Visitors ride a roller coaster with its seats filled with bubbles made from hot-spring ingredients at Beppu Rakutenchi amusement park in Beppu, Japan, on Saturday. (Kyodo photo)OITA, JAPAN - A Japanese city boasting one of the world's largest hot-spring resorts opened a special amusement park on Saturday with a hot-tub merry-go-round and other rides featuring immersion in its famous thermal water. The "spamusement park" will operate for just three days at the existing Beppu Rakutenchi amusement park in Beppu, Oita prefecture, after the southwestern Japan city successfully raised funds to set up special rides featuring the local hot-spring water. The attraction became a reality after Beppu mayor Yasuhiro Nagano committed to open such a park in a YouTube video uploaded last November. About 12,000 people are expected to ride the park's eight attractions in the three days it is operating, city officials said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 30, 2017 10:07 UTC