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		<title>Nara Dreamland Heyday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nara Dreamland, Japan, was Asia&#8217;s first Disneyland clone- opened in 1961 and continuing operation until as recently as 2006. Over that 45-year span millions of people were entranced by its mimicked delights- the Matterhorn mountain, the fairytale castle, Main Street,...]]></description>
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		<title>Ruins of The Secret World</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a city on the moon. 11 days are missing. The Earth is hollow. The tower of Babel never fell. These are just a few of the many premises of The Secret World, a stunning new MMORPG game that...]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Japan&#8217;s deserted Mount Rushmore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disneyland has the grand pink Sleeping Beauty castle. The wizarding world of Harry Potter has Hogwarts. Japan&#8217;s abandoned Western Village theme park has a 1/3rd scale replica of Mount Rushmore. Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln- Japan Outside Mount Rushmore As grand-central-structures-that-pull-their-thematic-landscapes-together...]]></description>
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		<title>History of the Western Village Amusement Park, Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Village is a quantum pocket of the Old West Disneyfied and transplanted wholesale from the American collective unconscious, replete with a $29 million replica Mount Rushmore, Western saloon, ghost house, jail, post office, shooting gallery, actual fake Rio Grande,...]]></description>
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		<title>Cowboy haunted-house and Mexicoland, Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MJG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s haikyo theme park Western Village (closed in 2007) takes its cowboy conceit in some unexpected directions; most interestingly of all the Wild West ghost house. Within its silent black-velveted walls we can find all manner of creepified Western stalwarts;...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s abandoned animatronic John Wayne</title>
		<link>http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2011/06/japans-abandoned-animatronic-john-wayne/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s abandoned wild west theme park Western Village (closed in 2007) is filled to the tip of its ten-gallon hat with animatronic cowboy dolls. A Stagecoach-era John Wayne with cyborg heart exposed stands by the park entrance, silent now that...]]></description>
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		<title>Western Village: Japan&#8217;s Abandoned Cowboy Theme Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Village is a quantum pocket of the Old West Disneyfied and transplanted wholesale from the American collective unconscious, replete with a $29 million replica Mount Rushmore, Western saloon, ghost house, jail, post office, shooting gallery, actual fake Rio Grande,...]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST HAIKYO &#8211; Okinawa&#8217;s derelict Cactus Theme Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impetus for starting a series of Guest Haikyo posts came from a fellow haikyoist&#8217;s web-hosting disaster. Paul&#8217;s site Misuterareta (abandoned) was recently lost in toto when his blogging platform &#8216;Vox&#8217; went under. It seemed a real shame, and I...]]></description>
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		<title>Sports World Retrospective</title>
		<link>http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2010/10/sports-world-retrospective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sports World was a large sports and water park in Shizuoka, Japan. It was opened in 1988, closed in 1996 after the company went bankrupt, lived on as a &#8216;haikyo&#8217; or ruin for 14 years more years, then was demolished...]]></description>
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		<title>Nara Dreamland: Japan&#8217;s last abandoned theme park</title>
		<link>http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2010/09/nara-dreamland-japans-last-abandoned-theme-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MJG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nara Dreamland is the epitome of many haikyo dreams; an abandoned theme park with all its roller-coasters and rides still standing. I&#8217;ve heard many stories of haikyoists arriving only to be either deterred by the cameras, sensors, alarms and fines,...]]></description>
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