KidZania, one of the fastest growing and more innovative edutainment concepts in the world, opened KidZania Fukuoka.
The third KidZania City in Japan joins KidZania Tokyo and KidZania Koshien in their aim to empower children to get ready to create a better world. Out of its 5.5 million inhabitants, 12.2 per cent of Fukuoka’s population are children, which makes it the ideal location for a new KidZania City. KidZania Fukuoka the first KidZania facility that has fully implemented the KidZania 5.0 model.
The main objective of KidZania 5.0 is to excel in terms of sustainability and showcase the world as it should be. As Xavier Lopez Ancona, CEO & Founder of KidZania, mentioned: KidZania Fukuoka will be our first facility to open with the fully implemented 5.0 model and it will pave the way for other KidZania Cities to join this important mission.
With more than 60 role-playing establishments, the facility located at Lalaport Fukuoka shopping centre, will put special emphasis on integrating the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of its content, while also offering new educational value-added activities.
KidZania Fukuoka has signed 37 Purpose Partners (sponsors), so far. Through the power of role-playing, some of the companies featured in KidZania Fukuoka include ANA, Fukuoka Bank, KDDI, Mitsubishi Motors, Netflix, Seiko, Yakult, among others.
