Takakonuma Greenland

Previously known as Takakonuma Family Park
Takakonuma Greenland
Location	Date City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	37°48′19″N 140°31′07″E / 37.805174°N 140.518620°E / 37.805174; 140.518620
Status	Defunct
Opened	1973 (1973)
Closed	1999 (1999)
Owner	KSC Co. Ltd
Attractions
Total	~12
Roller coasters	2

Takakonuma Greenland (Japanese: 高子沼グリーンランド, Hepburn: Takakonuma Gurīnrando) was a Amusement park near Date, Fukushima, Japan. It opened in 1973 but temporarily closed a few years later. It reopened in 1982^[1][2][3] before permanently closing in 1999, the park was left abandoned until it was demolished between 2006 and 2007,^[1][3][4][5] the park has become an Urban Legend due to its apparent isolation and sometimes misty conditions.^[6]

The park opened in 1973 as Takakonuma Family Park Co., Ltd.^[7] but closed after only a few years of operating.^{[1][8][9][10]}

The park was reopened as Takakonuma Greenland Co., Ltd.^[7] on April 2, 1982,^[2][3] the business rights were acquired by KSC Co. Ltd (then Sagawa Reizo Co., Ltd.) in May 1988, and fully in July 1992^[3][11]

The park permanently closed in October 1999 due to poor attendance and deteriorating facilities,^[10][3] the park lay abandoned for several years, before it was demolished after 2006.^[1][5][12]

Solar Panels were installed on the site in 2014^[1]

The park was notable for being Fukushima Prefecture's first and largest amusement park and contained several rides.^{[1][6][citation needed]}

• Ferris Wheel^[13]
• Adventure Coaster,^[4][14] a steel terrain coaster manafactured by Meisho^{[citation needed]}
• Bobster,^[15] a mini steel rollercoaster manufactured by TOGO
• Flying Elephants
• Go Karts
• Sky Cycle
• Swinging Dragon^[16]
• Enterprise^[17]
• Merry-go-Round
• Haunted House
• Miniature Railway

Other attractions included an ice skating rink, game corner, Petting Zoo^[17] and Insect Museum.

The park was used as a location in the film Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost.^[6][18]

The park appears in the Opening of the Original video animation "FREEDOM".^[6]

The Park has become a popular Urban Legend and Creepypasta, with several of these stories claiming the parks location is undisclosed and isolated and that the park experienced several fatalities.^[6]