Nagashima Spa Land


Nagashima Spa Land is an amusement park and vacation resort in Kuwana, Mie, Japan, about 30 km west of Nagoya. It opened in 1966, and features an amusement park with several roller coasters, thrill rides, kiddie rides, a water park, a hot springs complex, an outdoor outlet mall, and 3 official hotels.
In 2022, Nagashima Spa Land hosted 4.2 million visitors, making it the 21st-most visited amusement park in the world and the fourth-most visited in Japan behind Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea and Universal Studios Japan that year.

Rides

Roller coasters

Nagashima Spa Land has 12 roller coasters.
NameYear installedManufacturerDescription
Acrobat 2015Bolliger & MabillardSteel flying coaster
Arashi 2017S&S WorldwideFourth dimension wing coaster
Children Coaster 1983ZiererSteel family coaster
Corkscrew 2012Arrow DynamicsSteel corkscrew coaster
Hakugei 2019Rocky Mountain ConstructionHybrid steel coaster; conversion of the former White Cyclone wooden coaster
Jet Coaster 1966TogoSteel mine train coaster
Looping Star 1982SchwarzkopfSteel coaster
Peter Rabbit Coaster 2012Hoei Sangyo CoSteel family coaster
Shuttle Loop 1980SchwarzkopfLaunched steel shuttle coaster
Steel Dragon 2000 2000D.H. Morgan ManufacturingSteel giga coaster
Ultra Twister 2012TogoSteel pipeline coaster
Wild Mouse 1996Mack RidesTwo steel wild mouse coasters built next to each other with mirrored layouts

Ferris wheel

Nagashima Spa Land is the home of Aurora Wheel, a giant Ferris wheel. It is tall and in diameter.

Other attractions

Nabana-no-Sato

Nabana-no-Sato is a botanical garden known for its seasonal flower and light shows. It covers an area of roughly 230,000 square meters and is filled with over 12,000 species of flowers. During the spring, tulips and dahlias bloom throughout it. The illumination park, which features more than 8 million LEDs, is open from mid-October to early May.
Attractions within the garden include the Tunnel Of Light, the Begonia Garden, the Nagashima Beer Garden, the Santono-yu Spa, and the Island Fuji Observation Platform.

Yuami-no-Shima

Yuami-no-Shima is a hot spring theme park located at Nagashima Spa Land. It is the largest theme park of its kind in Japan.

Incident

On 19 October 2003, one of Steel Dragon 2000's trains lost a wheel, which hit a guest in the water park, leaving the guest with a broken hip. The ride was closed for three years until sturdier wheels were installed, and it reopened in 2006.