Japan Monkey Park

Japan Monkey Park (日本モンキーパーク, Nihon Monkey Park) is an amusement park with a zoo located in Kanbayashi, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It had a Thomas & Friends-themed railway line running through it.

About
Prior to being rebranded as a Thomas & Friends-themed ride, the line existed as the "Fairy Train" and used three locomotives (one diesel, two steam-outline).

In March 2003, the park held a Thomas & Friends exhibition called Sodor Island Carnival, featuring recreations of scenes from the show and several props. The event's popularity inspired the park to contact Gullane Entertainment about rebranding the ride around the series, resulting in the introduction of Thomas and James to the attraction.

The retitled "Thomas and James' Happy Train" (トーマスジェームスのハッピートレイン) would feature the two engines and four accompanying coaches traveling across the line, encountering 2 station tunnels, 2 railroad crossings, and 1 tunnel. The attraction would be one of the park's most popular attractions, but the deterioration of the original tracks and the closure of the company who maintained the engines resulted in maintenance issues. It was decided to close the ride on 12th January 2008, with a limited reopening following a Thomas event in March 2008.

No replacements were considered for the ride and the tracks were pulled up, with some of the original buildings and area being left abandoned throughout. Thomas still maintains a presence at Monkey Land, once with a temporary retheming of a smaller "Happy Train" attraction (with no connection with the prior ride) and currently with the inclusion of a Let's Go Thomas miniature ride. Additionally, the park still regularly holds several Thomas events for guests to enjoy.

Engines

 * Thomas
 * James

Trivia

 * Thomas and James were developed by the same company who developed Lady for [[Thomas Land (Japan)]|Thomas Land], AK-Works.
 * Since Thomas and James were built around a pre-exisitng wheel arrangement, their wheels did not move.