--- title: Japan Plans to Open a Spa Amusement Park description: In what might be the best idea of 2016, Japan has announced plans to open a spa amusement park in Beppu. canonical: https://time.com/4583618/japan-spa-amusement-park/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-28T18:21:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:57.826Z og:title: Japan Plans to Make Dreams Come True With a Spa Amusement Park og:description: What dreams are made of og:url: https://time.com/4583618/japan-spa-amusement-park/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Japan Plans to Make Dreams Come True With a Spa Amusement Park twitter:description: What dreams are made of twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Japan Plans to Fulfill Your Wildest Dreams With a Spa Amusement Park  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 28, 2016 6:21 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 28, 2016 6:21 PM UTC In what might be the best idea of 2016, Japan has announced plans to open a spa [amusement park](http://time.com/4583375/japan-skating-rink-frozen-fish/) in [Beppu](http://science.time.com/2011/04/13/geothermal-a-more-grounded-power-source-for-japan/), which is famous for its [hot springs](http://time.com/4574226/man-dissolved-yellowstone-park/). Thanks to a now-viral video that depicts a hypothetical “spamusement” park complete with bubble bath roller coasters and steam room trolley rides, a spa amusement park is now actually in the works. In addition to showing many potential relaxing activities, the clip also featured Beppu’s mayor Yasuhiro Nagano saying that he’ll work to make this fantastical idea a reality if the video hit one million views. Now, nearly a week later, the video has garnered almost two million views. Furthermore, it looks like Mayor Nagano will be making good on his promise — according to [_RocketNews24_](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/11/25/japanese-mayor-responds-to-public-after-spamusement-park-onsen-video-reaches-1-million-views/), the mayor’s office issued a press release that confirmed that plans for the amusement park are underway. Watch the full video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4583618/japan-spa-amusement-park/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4583618/japan-spa-amusement-park/"},"headline":"Japan Plans to Fulfill Your Wildest Dreams With a Spa Amusement Park","datePublished":"2016-11-28T18:21:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:57.826Z","description":"What dreams are made of","url":"https://time.com/4583618/japan-spa-amusement-park/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Japan","Travel","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4583618/japan-spa-amusement-park/","name":"Japan Plans to Fulfill Your Wildest Dreams With a Spa Amusement Park"}}]}] ```