Luna Park, Osaka

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For other amusement parks known by the same name, see Luna Park.
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Osaka's Luna Park (Runa pāku, also known as Shinsekai Luna Park) was Japan's second

Tsutenkaku Tower.[3][4]

History

The park was constructed and owned by

motion picture company Yoshizawa Shōten to Shōkichi Umeya in the wake of the destruction by fire of Luna Park, Tokyo and two Osaka theaters in 1911. Prior to the suspicious fires, all three were owned by the film studio.[5]

Rather than rebuilding in Tokyo, Kawaura decided to build his second

Tsutenkaku to the north. Plans were being made to connect the 86 m (282 ft)[6][7] tower to the park by an aerial tramway to provide visitors a unique "flying sensation" as they entered the park.[8][9]

The Osaka Luna Park featured an

theater, and a hot springs spa.[10]

The Osaka Luna Park closed permanently after the 1925 season; in January 1943, the first Tsutenkaku Tower was destroyed by a fire and was subsequently closed and demolished by the Japanese government.[11][12] A new Tsutenkaku Tower was built and opened to the public in 1956.[11]

Gallery

Tsutenkaku Tower can be seen in the background through the entrance arch.
Nighttime picture of Osaka Luna Park, also known as Shinsekai Luna Park, ca. 1912. An aerial tramway connected the amusement park with the original Tsutenaku Tower. The park closed in 1923; the tower was damaged in a fire and dismantled 20 years afterward.
Nighttime picture of the original Tsutenkaku Tower, with Osaka (Shinsekai) Luna Park in the foreground, ca. 1912

References

  1. ISBN 0-691-00792-6
  2. IEEE
  3. ^ History of Shinsekai Archived 2009-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. New York Times
    15 October 2008
  5. ^ Volker Grassmuck, Geschlossene Gesellschaft: Mediale und diskursive Aspekte der "drei Öffnungen" Japans English translation
  6. IEEE
  7. ^ Some sources state the height to have been 75 meters
  8. ISBN 0-8248-2080-0
  9. ISBN 0-8264-1790-6
  10. ^ "History of Shinsekai - Re-use of the Expo Ground". Archived from the original on 29 August 2009.
  11. ^ a b Kippo News, 5 November 1996 Archived 3 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "The History of Shinsekai----- Shinsekai in the Showa Era". Archived from the original on 29 August 2009.
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