Posted: October 16, 2008 at 4:58 pm

Posted By: Jerome Aronson

News Category: Abandoned

13 Responses to “The life and death of Disneyland clone Nara Dreamland”

1. The life and death of Disneyland clone, Nara Dreamland | Deliggit.com…

   \r\nNara Dreamland was an almost complete copy of Disneyland in California and was ope…

   Deliggit.com | The social sites' most interesting urls on 18 Oct 2008 at 10:24 am

2. How sad, I’ve been to both of them. Suffice it to say, the Japanese version of Disneyland was smaller and more efficient (lol).

   It’s sad that’s it closed and just decaying.

   Ben (Insanity540) on 19 Oct 2008 at 3:42 am

3. I’m pleased you used my photos of Nara Dreamland in its abandoned state, but you could have asked first eh?

   DrZeus on 11 Nov 2008 at 11:59 pm

4. The map you used for Disneyland in California is actually a map of Disneyland Paris.

   Jungleskipper on 24 Nov 2009 at 1:01 am

5. Konnichiwa

   This sounds great, I would love to go to Ghost town Disney Japan.

   Its cheaper than going to Paris, they hate English there.

   I love the Japanese, they are honorable people.

   Sayonara

   “bai – bai”

   Mark(AYGO)Derby on 23 Mar 2010 at 10:28 am

6. Very interesting comparison! By the current looks of it (I went there recently) it’s hard to believe Nara Dreamland is closed for just 4 years…

   Florian on 03 Oct 2010 at 4:07 am

7. [...] forward to the 1960′s in Nara Japan. The birth of “Nara Dreamland“. In the 1961, a theme park opened in Japan imitating the California Disneyland ride by ride. [...]

   The Ghosts of Dreamland « Sylvianne Mills Random Blog on 24 Feb 2011 at 4:00 am

8. As sad as it is that it closed, what can you expect from a park that copied a larger, more popular version almost precisely? Sure, they may have wanted to bring a similar experience at a lower price, but at the same time, how could Nara Dreamland expect to meet the standards of, or even compete with, Disney? Disney is more than just a company- its a legacy.. And while its a shame that someone’s time and effort has gone to waste, it really had to be expected….

   Alyssa on 05 Apr 2011 at 2:49 pm

9. [...] first is a look at the comparissons between Disneyland and Nara Dreamland The second is Michael John GristWhose visit is from [...]

   The Land That Wasn’t Disney | Disneyland Obsession .com on 09 Jun 2011 at 12:13 am

10. [...] Ontem o updater Lorenzo fez um post sobre os clones de lojas “Apple” que pipocam pela China, entre tantas outras falsificações baratas e que fazem a festa do Engrish. Mas aposto que você não sabia (ou sabia?) que tinha uma Disneylandia genérica no Japão desde 1961? E funcionou até 2006! Foram 45 anos de uma cara de pau de olhinhos puxados, lá no Nara Dreamland. [...]

    Disnereirândia: Nara Dreamland (1961) | Update or Die on 21 Jul 2011 at 1:53 pm

11. Does anyone else find these incredibly cheesy knock-offs of iconic Disney stuffs to be somehow sad and creepy? I swear, it looks like something out of low-grade, SyFy channel horror film, created on the cheap to imply that terrible events are taking place at Disneyland, but they can’t use the real thing or the real name.

    Oh, and it wasn’t creepy enough, now it’s abandoned. Which does bring up the question… in the most densely populated country in the world, how does something that size stay abandoned for long? Seems like that land would have a bit of a premium on it.

    VJ on 15 Aug 2011 at 8:38 am

12. Why was it closed and abandoned? Did something happen or it just got old?

    Automobili? nuoma on 07 Oct 2011 at 4:41 am

13. I don’t think it’s so sad that it closed, nobody remembers it in Japan and the people who went there didn’t like it at all. It really wasn’t good it seems. I went there recently, took many pictures and explained my exploration. If you want to see it, it’s here: http://www.meow.fr/urbex/nara-dreamland-haikyo/.

    TigrouMeow on 22 Oct 2011 at 8:17 pm