Fuji-Q Highland

Front gate of the theme park
Location	5 Chome-6-1 Shinnishihara, Fujiyoshida-shi, Yamanashi-ken 403-0017, Japan
Coordinates	35°29′13″N 138°46′48″E / 35.487°N 138.780°E / 35.487; 138.780
Status	Operating
Opened	2 March 1968 (1968-03-02)
Owner	Fujikyu Highland Co., Ltd. (Fuji Kyuko)
Operating season	Year-round
Attractions
Roller coasters	6
Website	www.fujiq.jp/en/

Fuji-Q Highland (富士急ハイランド, Fujikyū Hairando, formerly the Fujikyu Highland) is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, owned and operated by the namesake Fuji Kyuko Co. It opened on 2 March 1968.^[1]

The park is near the base of Mount Fuji. It has a number of roller coasters, as well as two haunted attractions: the Haunted Hospital, the world's largest haunted attraction, and the Hopeless Fortress.^[2] Other attractions include Thomas Land, a children's area with a Thomas the Tank Engine theme, and attractions themed to Mobile Suit Gundam, Hamtaro and Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Attractions

Roller coasters

Fuji-Q Highland has six roller coasters:

• Eejanaika (ええじゃないか): 76 metres tall, 126 km/h.^[3] Opened on 19 July 2006 and is only one of three fourth dimension roller coasters ever built. As a fourth dimension roller coaster, its seats can rotate 360 degrees forward or backward in a controlled spin, thus allowing Eejanaika to invert 14 different times, even though the track itself inverts only three times.
• Fujiyama (フジヤマ): 79 metres tall, 130 km/h.^[4] Opened in 1996 and was once the world's tallest roller coaster. As of 2022, it is the world's 4th longest and 11th tallest roller coaster.
• Nia and Animal Coaster (ニアとアニマルコースター): 17 km/h.^[5] Opened on 18 July 1998. A kiddie coaster themed after Thomas the Tank Engine. Known as Rock 'N Roll Duncan (ロックンロールダンカン) from 1998 to 2023.
• Takabisha (高飛車): 43 metres tall, 100 km/h. Opened on 16 July 2011. Contains a 121° freefall, as well as seven major inversions over 1000 metres of track.^[6] Formerly the world's steepest roller coaster, until the opening of TMNT Shellraiser in 2019.
• Voyage Dans Le Ciel (リサとガスパールのそらたびにっき): 20 metres tall, 50 km/h.^[7] Originally opened on 20 July 2000 as a flying coaster named Birdmen (バードメン). Was converted to an inverted coaster in 2003 due to mechanical issues. Known as Great Fluffy Sky Adventure (ふわふわお空の大冒険) from 2003 to 2017.
• Zokkon (ぞっこん): 25 metres tall, 73 km/h.^[8] Opened on 20 July 2023. Launched steel family coaster.

Other rides

• Fuji Airways
• Haunted Hospital – haunted attraction
• Hopeless Fortress – haunted attraction
• Nagashimasuka – Hafema River Rapid Ride
• Panic Clock – Vekoma Air Jumper
• Red Tower – S&S Turbo Drop
• Tekkotsu Bancho – Funtime Star Flyer
• Tentekomai – Gerstlauer Sky Roller
• Tondemina – Huss Giant Frisbee

Incidents

Do-Dodonpa safety complaints

From December 2020 to August 2021, at least 6 visitors were injured^[11] while riding the Do-Dodonpa roller coaster.^[12] This led to the coaster's eventual closure in 2024.^[13]

In popular culture

In the 1985 Hong Kong comedy action film My Lucky Stars, starring Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, the criminal gang's headquarters are underneath Fuji-Q Highland.

In 2006, on the 9th season of the American reality game show The Amazing Race, the final 3 teams visited Fuji-Q Highland and rode Tondemina, Dodonpa and Fujiyama while looking for a clue to their next destination.