User blog:PhazonAdictKraid/Ultraman Land is closing, with 17 years old.

Via JEFusion which sourced Anime News Network 

''The theme park dedicated to all fans of  the Beings of Light, the  Ultraman Land, closes and ends its 17 years of operation last Sunday. Located in Arao City in Kumamoto Prefecture, and the park started its operations last March of 1996.

Due to decreased number of park goers, Tsuburaya announced last February that the amusement park will shut down its operations permanently this September. On its last two days, the park opened two hours early, from 8:00 AM until 6:30 PM The park held a grand closing ceremony for the fans on its final day, at 7:45 PM. ''

This is truly a sad event, is the Ultraman franchise really going so down in Japan? That can't be, Ultraman is like Japan's Superman, maybe with the recents events in Japan the companies may be hurt, just what I think though, I may be (and hope) I am wrong.