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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Yomiuri Land offers fun location for teleworkers

A man works inside of a gondola of the Ferris wheel at the Yomiuri Land amusement park on Thursday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Amusement park operator Yomiuri Land Co. launched Thursday a service in which it offers its facilities as a place for teleworking.

The service, called Amusement Workation, offers a special roofed poolside area on the poolside on its premises, located between Inagi, Tokyo, and Kawasaki.

People can do their work inside one of the gondolas of the roughly 60-meter-high Ferris wheel, for up to an hour (five laps). Portable power supplies and compact Wi-Fi can also be rented out.

A man works inside of a gondola of the Ferris wheel at the Yomiuri Land amusement park on Thursday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

"We were very excited by sharing the scenery with my colleagues. It was a good change of pace," said a 42-year-old company employee from Tama Ward, Kawasaki, who held online meetings with colleagues while on the Ferris wheel. He has been telecommuting at home since this spring as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

These services can be utilized from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and costs 1,900 yen including tax on weekdays, and 2,000 yen on weekends and holidays. Reservations must be made in advance, either online or by phone.

Read more from The Japan News at https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/

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