News for all Gundam fans. Real life-sized Gundam is coming to Yokohama!
GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA: Opening this October!
Every Gundam lovers' dream: a moving life-sized Gundam is coming to Yokohama.
The Gundam Global Challenge (GGC) and the Evolving G, by SUNRISE Inc.(jp), are going to team up with Yokohama city to bring a life-sized Gundam to Yamashita wharf as part of the Gundam 40th year anniversary project called "Beyond"(jp).
The site consists of two main facilities which are;
– GANDUM-LAB, which is a two-story building across 1440 square meters of land. and
– GANDUM-DOCK, a maintenance dock style building that is 25 meters tall, with the full-scale Gundam (expected to be 18 meters tall) stored within.
The opening is said to be on the 1st of October, 2020 and it will only go for a year till 3rd of October 2021.
Tickets will be available from July 2020, and there are also planning a special pre-open event "Pre-open Limited Program ~GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA Special Experience~" to be held on Saturdays and Sundays throughout July and August.
For further information visit
GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA – official page (en) ← also check out their website for images as well!
Location:
12 Yamashitacho, Nakaku, Yokohama, Kanagawa (map)
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