We had such an awesome experience at Nagashima Spa Land! Took us a while to find where the bus was from Nagoya station but made it there in the end, and the busses run frequently so you don’t have to stress much on how you’ll get back to your accommodation. We got there around noon and left just after 5 pm which felt like plenty of time and that we got our money’s worth.

Entrance fee is so cheap for unlimited rides (5,200 ¥ = $63 CAD) and seems like western tourists haven’t caught on yet as we were the tallest people there! Went on a Saturday and we were amazed at how few people there were. Only had to line up for the arashi, Acrobat and the Steel dragon which were so much fun. They warn you about getting wet on the acrobat but we didn’t at all. For reference my partner is 6’3” and I’m 5’9” and a little thicker through the hips, which lead to a bit of a tight squeeze on the Steel Dragon and two of the girls pushing my lap restraint closed with all their might. So if you’re around or above a US dress size 16 definitely get in the seat at the beginning of the line for the steel dragon and make sure you’ll fit (and save yourself the embarrassment)!

Regardless of that we had an awesome day that was so much fun and surprisingly relaxed for a day at an amusement park. Park food was pretty standard fare but not bad, beware of the tiny packets of mustard as it’s wasabi mustard which lead to a hilarious surprise when we bit into our corn dogs. Just scraped it off and enjoyed it. If you want to bring in snacks go ahead as they don’t have any rules against it that I saw and was nice that we could bring our full water bottles in as I didn’t see many fountains to fill them.

There are lockers everywhere so if for some reason you’re traveling with luggage you could lock up at the big lockers by the gate and most rides have these genius little lockers to put your bag and any loose items in while you’re on the rides. You lock up the locker and take the key with you on the ride, so smart! We both wear glasses so it was nice to know they were in a safe spot along with my purse with our passports in it.

Anyways, all in all this is a great park for an awesome day on super fun rollercoasters for a very reasonable price and so nice to not have to fight through crowds of people. Will definitely recommend to friends and hope to be back the next time we’re in Japan!!