There's a Moomin Theme Park in Japan!

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I spent the day at Moomin Valley Park up in Saitama, Japan. It's about an hour from Tokyo. A cute park that opened in 2019 and if you're a fan of Moomin, it's someplace you need to visit! Join me as I spend the day there and show you around what there is to do, what to eat, and character greetings!
I filmed this back in 2019, so that's why you don't see people in masks. Some of my audio is muffled, did my best to clean it up. This was before I had a mic that was easy to adjust the direction of and I didn't realize how muffled I was going to sound. Live and learn!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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00:00 Getting to Moomin Valley Park
02:25 Walking to Park
03:35 Moomin Popcorn Bucket
04:16 Moomin Character Greetings
05:06 Moomin House
05:29 Indoor Show
08:02 Moomin Valley Park Merchandise
14:16 Zipline
15:59 Moomin Outdoor Show
16:20 Food
19:03 Interactive Exhibit
22:00 More Eating
24:48 Visiting Moomin Valley Park
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Chris is the main guy behind TDR Explorer which focuses on trip planning for the Disney Parks in Asia. Which includes Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Shanghai Disneyland! He ensures you have the best and most up-to-date information for your trip to English. He’ll sometimes venture to other Theme Parks in Asia too, just to spice it up a little.

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@watersoluble606 3 жыл бұрын

Love how the Moonmins look like fluffy huggable clouds and Snufkin is just a real ass man.

@ScientificallyStupid 3 жыл бұрын

I hope that by the time we get to Japan, hugging is once again a thing (I'm an introvert but a hugger)

@ScientificallyStupid 3 жыл бұрын

me: a married, childfree woman in her 40's planning a trip to Japan by watching TDR Explorer's videos *watches Moomin Theme Park video, totally unfamiliar with Moomin* "put that on our list of MUST-DO"

@marcusfridh8489 3 жыл бұрын

as a swede is feels a little wierd to read swedish in a japanese theme park, Tove Jansson was finnish, but her native thoung was swedish, she was a finnish-swede.

@SwediCandy 3 жыл бұрын

Same!! Though I got all confused over 20:43 "Komer Strakts" I first thought it was an old spelling on "strax" but since hey spelled "kommer" wrong too, "Strakts" really sounds like a finnish-swedish way of spelling- and pounce it lol

@ruslansalei3259 3 жыл бұрын

There is also alot of finnish there. Like in the mugs they sell the text are finnish and in the buildings. But tbh good that there is Swedish also, she was a swedish speaker.

@MrJuulia01 3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone understood what is finnish swedish 🙏 Many gets confused of it.

@emmamemma4162 3 жыл бұрын

@@SwediCandy Swedish is spelled exactly the same in Finland and Sweden, "komer strakts" is just intentionally misspelled, like Pippi's spelling in Lindgrens' books.

@Vaipu 3 жыл бұрын

I get the same feeling, but for finnish.

@TheFlush1980 3 жыл бұрын

I love moomins! I especially love how unapologetically weird and creepy the moomins stories are sometimes. It makes it all the more exciting and exotic.

@mnomadvfx Жыл бұрын

It probably seems weird more because of the culture divide of Norway to other places in Europe.

@jenniferdore5245 3 жыл бұрын

What a charming park. It looks adorable and relaxing-also very cute stationary.

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

So much stationary!

@andrewkful 3 жыл бұрын

You just described the franchise.

@aereiq 3 жыл бұрын

i wonder why japan is one of most biggest fan of Moomins from Finland. During summer there has been huge masses coming from Japan to visit our theme park.

@user-ruze666 3 жыл бұрын

Japan made Moomin anime and the anime was so popular

@davidcoldstar6333 Жыл бұрын

Moomin anime was first made by Japan about 50 years ago and since then Moomin has been one of the most popular anime’s among Japanese.

@aereiq 8 ай бұрын

@@davidcoldstar6333 Imagine if Hayao Miazaki would make movie about Moomin...

@inkeri2741 2 жыл бұрын

I think the people who made the park made it perfectly. The fact that it’s in the woods and by the lake, all the houses look super Finnish. Also the peacefulness of the park. It feels like Finland almost

@lcflngn 3 жыл бұрын

Tove Jansson statue! Here I was assuming it’s all about the animations. So many touches from the books. Thank you, I adored this. Def would love to visit!

@wilmaannaastrid4551 3 жыл бұрын

Looks a bit similar to our own Moomin Valley Park although I think ours is bigger. I love it how they have things written on merch in Finnish! And there are signs in Finnish in the park as well! Greetings from Finland! :)

@MrJuulia01 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@eikooowiesnowyowlchannels1921 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@stressedvulture 2 жыл бұрын

But I didn't see the maze where you race to get out before the bad guys get you like the one in finland that freaked me out as a kid and I had a full blown panic attack in lol

@davidcoldstar6333 Жыл бұрын

Metsä in Japan is comprised of two parks: One is Moomin Valley Park, which is world’s first official Moomin theme park outside Finland The other is Metsa Village, which is Nordic park, thus the theme is Scandinavian as well as Finnish. On the way to Metsa from downtown Tokyo, Warner Bro. Studio Tour Tokyo is to open in this month! It’s the theme park of Harry Potter

@sarahkate9060 3 жыл бұрын

This made me a bit teary! I’m in love with all things Moomin and it’s my dream to go to one of the parks, someday!

@dannyfoxboi 3 жыл бұрын

I recently got into the show and am watching the 90s version here on KZfaq. I've always wanted to visit Japan someday, and this will definitely be on my list of places to see if I'm able to.

@stressedvulture 2 жыл бұрын

There is also one in Finland! It's not the same but it's something if it's closer

@feetuber9162 3 жыл бұрын

This is what connects finns and japanese

@maxfi878 3 жыл бұрын

This feels so weird to watch as a Finnish person :D I think the place at 19:05 was called Kokemus, which means Experience in Finnish.

@Limeocelot 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, that Tove statue was so sweet 🥺

@stressedvulture 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how similar it is to the one in Naantali in Finland? The costumes look the same as I remember when I went as a kid! Edit: It's really weird seeing finnish everywhere. Like the little building at 4:49 that says pikaruoka, which means fast food. 5:35 merenhuiske is like the splashing of the sea, hard to translate lol 6:20 pikku myy kauppa, pikku myy shop 8:04 kokemus means experience 8:25 mugs say posti and muumilaakso ruokala inside, meaning mail and moomin valley cafeteria, couldn't see the others - Also if you saw any icon on a tag with a little finnish flag as a "key" that means the product was made in finland 14:44 taikurin seikkailupaikka means the magicians exploration place 19:20 kokemus means experience (again lol) 23:40 i wonder if that plate is from iittala, looks similar. - The location of the video is marked as muumitalo which means moomin house

@asialee6326 3 жыл бұрын

..never thought themed parks could be so relaxing ..it's beautiful there actually👍🏼☂️🌳🐮👍🏼

@user-zg5nr3qu9z 9 ай бұрын

I like the way you talk and I love the moomin valley park in Japan so I am very happy you introduce this place to people who speak English☺️ I hope many many people visit our country.

@witchingbrew3 3 жыл бұрын

Its interesting to see how Japanese culture favors and admire of European culture, like Swedish and Finnish.

@lunitofinland 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!!! Come to Finland Naantali Moominland=)))

@MrJuulia01 3 жыл бұрын

Recommended. ^

@Swedduck 3 жыл бұрын

gotta remember to go there so i can kan try and see how many swedish words they have there! it's still so cool how Tove Jansson got so popular in such a far away country!

@superhessu3 3 жыл бұрын

the colorful umbrella path looked so awesome

@rahayumebel7080 3 жыл бұрын

This videos is so nice and inspiring ... a new theme park to explore rather than disneyland tokyo and disneysea ... well done love it

@user-ruze666 3 жыл бұрын

I always want to go to Moomin Park someday since i enjoy the anime a lot. It looks nice and fun there. Thank you for taking the video!

@jackie8357 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man I just would love to go there, love the umbrella ceiling

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

That was quite pleasant to see!

@jackie8357 3 жыл бұрын

@@tdrexplorer lol on your commentary in the sculpture and art exhibit! Thank you for the fun video!

@savannaconlin4087 3 жыл бұрын

I just love seeing your videos no matter what they are. My fiancée and I came across your channel about a month ago and watched almost every video of you trying all the food in all the parks. Watched literally every video lol!!! Love you!

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@fernandaveiga8411 3 жыл бұрын

the way you eat the "special parts" of the foods without hesitation shocks me a little bit hahaha I think is because the food in japan is so beautyfull to look at that I don't want to destroy it hahah specially the food from the theme parks

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

I paid for it so you bet I'm going to eat it haha.

@tlpl98 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see more of this kind of video about places around Tokyo, I am planning to take my family to visit Tokyo some day. They like Disney but I can't take them all the way to Japan but only going Disney Parks. Showing more other kind of attractions we can explore during our trip to Japan would be great.

@Onsvaltti 3 жыл бұрын

I got really surprised at 4:48, suddenly finnish :OO Pikaruoka means fast food 😅 japanese park has finnish text there, even tho finnish is so small language only 5mil people in the world speak it.

@LorettaCorona 3 жыл бұрын

hi chris is so good to see videos from the past the best part is no face mask or social distancing

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Loretta!

@zoew9701 3 жыл бұрын

This is such an amazing video!!!🥺💗the park looks amazing and you are really like a ray of sunshine !!!❤

@artfulseoul 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I was curious about how this park is. The merch is definitely not on the cheap side, maybe imported from Finland? But found some small keepsake id like plus the popcorn bucket is just adorable... the cookie jar in house shape id put coffee inside after maybe...

@jewelsjyx 3 жыл бұрын

The park is so cute! The park admission is cheap so I like that you only pay for the attractions you're actually interested in!

@Zeldagirl86 3 жыл бұрын

What a cute lil park

@MultiBooklover1 3 жыл бұрын

This is so charming and sweet!

@chandlerjackson269 3 жыл бұрын

Very peaceful indeed looks like my kind of park!

@tedioustotoro4885 3 жыл бұрын

The Ghibli park opening in a year or two is going to be similar. That is a pre-existing park that they’re adding Ghibli elements to

@lornaduigan8920 3 жыл бұрын

This video gave me a good giggle 🤭 😂😂 “Oh no..... she’s sad..... for some reason?” Classic! Looks like a lovely place, some of those characters look like the stuff of nightmares though 😂 Thanks for another entertaining video.

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Lorna! I really didn't know what was going on in that exhibit haha.

@lornaduigan8920 3 жыл бұрын

@@tdrexplorer 😂😂 That was what was so funny but you still make it look like a cute place to visit. 👍🏻

@ElenaL 3 жыл бұрын

I hope he tries the Finnish Moomin Valley theme park too!

@Dashzap 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, when disparate interests collide: Chris who supplies our TDL fixes and Moomins! Thank you! It's funny you don't know who the characters are...

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

I knew about them years ago when a friend told me about them in High School, but they weren't popular in Canada. I really began to know what this was once I moved to Japan.

@debbanks6778 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like you have to pay for an entrance ticket and then most of the park you had to pay for most additional activities. Is that right?

@EBThisThat 3 жыл бұрын

I'm an American who fell in love with the Moomins last year by sheer whim. It's quite funny, knowing about the creator and me being 36% Swedish in my ancestry. Explains a lot when you think about it ! This is absolutely beautiful, relaxing, whimsical and extremely charming. Another reason I want to go to Japan !

@skyehagenstein7883 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely and relaxing 😌

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Skye!

@skyehagenstein7883 3 жыл бұрын

@@tdrexplorer you are so funny !!! We have a lot in common.. 😄

@FutureLombax 3 жыл бұрын

How come I wasn't notified about this I subbed and clocked the bell for all notification

@SwediCandy 3 жыл бұрын

I would bring home all the cups and napkins and all things with the logo on it!!!! ;;w;;

@pastapartyify 2 жыл бұрын

I gotta go here!

@fernandaveiga8411 3 жыл бұрын

japoneses going on a zipline without screaming...hahaha as a brazilian this is so absurd

@AlinaMaris 3 жыл бұрын

They’re screaming in their heart ❤️

@cakey138 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t see this on your profile but do you have a video of all your merchandise you have collected throughout your travels? Also, your stationary stuff and how you use it? What do you use in the folders you always buy and how do you use your washi tape? I love those things but I’m always hesitant to buy it because I’m not clear on how to use them.

@tobiaswedin 2 жыл бұрын

I am Swedish and grew up with the Moomins, watching the people in costumes made me really feel weirded out since they act ultra typical "japanese school girl" whilst the source material is mostly very melancholic.

@johnnydeppaddict12 3 жыл бұрын

+TDR Explorer How long ago did you move to Japan from Canada? :)

@swweet2299 3 жыл бұрын

oh how I wish I could have mango mountain ; . ;

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

I still think about that dessert haha.

@swweet2299 3 жыл бұрын

@@tdrexplorer I am allergic to mango so it is something I want so much that could hurt me so badly

@Krimson 3 жыл бұрын

do you ever plan to make trips to phantasia land and europa park at all?

@Hihihihihihi147 3 жыл бұрын

Oooh Europapark let's goo 😄 I hope he goes there

@debbanks6778 3 жыл бұрын

ticket is sooo cute

@irishmoxie 3 жыл бұрын

Is this park open in the winter?

@user-lw6dl2eg2i 3 жыл бұрын

行きたい❤️❤️

@musicloversnl7291 3 жыл бұрын

finally i can greet u 明けましておめでとう🎵ございます🎵　silent viewer here

@user-tp6jf7xk9r 2 жыл бұрын

19:09 Kokemus is Finnish and it means experience

@cherry414 3 жыл бұрын

I really wanna go there for my birthday but my parents never grew up with Moomin and I don't think they'll appreciate it so I might as well just pick Disneysea over this :(

@alexasanz73 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching as always, Alexa!

@natalieisnotverycool 3 жыл бұрын

:o i neeed to go here

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

It's a fun and relaxing time if you want something more slow paced.

@CandyKHXS 3 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain to me the story at the interactive exhibition? :o It seems to have a rather dark story...

@Dashzap 3 жыл бұрын

I think it is a not a single story, but scenes from several of her stories.

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

I tried following along but since i'm not overly familiar with the stories it seemed like it was a bunch of the stories and history in one long exhibit. I didn't show all of it cause it was quite lengthy.

@CandyKHXS 3 жыл бұрын

@@tdrexplorer i see, thanks for answering! 😄❤

@naturalnaiad Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing this park; I've been dying to go. Love the Moomins, the creator is an absolute LGBTQ+ icon!

@parthibansamykutti2506 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful park 👍#ParksExplorer

@maikevanb 3 жыл бұрын

merenhuiske sounds very Dutch / Flemish

@JuupelisJaapelis 3 жыл бұрын

I have absolutely no idea how money in yen works so most times you said a sum, it didn't really help much... At least you said the dollar equivalent a couple times which helps a bit with turning it into euros in my head...

@stressedvulture 2 жыл бұрын

100 yen is about 0.70€ so it's like everything is 30% off is the easiest way to think of it for me. And just move the decimal point by two. So 1000 yen becomes 700 yen becomes 7€

@derealized797 3 жыл бұрын

Peaceful...until the groke appears

@prostokvashino2813 3 жыл бұрын

*snufkin*

@MrJuulia01 3 жыл бұрын

I wanna try the games, because they have the game called Fortuna.

@patrik9328 3 жыл бұрын

Where’s Groke?

@vaali.a 3 жыл бұрын

renjun lets holiday

@superbadgeethan8335 3 жыл бұрын

This whole scenario is odd, but cool. I'm Amercian and I can instantly see the Finn/Swede influence. Bc I speak neither language, it's odd to see it in a Japanese park. The cartoon and art is also the opposite of kawaii in my opinion. So, it isn't something I'd expect to be popular with kids in Japan. Granted, I've never seen it, maybe I've got it wrong, but it's interesting nonetheless..

@fatimahsyahidah1930 2 жыл бұрын

renjun kesini deh

@icaff 2 жыл бұрын

Ghibli theme park opening! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8djqbODr6mshIU.html

@darrenpacheco275 3 жыл бұрын

Get the tokoko Mario please I wanna see a review of the Mario toy in Super Nintendo world PLEASE I BEG

@joeytay6899 3 жыл бұрын

Any Czennie or BlackJack here who thought of Renjun and Park Bom???

@user-nb9uz6wp3y 3 жыл бұрын

ムーミンバレーパークへようこそ！楽しめましたか？

@hudsonjustice7298 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely 😍💋 💝💖❤️

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🤗

@gavynbraylen5787 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice 👌 😍💋 💝💖❤️

@tdrexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks

@Naomi-rf1bl 3 жыл бұрын

english guy goes to Japan to visit a Japanese theme park of a swedish franchise created by a finnish-swede

@Limeocelot 2 жыл бұрын

Finnish franchise* originally written in Swedish by finnish-swede

@Naomi-rf1bl 2 жыл бұрын

@@Limeocelot ahh thank you

@starface2178 Жыл бұрын

I do not like moomins at all. It is just not my taste (metaphor). I like Kirby btw (my all time favourite franchise, but even that has its own flaws for me)

@erikasalo8690 3 жыл бұрын

What a boring park. What have they done to our moomin?😔😭 nothing to do?!in Finland the park is amazing,alot to see, alot to do.. caves, monsters etc. Maybe it is the nostalgia we finns have with moomin, but moomin is the best🥰

@Limeocelot 2 жыл бұрын

Wha, I visited the finnish moomin park when I was a kid and only remember the actual moomin house, a robe bridge and a miniature toilet 😂 maybe I should visit again in the preset day

@stressedvulture 2 жыл бұрын

@@Limeocelot All I remember is freaking out in the maze you get chased in lol