{"id":178177,"date":"2026-06-19T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=178177&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:28:59","slug":"greenland-unveils-new-coaster-plans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/greenland-unveils-new-coaster-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland Unveils New Coaster Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greenland Resort has announced plans to open a new roller coaster called \u201cWadatsumi\u201d at its Greenland amusement park in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, by March 2028. The project marks the park\u2019s first new coaster in 21 years and carries an estimated construction cost of JPY3 billion. The attraction will feature steel supports and a wooden track, stretching approximately 620 meters with a top speed of 66.5 kilometers per hour. According to the operator, the coaster is designed to deliver an accessible thrill that can be enjoyed by both adults and children. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC188HR0Y6A610C2000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kab.co.jp\/news\/article\/16366418\" target=\"_blank\">KAB News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_greenland-new-roller-coaster_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C791&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"791\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-178179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_greenland-new-roller-coaster_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_greenland-new-roller-coaster_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_greenland-new-roller-coaster_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C579&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_greenland-new-roller-coaster_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: KAB News<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenland Resort has announced plans to open a new roller coaster called \u201cWadatsumi\u201d at its Greenland amusement park in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, by March 2028&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":178179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-178177","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kumamoto-prefecture","news-category-general","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/178177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}