The Japanese theme park Space World is said to have frozen 5,000 fish in an ice skating rink. Advertised as an “Ice Aquarium”, you should experience “the feeling of the ocean” while skating here.

Some find the idea fascinating, others find it more than macabre to skate on 5,000 dead fish and others find such an action so absurd that they don't want to believe that someone could come up with such an idea:

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Source: Facebook request

Dear Esta, first of all:

It is NOT fake!

The amusement park in the southwestern Japanese city of Kitakyushu actually incorporated 5,000 frozen fish into an ice skating rink and received a lot of criticism. 25 different species of fish were arranged over a length of 250 meters.

The aim was to give visitors “a feeling of the ocean”.

Space World park spokesman Koji Shibata said:

“Critical voices say that using creatures as toys is not good and is a waste of food.”

In fact, many users were outraged by the implemented idea of ​​the “Ice Aquarium” on Space World's Facebook page. Shibata asserts that the fish were already dead and unfit for consumption. They purchased the fish at a local fish market.

On Sunday the attraction was put on hold and the hall was closed. The ice is now being thawed, which will take about a week.

Company boss Toshimi Takeda is planning a memorial event in honor of the fish. But according to Takeda, this was planned from the beginning.

Sources: Time online, Mirror online

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