Toshimaen Closed at the end of August "Haripota" facility and park maintenance on the site of the site June 12 18:08
"Toshimaen" in Nerima-ku, Tokyo will be closed this summer. Regarding the use of the site, Tokyo has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Seibu Railway, which owns the land, to develop a theme park for "Harry Potter", a world-famous novel and movie, and a park with disaster prevention functions. became.
With a history of over 90 years, Toshimaen is one of the largest amusement parks in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with 22 hectares of sites and attractions and pools.
Seibu Railway, which owns the land, announced today that it will close the park at the end of August.
In addition, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the maintenance of the site with Seibu Railway, the American corporate group “Warner Brothers”, and Nerima Ward.
The Memorandum of Understanding includes cooperation and cooperation for the development of a wide-area disaster prevention base and a park with lively functions on the site.
According to the capital, the theme park of "Harry Potter", which is popular around the world for novels and movies, will be set up for the opening in the spring of 2023 and will be operated by "Warner Bros." according to the capital.
"Seibuen Yuenchi" is renewed
Toshimaen, which was supposed to be closed at the end of August, opened in 1915 as "Nerima Castle Ruins Toshimaen" with a Japanese garden. It was once closed during World War II, but will resume operations shortly after the war.
It is also known as one of the leading amusement parks in the Tokyo metropolitan area, known for creating the world's first facility such as an indoor ski resort in the 1960s and a "flowing pool" in the 1940s. I will.
Seibu Holdings, which operates about the decision to close the park, says, "I am deeply grateful to the many people who have been supported by the local community for a long time."
On the other hand, Seibu plans to make a large-scale renewal of "Seibuen Yu Enchi," which is operated in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, for approximately 10 billion yen. It is close to the base of Seibu Lions, a professional baseball player, and the redevelopment of commercial facilities is being promoted in the vicinity, and the company hopes to reactivate it along the way.
The number of visitors to Seibuen Yuenchi has been sluggish due to the aging of the facility, which has been in operation for 70 years, but when renewing, the theme is "nostalgia" by making use of its antiquity. The park will have an area that recreates the streets of Japan during the period of high economic growth, and plans to introduce new attractions.