Naruto

A small story that slipped through the cracks: a new themed land is coming to an amusement park in France

Like Parc Asterix, Parc Spirou is also based on an obscure European newspaper comic strip. Somehow, its getting an area dedicated to one of the “Big Three” of anime.

Probably even less known is that a Naruto theme park has already existed in Japan since 2019! Full name NARUTO X BORUTO Shinobi-zato, its part of an entire manga theme park called Nijigen no Mori. In the same prefecture as Osaka, it could make for a side trip when visiting Universal Studios Japan.

Interestingly, another Japanese theme park, Fuji-Q Highland, also opened a Naturo themed land in 2019: Naruto x Boruto Fuji Hidden Leaf Village. However, from what ive read, its definitely the inferior of the two. The only attraction is a Toy Story Mania knockoff, and a theatre-in-the-round. Shinobi-zato is more immersive, and also contains a replice of the rock of the hokages PLUS Ichiraku Ramen!

I was gonna say this wouldn’t rate at all for us, Naruto isn’t a top10 for anyone in our household.

But I’m wondering how many people go just for the ramen :rofl:

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With all the anime merch Universal sells, i cant believe that USJ is the only park to actually have anime theme attractions