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The Oriental Land Company

The Oriental Land Company

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is a Japanese
Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 leisure and tourism corporation headquartered in Urayasu, Chiba
Urayasu, Chiba
is a city located in western Chiba, Japan, on the border with Tokyo. It is best known as the home of the Tokyo Disney Resort and the headquarters of The Oriental Land Company....

, Japan
Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. he company owns the Tokyo Disney Resort
Tokyo Disney Resort
is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo . It is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company with a license from The Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15, 1983, as a single theme park , but developed into a resort with two theme...

 in Urayasu. The main shareholders of the company are Keisei Electric Railway
Keisei Electric Railway
The is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of contractions of "Tokyo " Kei and "Narita" sei which the railways main line connects. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and the eastern suburb cities of Funabashi, Narashino, Yachiyo,...

 and Mitsui Fudosan
Mitsui Fudosan
, is a Japanese property firm based in Chūō, Tokyo. In 2005 the company set up office in Shanghai, People's Republic of China to better position itself in P. R. China's real estate market...

. The company also owns and operates all Disney Store
Disney Store
Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores selling only Disney related items, many of them exclusive. Disney Store is a business unit of Disney Consumer Products....

s in Japan.

The company was originally focused on improving leisure opportunities in Japan, such as building swimming pools and gyms. It approached The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...

 in 1980 to finance the first international Disney park
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the segment of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds, and manages the company's theme parks and holiday resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises...

.
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is a Japanese
Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 leisure and tourism corporation headquartered in Urayasu, Chiba
Urayasu, Chiba
is a city located in western Chiba, Japan, on the border with Tokyo. It is best known as the home of the Tokyo Disney Resort and the headquarters of The Oriental Land Company....

, Japan
Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. he company owns the Tokyo Disney Resort
Tokyo Disney Resort
is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo . It is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company with a license from The Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15, 1983, as a single theme park , but developed into a resort with two theme...

 in Urayasu. The main shareholders of the company are Keisei Electric Railway
Keisei Electric Railway
The is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of contractions of "Tokyo " Kei and "Narita" sei which the railways main line connects. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and the eastern suburb cities of Funabashi, Narashino, Yachiyo,...

 and Mitsui Fudosan
Mitsui Fudosan
, is a Japanese property firm based in Chūō, Tokyo. In 2005 the company set up office in Shanghai, People's Republic of China to better position itself in P. R. China's real estate market...

. The company also owns and operates all Disney Store
Disney Store
Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores selling only Disney related items, many of them exclusive. Disney Store is a business unit of Disney Consumer Products....

s in Japan.

The company was originally focused on improving leisure opportunities in Japan, such as building swimming pools and gyms. It approached The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company , often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world, known for its family-friendly products...

 in 1980 to finance the first international Disney park
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the segment of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds, and manages the company's theme parks and holiday resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises...

. After Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland
is a 115 acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. It was the first Disney park to be built outside of the United States and was opened on April 15, 1983. The park was constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering in the same style as Disneyland in...

 was opened in 1983, the Oriental Land Company decided not to sell the park back to Disney. Walt Disney Attractions Japan
Walt Disney Attractions Japan
Walt Disney Attractions Japan is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, one of four sectors of the American entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company....

 pays Disney for character and likeness licenses, and Disney has leased their Imagineers
Walt Disney Imagineering
Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disney's personal assets. It was an independent, private company, owned by Walt Disney himself, but on February 3, 1965, was merged into...

 to the company to design and build Tokyo Disneyland, as well as a second theme park, Tokyo DisneySea
Tokyo DisneySea
is a 176 acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just outside of Tokyo. It opened on September 4, 2001. It is owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses the theme from The Walt Disney Company...

, which opened in 2001.

In October 2008, the Oriental Land Company announced that it had shelved plans for a new Disney complex in Fukuoka, Japan. The company and Disney had spent more than a year studying an urban-style amusement facility for 2010 or later, but decided that the expected investment return would not justify the project. The firm said it would continue to explore possibilities for a new business, which might not involve Disney.

Corporate Assets

  • Tokyo Disney Resort
    Tokyo Disney Resort
    is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo . It is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company with a license from The Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15, 1983, as a single theme park , but developed into a resort with two theme...

    • Tokyo Disneyland
      Tokyo Disneyland
      is a 115 acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. It was the first Disney park to be built outside of the United States and was opened on April 15, 1983. The park was constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering in the same style as Disneyland in...

    • Tokyo DisneySea
      Tokyo DisneySea
      is a 176 acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just outside of Tokyo. It opened on September 4, 2001. It is owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses the theme from The Walt Disney Company...

    • Tokyo Disneyland Hotel
      Tokyo Disneyland Hotel
      The Tokyo Disneyland Hotel is the third Disney-brand hotel of the Tokyo Disney Resort. Also, it is the fourth Disneyland Hotel. It is located directly in front of the Tokyo Disneyland park with the Tokyo Disneyland station of the Disney Resort Line monorail system in between...

    • Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta
      Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta
      The Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta was the second hotel built at Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. It opened on September 4, 2001 alongside the opening of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park. It was constructed under a license by The Walt Disney Company...

    • Disney's Ambassador Hotel
      Disney's Ambassador Hotel
      Disney's Ambassador Hotel was the first hotel built at Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. It opened on July 20, 2000 and was constructed under a license by The Walt Disney Company. The hotel is managed by The Oriental Land Company.- History :...

  • The Disney Store Japan