Kodomonokuni Theme Park (こどもの国) is an amusement park near Tokyo, located in

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, Japan. The park's name means Children's Country. As the name implies, it is more oriented towards young children than teenagers. It was founded in commemoration of the Royal Marriage of Prince Akihito and

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in 1959 (who reigned as Emperor and Empress from 1989 to 2019), and it was officially opened on May 5, a national holiday of the Children's Day, in 1965. The park is approximately , and includes such things as a children's zoo, a boating lake, and a barbecue site. It can be accessed by train from the

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's Kodomonokuni Line, Kodomonokuni Station, or from Aobadai Station or

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by bus.

References

External links

Kodomonokuni website in English
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