Festivalgate (Japanese: フェスティバルゲート, Hepburn: Fesutibarugēto) was an amusement park in Osaka, Japan, just beside the Shin-Imamiya Station of the Osaka Loop Line of Nishinihon Japan Railway and Nankai Railway.
 The entrance to Festival Gate | |
| Location | Osaka, Japan, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka City, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 34°39′00″N 135°30′17″E / 34.650069°N 135.504694°E |
| Status | Defunct |
| Opened | 18 July 1997 |
| Closed | 31 July 2007 |
| Website | http://www.festivalgate.co.jp (dead) |
The park opened in July 1997.[1] The city of Osaka invested in the park, but the theme park was originally managed by a private company which went bankrupt in 2004, and has since been managed by the municipal government of Osaka. In 2007, the local authorities decided to put the property up for sale.[2]
The park was demolished on 19 March 2012. In late 2014, a new building on the site opened containing a Maruhan entertainment center and a Mega Donki outlet.
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Entrance to the Sega World arcade in Festivalgate (extreme left, unrelated to SegaWorld), October 2004 -
Festivalgate Demolition, 19 March 2012
References
edit- ^ "Indoor fun park to open in downtown Osaka". Japan Times. 15 July 1997. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Osaka govt decides to sell failed Festivalgate facility". Daily Yomiuri Online. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2007. [permanent dead link]