A fun retro amusement park to visit with no entrance fee. You pay what you want to ride by purchasing value pack (12 rides) or pay for unlimited ride for the whole day.
You are welcome to bring your own food. We went to try their lunch food and it was yummy. The log ride was closed under renovation, but there was a new ride where you ride a spaceship and shoot aliens (the sfx were amusing…AAHH).
Arcades and skill games are available and were interesting (old, but still works). Coin lockers are available.
Our visit to Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park was one of the best amusement park experiences we’ve had especially when using the Kintetsu Rail Pass. The entire journey there is fully covered by the pass, making it an excellent value and a hassle-free day trip.
One of the biggest advantages of this park is that there is no entrance fee. Instead, you pay per ride or purchase a ride package. We opted for the 12-ride pass for 3,600 yen, which offered great value.
Several rides offer breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding area, thanks to the park’s mountaintop location. The scenery alone makes the trip worthwhile. Even as adults, we found ourselves feeling like kids again, enjoying the simple charm and nostalgia of the park.
The rides themselves are not overly thrilling or scary, making them suitable for both children and adults. It’s a perfect destination for families or anyone looking for a fun, relaxed amusement park experience without extreme rides. The highlight, however, is truly the stunning views combined with the joyful atmosphere.
Overall, Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park is a delightful, affordable, and scenic outing that we would highly recommend especially if you are traveling with the Kintetsu Pass.
It's a great amusement park. There's a cable car fee to go up. For the rides, you pay for each ride individually, not through an all-inclusive ticket. You can choose to pay only for the rides you want to ride. The view from the top is amazing. I recommend coming.
I am only interested in theme park rides that are super fast and scary. This theme park has none of that. My wife is the opposite. She likes it slow and cute. So this park was built for grown up kids like her. But really it's only for little kids.
Driving here from downtown Osaka took us around 45mins+. There is a toll charge on the last mountainous section, and parking isn't free. To get to the park entrance from the carpark, we could either take an inclined train, or climb a long flight of stairs. As it was very cold, we chose the train and paid for return ticket.
If you're an adult who's chaperoning kids here, and you have no interest whatsoever in any of the rides, good news. All rides and experiences charge separate fees. So you could be watching the child and not have to pay anything else the whole time. I suppose the theme park operator was kind enough to realize that most adults aren't it's target customers.
My wife saw the pedal cycle ride on social media and she just had to try it. And so we did. It had a nice view of Osaka but it was a very short loop though. If you want the night view of glittering Osaka, then you'll have to come during summer when the park opens till late.
If I rated this park from my perspective, I wouldn't be fair to it. So I'm rating this from a little child's perspective. If I were a kid again, I think this would be a fun place for an afternoon.
The famous sunset on the self-paddle ride.
Do check on the time of the sunset is taking place. The ride is less the a 8min depending on your needs of that particular picture that you are aiming for.
If you are looking to spending more time taking an other rides, it is recommended to get the 3500 yen ticket booklet, allowing you to take on more rides as well. We get this for our sunset ride as we need to take 2 times of the same ride for taking sunset view.
