Ride and Relax in a Hot Tub Roller Coaster at the Spamusement Park

A hot tub roller coaster at a spa-themed amusement park? In one of the most bizarre roller coaster and amusement park proposals I’ve seen in my life (and I’ve seen a lot), a Japanese resort town is proposing a spa amusement park.

Yes, a spa amusement park. Dubbed a “spamusement park” (a rather unfortunate portmanteau), the park would feature a hot-tub roller coaster and other “spa-ified” amusement park rides.

Hot Tub Roller Coaster at the Spamusement Park

The city of Beppu, on the Japanese island of Kyushu, released a promotional video proposing the concept of the spa theme park. Watch it for yourself below:


In the video — filmed at Beppu’s Rakutenchi park — (spa) guests don towels and ride a roller coaster and traditional amusement park classics such as a carousel and ferris wheel, all of which allow guests to ride in what are essentially hot tubs.

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The cleanliness of something like this is questionable, in my mind at least. The couple above that continued to eat an ice cream cone after it was doused in (hopefully chlorinated) hot tub water was a little nauseating.

I suppose this is essentially a true meshing of an amusement (dry) park with a water park. Or at least the wave pool at a water park.

But the spamusement park also appears to feature more traditional — yet unique — spa accommodations, like an inclinator ride full of miniature hot tubs:

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The end of the video features Beppu’s mayor announcing that if the video accumulates 1 million views, the city would begin working on making the spamusement park a reality.

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As the video has already surpassed the 2-million view mark, work has allegedly begun on the spa theme park. Allegedly.

While watching the video, I kept waiting for the “gotcha” moment. I felt as though I was watching some bizarre Japanese Saturday Night Live sketch. But alas, it appears to be legitimate. Or as legitimate as a roller coaster hot tub roller coaster and amusement park can be.

What do you think about a spa theme park? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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