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Orbi
LocationYokohama, Japan
Opened19 August 2013
OwnerSega, BBC Earth
Attractions
Total13

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]

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.

References

  1. ^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)