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Ferris wheel back in business

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Japanese discount retailer Don Quijote Co's renovated Ferris wheel is seen in Osaka's popular Dotombori shopping district on Sunday night. The Ferris wheel, which stopped running due to a technical failure about 10 years ago, reopened on Jan 12. The iconic wheel is decorated with a giant image of Ebisu, the god of business prosperity. Rides in the four-seat cabin cost 600 yen and take about 15 minutes.

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Excellent photo!

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Man, I think I rode it 10 years ago and never even noticed it was closed all this time. I walk by there a few times a year.

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Dadude

Its been renovated and relocated.

This donki is also new, it used to be a sports store.

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The mascot character is called "Donpen", which I think is a play of Don Quixote Penguin.

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It looks cool,

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Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'!

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