Orbi
Orbi is a wildlife theme park in Yokohama, Japan, which opened on 19 August 2013.[1] The indoor park contains over 12 exhibitions, a shop and an 80-seat café. Orbi's main feature is a 23.4-degree theatre that is 8m tall and 40m wide and which showcases three wildlife films. The park is a joint venture between BBC Earth and Sega.[2]
Location | Yokohama, Japan |
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Owner | Sega, BBC Earth |
Opened | 19 August 2013 |
Attractions | |
Total | 13 |
Exhibitions
- Animalpedia
- Earth Cruising
- World Transporter: African Elephants
- On location in 4D: Mountain Gorilla
- Frozen: Mt. Kenya
- Ocean Explorer
- Mega Bugs Playground
- Earth Canvas
- Basecamp
- Animal Selfie
- Time Capture
- Extreme Photospot
Theatre 23.4 shows
- Rise Of The Temple King
- Roxy's Island Adventure
- Magic of Yellowstone
- The Meerkats
- Ice Worlds
- Voyagers
Orbi Osaka
On 29 January 2016, Sega Live Creation and BBC Earth opened a second Orbi location, in Osaka, Japan.
gollark: They have to do extra work to deal with the cutout bit.
gollark: I wonder when we'll go to the scifi "transparent glass brick with text on it" design.
gollark: Also cheaper.
gollark: Non-curvey screens → less work for software.
gollark: I don't actually like the "big curved-edge screen with notch" design, so it's great for me.
References
- "Observing the world in Yokohama's giant Orbi | The Japan Times". 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "The Orbi story: BBC and Sega collaborate on experimental natural history theme park". WIRED UK. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
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