Starting from October 15, an amusement park called Yomiuriland has opened its services for people looking for ‘workations’. Yomiuriland in Tokyo, Japan has announced that it will be offering an “Amusement Workation” package. Starting at 1,900 yen ($17.94), it is available from October 15 and will allow visitors to work poolside with access to outlets and WiFi. In addition to this, it includes an hour on the Ferris wheel where the visitors can have access to the rest of the theme park rides at an extra cost.
This is currently available only for Japanese residents and is priced at 1,900 yen ($18) for one person and 3,600 yen ($34) for a pair. What’s more is that when the workday is done, workers can check out all the other attractions inside the park, including laser tag, a botanical garden, a haunted house, Go-Karts and a roller coaster called Bandit.
It is to be noted that Yomiuriland has not issued a mask mandate for its visitors, and has merely issued an advisory to their visitors to do so. But, its counterpart, the East and West Japan Theme Park Associations, a group of theme park operators who oversee attractions like Universal Studios Japan and Tokyo Disneyland, advised that guests keep their masks on and “scream in your heart” instead.
As the whole world is grappling to come out of the pandemic, amusement parks like Yomiuriland are struggling to get back on track. While certain countries like the Maldives are offering beachfront resorts, Yomiuriland will only be able to sell those day passes to Japanese residents until the country opens up for tourism.