Space World
Located in Yahata-higashi Ku, Kitakyushu City Coordinates: 33°52′23″ N 130°48′40″ E
- Elevation
- 8 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+09:00
- Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
- Airports
- KKJ Kitakyushu Airport21 km
- UBJ Yamaguchi Ube Airport44 km
About Space World
Space World is a natural site. Location: Yahata-higashi Ku, Kitakyushu City.
Space World (Japanese: スペースワールド, Hepburn: Supēsu Wārudo) was a theme park in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, Japan. It had six roller coasters: Black Hole Scramble, Venus GP, Zaturn, Boogie-woogie Space Coaster, Titan Max, and Clipper. In 2016, the park officially announced that it would close at the end of the following year. The park permanently closed at 2 am, 1 January 2018. The Venus GP roller coaster was relocated to Himeji Central Park after Space World's closure. The ride reopened in 2022.
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Photos of Space World
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Mount Sarakura 投稿者 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Space World
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–June, October.
This month · November
Outside the best season
Day 17° · Night 9° · Rain 80 mm
Better nearby cities in November
- Beppu · 92 km southeast17°
- Ōita · 102 km southeast18°
- Nobeoka · 164 km southeast18°
- Hottest month
- August (day 31°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 3°)
- Wettest month
- July (305 mm)
- Driest month
- December (67 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 9° | 10° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 26° | 29° | 31° | 27° | 22° | 17° | 12° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 3° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 24° | 20° | 14° | 9° | 5° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 80 | 88 | 108 | 155 | 153 | 263 | 305 | 140 | 205 | 97 | 80 | 67 |
How to get to Space World
The nearest airport is Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ), 21 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Shimonoseki, 15 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) Kitakyushu 21 kmeast
- Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) Ube 44 kmeast
- Fukuoka Airport (FUK) Fukuoka 46 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Shimonoseki Population: 265.7K 15 kmnortheast
- Iizuka Population: 126.4K 29 kmsouthwest
- Ube Population: 173.7K 41 kmeast
- Ōnojō Population: 102.1K 48 kmsouthwest
- Chikushino-shi Population: 103.3K 50 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Space World
Within 100 km: 16 historic and cultural sites, 14 natural sites, 12 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km6 places
- Hiko Shima Island 11 kmNE
- Kōzan Ji Attraction 21 kmNE
- Kanmon Kyō Landmark 17 kmNE
- Wakato Ōhashi Landmark 3 kmN
25–60 km21 places
- Tsuno Shima Island 54 kmN
- Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Museum 47 kmSW
- Shika Island Island 52 kmSW
- Mt. Abura Mountain 58 kmSW
60–100 km15 places
- Okino-shima Island 77 kmNW
- Mount Tsurumi Mountain 87 kmSE
- Kakara Shima Island 94 kmW
- Karatsu Castle Historic site 90 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Tobata Ku Municipality, Kitakyushu City3.8 km NE -
Kokura-kita Ku Municipality, Kitakyushu City6.1 km E
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Yahata-nishi Ku Municipality, Kitakyushu City7.5 km SW -
Wakamatsu Ku Municipality, Kitakyushu City7.3 km NW -
Mizumaki Machi Municipality, Onga-gun11 km W -
Kokura-minami Ku Municipality, Kitakyushu City11 km SE
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Mount Sarakura Mountain, Yahata-higashi Ku3.2 km SW
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Wakato Ōhashi Landmark, Fukuoka3.3 km N
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Hiko Shima Island, Shimonoseki Shi11 km NE -
Ganryū-jima Island, Yamaguchi13 km NE -
Kanmon Kyō Landmark, Japan17 km NE
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Kōzan Ji Attraction, Shimonoseki Shi21 km NE
Sources & licences
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