Wouldn't this be a good place to film a movie?

[Pacman000]

http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2010/09/nara-dreamland-japans-last-abandoned-theme-park/  

Edit: Here's a video made when it was new:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0EZJ4_rvVo&feature=related

And when it wasn't:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M-n7O8bT4A&feature=related

And finally, here's one of it closed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xVMnjRUOeg

[Flick James]

I'm thinking a Japanese version of Vacation.

[Pacman000]

I'm thinking a Japanese version of Vacation.

That would work when it was open:
http://www.themeparkreview.com/japan2004/nara1.htm 
Warning: While this review is okay, some of Theme Park Review's other articals are Not Safe For Work. 

(Actually security is supposed to be pretty tight; it might be funny to see a family chased around an abandoned park by an angry security guard.  Perhaps they were looking for Tokyo Disneyland, requested directions for a Japanese Disneyland, and wound up here.)

[LilCerberus]

I'm thinking one of those frat party movies...

Ocean View Park was a real place, until somebody made a movie about it...

From the land where Fabio collided with a duck! :-D

[Psycho Circus]

They should allow the homeless to live in abandoned theme parks.

[Trevor]

That place reminds me of the eerie carnival in Something Wicked This Way Comes. 

[Pacman000]

It had a sister park: Yokohama Dreamland

That park was closed in 2003(?).  They tore it down....to build a prison.  

Pics here: http://www.rcdb.com/5000.htm

Edit: After further research, I'm not sure what they built there.  They might have built a used car auction site and a school.  A prison sounds funnier though, so it sticks out.

[Chainsawmidget]

Something about the idea of a run down abandoned theme park just screams "horror movie" to me. 

[Leah]

Nah man, we have to film a comedy there. one with...pure satire!

[tommex84]

It had a sister park: Yokohama Dreamland

That park was closed in 2003(?).  They tore it down....to build a prison.   

Here's a movie idea:
Ghosts of the people who died in this park come back and start a zombie like feeding frenzy on the inmates of the new prison.
G.A. Romero should direct it!

[Living_Dead_Girl]

It could be a location for a post apocolyptic film? Those pictures made me want to look up abonded houses. Facinating! :)

[Pacman000]

It could be a location for a post apocolyptic film? Those pictures made me want to look up abonded houses. Facinating! :)

If you want the survivors to stumble on Disneyland/World, it would work.

Here's a park which looks like the Apocalypse already happened:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivhGgy7nSxU

[Pacman000]

Well, this is a bit sad; Nara Dreamland sold last year, & is being torn down: https://abandonedkansai.com/2016/11/08/nara-dreamland-demolition/

[BoyScoutKevin]

It had a sister park: Yokohama Dreamland

That park was closed in 2003(?).  They tore it down....to build a prison.  

Pics here: http://www.rcdb.com/5000.htm

Edit: After further research, I'm not sure what they built there.  They might have built a used car auction site and a school.  A prison sounds funnier though, so it sticks out.

I don't know how up to date this info is, but it looks like the Yokohama College of Pharmacy took it over as a college campus. Building an academic library, classrooms, and labs there. Later adding other structures, amenities, and green spaces.

Though a prison sounds like more fun. And with "It's a Small World (After All)" playing on a continuous loop, it'd be the Prison from Hell. Where even the toughest prisoners fear to go.

[Pacman000]

Nara Dreamland is being/has been torn down.

https://abandonedkansai.com/2016/11/08/nara-dreamland-demolition/
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/22/arts/japanese-abandoned-theme-park/

http://youtu.be/xDE3S6Ygklw

http://youtu.be/HgcKHBxpobY