Yokohama Joypolis

Outside Inside
Yokohama Joypolis
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Opened: 1994-07-20
Closed: 2001-02-28

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Yokohama Joypolis (横浜ジョイポリス) in Yokohama was the first Joypolis indoor theme park to be opened by Sega. As part of a restructuring by Sega, Joyopolis Yokohama was closed in 1998. The park re-opened on 25th July 1999 as Joypolis H. Factory Yokohama (ジョイポリスH.FACTORY横浜), however was closed in 2001 due to low visitor numbers and financial restraints. One of the reasons cited for closure was its fifteen-minute walking distance from the nearest subway station - something rectified in 2004, had the site still been in operation.

The building became a warehouse in the years that followed, and is now a block of flats.

Story

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• 日本語
• English

天才発明家"Ｄr.クロノ"。

横浜　新山下に秘密の研究所を持つ彼の目的は、「"時"の破壊」。 日常という「時の流れ」に支配され、いつもと同じ「空間」で変化のない毎日を過ごすことに何の疑問も抱かずに生きる人々にとてつもない衝撃を与えるために、彼は研究を重ねてきた。 そして、ついに『時空間位相変調装置（ＢＵＲＰ）』が出来上がった。『ＢＵＲＰ』を稼働させれば、「時」を歪ませ、「空間」にひずみをつくり、人々を「時の流れ」から解放させることができる。ところが、この事態を時空間管理局（タイム・ポリス）がキャッチし、彼の実験を妨げようとする。

"Ｄr．クロノ"は、『ＢＵＲＰ』を守るために、研究所をアミューズメントテーマパーク 『ジョイポリス』としてカモフラージュした。彼の研究成果は７種類の時空間を体験できるアトラクションにより体験できる。

Opening

The 11,946m² complex opened with over 8,250m² of that dedicated to the theme park's 7 major attractions and 217 coin operated arcade machines. It mark the public debut of Mad Bazooka, Rail Chase: The Ride and VR-1 which would go on to feature at other venues across the world. It also offered food and drink, as well as a Sega shop.

Major attractions

• Virtua Formula
• Rail Chase: The Ride
• Ghost Hunters
• Mad Bazooka
• Astronomicon
• AS-1
• VR-1

Gallery

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  Joyopolis decor, circa 1994