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Anger as Japanese skating rink freezes thousands of fish into ice as gimmick
Source: The Guardian
Anger as Japanese skating rink freezes thousands of fish into ice as gimmick
The feature at Space World in Kitakyushu is forced to close
after anger at ‘disrespect for life’ and ‘lack of morality’
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Monday 28 November 2016 03.47 GMT
An amusement park in Japan has been forced to close its skating rink after a torrent of online criticism over its centrepiece: thousands of fish frozen into the ice.
Space World in the city of Kitakyushu, south-west Japan, bowed to pressure to close the facility on Sunday after an online campaign denouncing the piscine graveyard as “cruel”, “immoral” and “weird”.
The rink, which was supposed to have stayed open until the spring, featured about 5,000 dead sprats, mackerel and other fish that had been bought from a local market embedded in the ice, some with their mouths still open in apparent suspended animation, according to local media reports.
The fish were also used to spell out “hello” under the ice and to form an arrow showing skaters which direction to follow.
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The feature at Space World in Kitakyushu is forced to close
after anger at ‘disrespect for life’ and ‘lack of morality’
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Monday 28 November 2016 03.47 GMT
An amusement park in Japan has been forced to close its skating rink after a torrent of online criticism over its centrepiece: thousands of fish frozen into the ice.
Space World in the city of Kitakyushu, south-west Japan, bowed to pressure to close the facility on Sunday after an online campaign denouncing the piscine graveyard as “cruel”, “immoral” and “weird”.
The rink, which was supposed to have stayed open until the spring, featured about 5,000 dead sprats, mackerel and other fish that had been bought from a local market embedded in the ice, some with their mouths still open in apparent suspended animation, according to local media reports.
The fish were also used to spell out “hello” under the ice and to form an arrow showing skaters which direction to follow.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/28/anger-as-japanese-skating-rink-freezes-thousands-of-fish-into-ice-as-gimmick
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Add that to those barbarians whaling and murdering dolphins, and we are totally boycotting Japan and Japanese products. 
