Saturday, 28 August 2010

Windows in Japan

Let's take a break from Disneyland Paris and head over to Tokyo, Japan, and look at a very important window on their Main Street U.S.A. (you all know I love my windows!).This one is situated on the backside of the entrance to Main Street, and simply reads:

Oriental Land Co. Ltd

For those of you who don't know, Tokyo Disney Resort is actually owned and run by the Oriental Land Company Limited. They are a leisure and tourism corporation, situated in Urayasu, Japan (the actual location of Tokyo Disney).

OLC financed the first Disney Park in Japan, after approaching the Walt Disney Company in 1980. Tokyo Disneyland opened in 1983, after which the Oriental Land Company decided not to sell the park back to the Walt Disney Company. Nowadays, the OLC pays for the licences from Disney to have characters and likenesses in the park.

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