Space World

{{Short description|Theme park in Japan}}

{{About|the theme park|the video game trade show|Nintendo Space World}}

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{{Infobox amusement park

| name = Space World

| image = Space World 01.jpg

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| caption = Venus GP

| resort = Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

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| theme = Outer space

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| opening_date = 22 April 1990

| closing_date = 1 January 2018

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| coasters = 6

| water_rides = 1

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| status = closed

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{{Nihongo|Space World|スペースワールド|Supēsu Wārudo|lead=yes}} 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. {{Cite web |url=http://kyodonews.net/news/2016/12/16/92899 |title=Space World amusement park in Kitakyushu to close at end of 2017 |last=News |first=Kyodo |date=December 16, 2016 |website=Kyodo News |access-date=December 16, 2016 |archive-date=December 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217121141/http://kyodonews.net/news/2016/12/16/92899 |url-status=live }} The park permanently closed at 2 am, 1 January 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2126292/2017-year-japans-space-world-reached-its-final-frontier-and|title=2017: the year Japan's Space World reached its final frontier and closed for good|date=2017-12-31|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-07-16|archive-date=2019-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716180544/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2126292/2017-year-japans-space-world-reached-its-final-frontier-and|url-status=live}}

The Venus GP roller coaster was relocated to Himeji Central Park after Space World's closure. The ride reopened in 2022.