Junglia Okinawa opens in southern Japan in new tourism push

NAGO, Japan — A jungle theme park opened in Okinawa on Friday to crowds of eager visitors from both home and abroad, in a bid to capitalize on Japan’s surging tourism growth.

Converted from a golf course, Junglia Okinawa sits on roughly 60 hectares — the size of 84 soccer pitches — integrating more than 40 attractions, shops and restaurants into the surrounding nature.