An amusement park in Japan has been forced to close its skating rink after a torrent of online criticism over its centrepiece: thousands of fish frozen into the ice. Other parts of the rink showed rays and whale sharks that, the park pointed out, were merely enlarged photos that had been placed beneath the ice. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Skaters on the rink at Space World in Kitakyushu with enlarged photos of rays under the ice. But on Sunday, the park announced it was closing the ice rink. “Misunderstandings spread on the internet that the fish were frozen while they were still alive, but that was not the case,” the spokesperson told the newspaper.

Source: The Guardian November 28, 2016 03:48 UTC