NAGO, Japan -- A jungle theme park opened in Okinawa on Friday to crowds of eager visitors from both home and abroad, in a bid to capitalize on Japan's surging tourism growth.
Operator hopes to ride country's theme park boom to help local economy

Visitors escape by jeep from dinosaurs at the Junglia Okinawa theme park, which opened on July 25. (Photo by Toshiki Sasazu)
NAGO, Japan -- A jungle theme park opened in Okinawa on Friday to crowds of eager visitors from both home and abroad, in a bid to capitalize on Japan's surging tourism growth.