the viewing deck: Nagoya Tour 1st part; Morning at Nagashima Spa Land

Monday, March 02, 2015

Nagoya Tour 1st part; Morning at Nagashima Spa Land

6-days Revisiting Summer Japan for Mt. Fuji (3,776masl) Solo Trek
August 07-13, 2014

Nagoya Chubu International Airport Arrival at night

How to go to Nagashima Spa Land;
From Nagoya Station, take train bound to Kuwana Station @ 350JPY($3.54) fare for 40mins travel. Then, go to bus station bound to Spaland @ 510JPY($5.15) for 30mins. There is direct bus ride from Meitetsu Bus but travel time is long and fare is expensive. Admission fee is 2,100JPY($21.21) for amusement park entrance (no ride) and a hot spring outdoor natural bath in Hotel nearby. Photography and video with monopod and tripod is permitted inside.

Nagashima SpaLand is a major amusement park in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It features several roller coasters, thrill rides, and kid rides, a giant Ferris wheel, and a water park. As of 2012, Nagashima Spa Land is the 18th most visited amusement park in the world. Nagashima Spa Land is the home of Aurora Wheel, a giant Ferris wheel. It is 90 metres (295 ft) tall and 83 metres (272 ft) in diameter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagashima_Spa_Land

Nagashima Spa (Yuami No Shima), a huge natural outdoor baths is one of Japan's largest. Yuami no shima, with its six different types of bubble jet spa baths, has a total of 15 indoor men's and women's baths and huge natural outdoor baths situated in magnificent natural setting recreating the beautiful scenery of Kurobe Gorge in Toyama in Hokuriku and the Oirase rushing mountain streams in Tohoku. Nagashima Spa Land Waterpark is also one of the world's largest and cleanest water parks that contains ten pools and 18 different water slides with a total of 55 lanes.