851,0.166006&ie=UTF8&ll=35.414948,138.648107&spn=0.005124,0.009238&z=18&ecpose=35.41412057,138.6479388,1754.44,9.431,9.856,0 Here's a pretty good gallery of Gulliver Okoku http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~metamorphose/gulliver.htm The Japanese wikipedia entry: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%8C%E5%A3%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E7%8E%8B%E5%9B%BD The old webpage: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mkoba/z/gullivertop.htm Unfortiunatly, Google’s image resolution is low here.
GPS coords: 35.415006,138.648072
link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.415006,138.648072&num=1&t=f&sll=35.493191,138.672105&sspn=0.006851,0.166006&ie=UTF8&ll=35.414948,138.648107&spn=0.005124,0.009238&z=18&ecpose=35.41412057,138.6479388,1754.44,9.431,9.856,0

Here’s a pretty good gallery of Gulliver Okoku
http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~metamorphose/gulliver.htm

The Japanese wikipedia entry:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%8C%E5%A3%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E7%8E%8B%E5%9B%BD

The old webpage:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mkoba/z/gullivertop.htm

]]> By: kjulig http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132102 kjulig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132102 This place seems to be way out in the sticks where nobody wants to live if they can avoid it. Small towns and villages all over Japan are more or less dying out... This place seems to be way out in the sticks where nobody wants to live if they can avoid it. Small towns and villages all over Japan are more or less dying out…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132617 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132617 Anybody been able to find Gulliver in google earth? I found the golf course nearby but don't see anything resembling a recumbant man. Anybody been able to find Gulliver in google earth? I found the golf course nearby but don’t see anything resembling a recumbant man.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132621 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132621 I've been looking into going there, but it seems like it was completely demolished in 2007 http://weburbanist.com/2011/06/05/big-in-japan-gullivers-kingdom-abandoned-theme-park/ =/ (Oh well...the abanddoned Russia-themed park in Niigata and the abanddoned theme park in Fukushima are closer to where I am anyway...). I’ve been looking into going there, but it seems like it was completely demolished in 2007 http://weburbanist.com/2011/06/05/big-in-japan-gullivers-kingdom-abandoned-theme-park/ =/ (Oh well…the abanddoned Russia-themed park in Niigata and the abanddoned theme park in Fukushima are closer to where I am anyway…).

]]> By: lakelady http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132119 lakelady Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132119 we've killed it - server is down (but with a decent redirect msg). Unfortunately the photographer does not have these photos viewable on his flickr account (because of the 200 photo limit) Worse yet he has no sets so I waded through 10 pages of photos just to find out I couldn't see these. we’ve killed it – server is down (but with a decent redirect msg). Unfortunately the photographer does not have these photos viewable on his flickr account (because of the 200 photo limit) Worse yet he has no sets so I waded through 10 pages of photos just to find out I couldn’t see these.

]]> By: Beast of Eden http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132379 Beast of Eden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132379 I likewise spent a long time getting to the server to see that the additional photo selection was sparse. I'd hoped to parse out enough on the location to see if Google Earth or one of the other satellite overlay sites might have the giant Gulliver visible. I likewise spent a long time getting to the server to see that the additional photo selection was sparse. I’d hoped to parse out enough on the location to see if Google Earth or one of the other satellite overlay sites might have the giant Gulliver visible.

]]> By: Lea A Franco http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1152877 Lea A Franco Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1152877 Something the picture or text here doesn't get across is that Gulliver is HUGE, so that visitors are Lilputian in scale to him. I drew a comic about ruins in general (and my mad love for G-Land in particular) in 2005. Something the picture or text here doesn’t get across is that Gulliver is HUGE, so that visitors are Lilputian in scale to him.
I drew a comic about ruins in general (and my mad love for G-Land in particular) in 2005.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1138603 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138603 Try these Coords on Google Earth. 35.415006,138.648072 Rotate the map so the North is 90 degrees to your left. Should be his chest with his legs to the left and arms and head to the right. Zoom out to see the shape better. Try these Coords on Google Earth. 35.415006,138.648072
Rotate the map so the North is 90 degrees to your left. Should be his chest with his legs to the left and arms and head to the right. Zoom out to see the shape better.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/rotting-gullivers-tr.html#comment-1132472 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1132472 If it's any help, it's near Kamikuishiki Village, where the Aum death cult had their sarin factory. :( If it’s any help, it’s near Kamikuishiki Village, where the Aum death cult had their sarin factory. :(

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