Or perhaps not. You be the judge. For today’s Saturday Timewaster, I take you to the greatest non-watery slide I’ve ever seen. In a land where there are still teeter-totters, swings, and other supposedly “dangerous” playground equipment, this stands out above all the rest. Welcome to the roller slide of Naikai-Machi’s Central Park (中井町の中央公園).

The location of the slide is circled in pink

The park that this roller slide is in is quite big. There’s a lot to do here. There’s some sports fields, there’s a “Park Golf” course, which is basically something in between mini-golf and regular golf. Also there’s a water-thing, free parking, and then a play area, which includes the giant roller slide.

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But really, I think, it’s the roller-slide that would get me here. Remember “Discover Zone” from when we I was a kid?

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They had a roller-slide too, and I thought that was the best. I’d search and search for it, but it was super hard for me to find (my sense of direction wasn’t good then either). If only Discovery Zone’s roller slide was like this one, though… things are always more fun when you have a chance to fall out of them from highish places.

Oh, and to answer the question in the title – this probably isn’t the greatest roller slide in the world, but I imagine it’s still a ton of fun. I would like to become a child again and go here. Aw, what am I saying. I’d ride it over and over as an adult, too – pushing the kids in line out of the way just because I’m bigger and stronger than they are. So buff.

If you want to visit this place, it’s located in Nakai-Machi in Kanagawa Prefecture. Click on the image below to get the location in Google Maps.

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