The (local nickname ''TDR'') is a

theme park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...

and vacation resort located in

Urayasu 260px, old Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...

Chiba Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...

, Japan, just east of

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. The resort is fully owned and operated by

The Oriental Land Company is a Japanese leisure and tourism corporation headquartered in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan where it also owns and operates the Tokyo Disney Resort. The company operates in three segments, divided as theme parks, hotels, and other business. Oriental ...

(a subsidiary of the

Keisei Electric Railway The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...

Company) under a licence from

The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

, which constructed and designed the resort and its various attractions. The resort opened on April 15, 1983, as a single theme park (

Tokyo Disneyland (local nickname ''TDL'') is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to be ...

), later developing into a resort with a second theme park (

Tokyo DisneySea is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, just next to Tokyo. It opened on 4 September 2001, at a cost of 335 billion yen. The Oriental Land Company owns the park, and licenses intellectual proper ...

), six Disney hotels, six non-Disney hotels and a shopping complex (

Ikspiari The (local nickname ''TDR'') is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. The resort is fully owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company under a licence from The Walt Disney Company, who constru ...

). Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disney theme park to open outside the United States and the resort is the only

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resort in the world not owned or operated by The Walt Disney Company in any capacity.

Attractions

Tokyo Disney Resort consists of

, and

, which is a variation of the

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and

Disney Springs Disney Springs (previously known as Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village in 1975, Walt Disney World Village in 1977, Disney Village Marketplace in 1989, and Downtown Disney in 1997) is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complex at the W ...

shopping, dining, and entertainment areas found at the Disney resorts in

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and

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respectively. It also contains Bon Voyage!, a large Disney goods specialty shop. Like other Disney resorts, the Tokyo Disney Resort includes several Disney-branded hotels; the resort's three "Deluxe" Hotels are the Disney Ambassador Hotel, the Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta and the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel. The Resort also includes the "Moderate" type Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel and the "Value" type Tokyo Disney Resort Celebration Hotel. There are six other hotels located on the Tokyo Disney Resort property. These, however, are not Disney-branded hotels and are owned by other companies, similar to the Hotel Plaza Boulevard hotels at

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. All facilities are linked by the

Disney Resort Line The , officially called , is an automated monorail in Japan, which operates between Maihama Station and the Tokyo Disney Resort. The system is operated by , the subsidiary of Oriental Land Co., Ltd. that operates the resort. Legally speaking, ...

monorail, with the exception of the Celebration Hotel which is connected to the resort area via a free 15-minute shuttle. The Tokyo Disney Resort is headed by

Toshio Kagami is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Oriental Land Company, and the representative director, chairman and CEO of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan. Early life In 1958, Kagami graduated from Keio University in Tokyo ...

, who is the

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(CEO) of the Oriental Land Company.

Theme Parks

, the first theme park built at the resort. Tokyo Disneyland opened on April 15, 1983 and is mostly based on its sister castle parks

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and

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. *

, the second theme park to open at the resort. Tokyo DisneySea opened on September 4, 2001 and is themed after nautical exploration, adventure, and different ports of call from around the world.

Shopping

* Bon Voyage! - The resort's official Disney goods speciality shop.

Ikspiari

is a shopping, dining, and entertainment complex at the Tokyo Disney Resort in

Urayasu, Chiba 260px, old Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...

, Japan. The complex is operated by IKSPIARI Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the owner,

, it is the Japanese equivalent of the

complex at

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in Anaheim, California,

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in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, and

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, France. Ikspiari is close to

Maihama Station is a railway station in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is most well known for being the main railway access point for the Tokyo Disney Resort. Lines The station is served by the Keiyō Line from , an ...

on the

Keiyō Line The is a railway line connecting Tokyo and Chiba in Japan, paralleling the edge of Tokyo Bay. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line forms part of what JR East refers to as the around Tokyo, consisting of the Kei ...

from Tokyo, and is also served by

Resort Gateway Station The , officially called , is an automated monorail in Japan, which operates between Maihama Station and the Tokyo Disney Resort. The system is operated by , the subsidiary of Oriental Land Co., Ltd. that operates the resort. Legally speaking, ...

on the

. Ikspiari opened on . At the complex, the 12th non-US Rainforest Cafe opened in . On , Create Restaurants Holdings Inc. fully acquired RC Japan Co., Ltd., the Rainforest Cafe franchisee, at the complex.

Hotels

Disney hotels

Official non-Disney Hotels

*Sunroute Plaza Tokyo *Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel *Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel Club Resort *Hilton Tokyo Bay *Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay *Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel

Incidents

References

External links

* Tokyo Disney Resort web site i
Japanese
an

* Resort Map i

*
Joe's Tokyo Disney Resort Photo Site
{{Authority control 1983 establishments in Japan Amusement parks in Chiba Prefecture Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Urayasu, Chiba Amusement parks opened in 1983