Japan city opens "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Japan city opens "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Children frolic while riding a hot-tub merry-go-round at Beppu Rakutenchi amusement park in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, on July 29, 2017. The southwestern Japan city boasting one of the world's largest hot spring resorts opened a special amusement park with rides featuring immersion in its thermal water, which will operate for three days through July 31 at the existing park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan city opens "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Japan city opens "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Visitors ride a hot-tub merry-go-round at Beppu Rakutenchi amusement park in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, on July 29, 2017. The southwestern Japan city boasting one of the world's largest hot spring resorts opened a special amusement park with rides featuring immersion in its thermal water, which will operate for three days through July 31 at the existing park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan city opens "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Japan city opens "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Visitors ride a roller coaster with its seats filled with bubbles made from hot-spring ingredients at Beppu Rakutenchi amusement park in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, on July 29, 2017. The southwestern Japan city boasting one of the world's largest hot spring resorts opened a special amusement park with rides featuring immersion in its thermal water, which will operate for three days through July 31 at the existing park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan city opens "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Japan city opens "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Visitors ride a roller coaster with its seats filled with bubbles made from hot-spring ingredients at Beppu Rakutenchi amusement park in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, on July 29, 2017. The southwestern Japan city boasting one of the world's largest hot spring resorts opened a special amusement park with rides featuring immersion in its thermal water, which will operate for three days through July 31 at the existing park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan spa city to run "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Japan spa city to run "spamusement park" combining bathing and rides

Yasuhiro Nagano, the mayor of Beppu, a Japanese city hosting one of the world's largest hot-spring resorts, attends a press conference at the city hall in southwestern Japan on March 28, 2017. The mayor said the city will open a crowdfunded amusement park with a hot-tub merry-go-round and many other rides featuring immersion in its thermal water for a limited period later in the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo