“Toshimaen” The last business day of the 31st curtain of the 94-year history | NHK News

Various events are held in the park to convey appreciation to visitors for many years, among them, in the corner where you can write a message to Toshimaen, many people spell out memories and gratitude of Toshimaen. Was.

On the Eldorado Carousel, the oldest merry-go-round in the world that has become the symbol of Toshimaen, crowds of people were queuing for a commemorative photo.

A father and a child who made a plow with the message “I like Toshimaen” said, “I really loved it, so I made a plow with feelings. My children were growing up and the number of vehicles I could drive was increasing little by little. closing of the park is disappointing. “

On the 31st, businesses will be closed in each area, and at the popular pool, a staff member announced that the business was closed at 5pm and that many visitors were leaving the pool with regret. ..

Subsequently, the vehicle will stop operating at 7:00 pm, and starting at 8:00 pm, fireworks will be launched into the night sky and a closing ceremony will be held, and “Toshimaen” will begin its 94-year history.

Many fans are saddened by Toshimaen’s closure.

It’s Chie Ueda (23) from Nakano-ku, near Toshimaen.

Mr. Ueda, who says he has grown up with Shimaen since he was little, has had a complex feeling about closing the park.

“I had a lot of fun today, and now it’s a great feeling. It’s great that I can’t accept it. It’s sad and unfortunate.”

As the park closes, we created a Twitter account this month to post our thoughts on the park, and it became a place for fans to share the same sentiment.

On the last day, we can only enter at night, so we visited Toshima Enga for the first time on the 29th of this month, two days before the park closes.

“There are various emotions, but I want to enjoy them to the end with the most negative feeling.”

That day I decided to ride all the vehicles that I was used to since I was little.

The longest line was the Carousel Eldorado, a merry-go-round that is said to be a symbol of Toshimaen.

I rode the three horses that I lined up and enjoyed taking photos with my friends.

“I’m always on the deadline. When I walk to the exit, I have this, and in the end I want to get on a merry-go-round. When I go up next, I feel sentimental. The Eldorado carousel at night is really beautiful, and I don’t think I can finish it. because I like it and I think it’s a real deadline.

“Toshimaen” in Nerima-ku, Tokyo was opened in 1926 and has a history of more than 90 years, covers an area of ​​22 hectares and has attractions and swimming pools.

It is known as one of the amusement parks that the metropolitan area represents, introducing the world’s first facility, such as an indoor ski resort in the 1955s and a “flowing pool” in the 1940s. has become popular.

In the 1990s, the number of visitors exceeded 4 million; however, in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government acquired a large amount of land centered in Toshimaen in 2011 from the Seibu Group and others. In addition, we have established a policy of establishing a metropolitan park that can also be used as an evacuation site in the event of a disaster.

After that, the number of visitors decreased to 960,000 in fiscal year 2017, but in fiscal year 2018, it increased slightly to 1.12 million.

And this June, it was announced that the Seibu Railroad, which owns the land, will close the park this month.

Regarding the maintenance of the Toshimaen site, Tokyo will conclude a memorandum of understanding with Seibu Railway and others, and the “Harry Potter” theme park, which is popular around the world for its novels and films, and a park equipped with a function. prevention plan will be available in the first half of 2023. It is expected to be maintained.