Awaji World Park Onokoro, Theme park and miniature attraction in Awaji, Japan.
Awaji World Park Onokoro is a theme park and miniature attraction in Awaji, Japan, featuring scale models of famous buildings from around the world at a 1:25 ratio. The park displays detailed replicas such as the Arc de Triomphe and the Great Wall of China.
The site was built by Hyogo Prefecture as the main venue of the 1985 Kuniumi Festival, held when the Onaruto Bridge opened, and ran afterwards as Onokoro Ai-Land Park. Damaged in the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake, it was rebuilt with a third-sector company and a new Ferris wheel, reopening in 1998, the year the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge opened. Management passed to private operators; the park closes on 30 November 2026.
The park includes a dedicated section called Tales Forest, where eight different scenes from international fairy tales are displayed with detailed craftsmanship. Visitors walk through these settings to experience stories from cultures around the world.
The park is reached by bus: Awaji Kotsu, Shinki Bus, Honshi Kaikyo Bus and JR West Japan Bus all stop at World Park Onokoro, as do the Awaji Kotsu north-south line and the Awaji city community bus routes 4 and 11. The park is scheduled to close on 30 November 2026, and all attractions are to be dismantled by the end of October 2027.
The full-size wooden sailing ship Tatsuei-maru, built in 1984, is displayed permanently at the park and serves as an event stage. It is a kitamaebune, a type of cargo vessel that once sailed the Seto Inland Sea.
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