Oriental Land Announces Cirque Du Soleil Theatre Tokyo Grand Opening on October 1, 2008.

Tokyo, Japan, Oct 1, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Oriental Land Co., Ltd. announced today that Cirque du Soleil Theatre Tokyo, a new permanent theater for the world-famous entertainment group Cirque du Soleil, will open at Tokyo Disney Resort(R) on October 1, 2008, during the Resort's 25th Anniversary celebrations.

Cirque du Soleil is developing an original show exclusively for this theater, adding an exciting new entertainment component to Tokyo Disney Resort. The Presenting Sponsor for the show will be JCB Co., Ltd.

Exactly one year before the opening of the new theater, Oriental Land will open an official website and a call center for information on group tickets.

For inquiries from the general public, please give the following contact number:

- Cirque du Soleil Theatre Tokyo, Group Reservations Desk: 0570-02-8333

- This number may not be accessible from cell phones, IP phones or overseas numbers.

- Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed weekends and holiday periods

- The Group Reservations Desk will also handle inquiries from individuals.

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL THEATRE TOKYO

Opening Date:         October 1, 2008
Theater Name:         CIRQUE DU SOLEIL THEATRE TOKYO
Official Homepage:    www.cirquedusoleil.co.jp (PC or cell phone)
Group Ticket Info:    Starting October 1, 2007
Tel:                  [phone]
Hours:                11:00 a.m.  5:00 p.m.
                      (closed weekends and holiday periods)
                      This number also for inquiries from individuals
Note:                 General ticket sales to begin in July 2008
Location:             Maihama, Urayasu-shi, Chiba, Japan
                      (Adjacent to Disney Ambassador(R) Hotel)
Number of Seats:      2,170 seats
Building Area:        Approximately 5,400 m2
Total Floor Area:     Approximately 14,000 m2
General Expenses:     Approximately 14 billion yen

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL THEATRE TOKYO

Show Information

Presenting Sponsor:   JCB Co., Ltd.
Creators:             Guy Laliberte, Guide and Founder
                      Francois Girard, Writer and Director
                      Francois Seguin, Set Designer
                      Line Tremblay, Director of Creation
                      Renee April, Costume Designer
                      Rene Dupere, Composer
                      Debra Brown, Choreographer
                      David Finn, Lighting Designer
                      Francois Bergeron, Sound Designer
                      Serge Lamothe, Playwright
                      Scott Osgood, Acrobatic Equipment and
                       Rigging Designer
                      Florence Pot, Acrobatic Performance Designer

Show Concept

A new original show will be created exclusively for Cirque du Soleil Theatre Tokyo. The show follows the journey of a character who ultimately brings two completely opposing worlds, the sky and the earth, together in reconciliation and harmony. This dramatic show will be presented with a colorful array of unique and lively characters in vibrant costumes for a truly dynamic performance.

About Francois Girard, Director

The director of this new show, Francois Girard, is renowned for his staging in both opera and theater. He is also known as an accomplished filmmaker, and captured the world's attention with Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould (Japan premiere in October 1994). His internationally acclaimed The Red Violin (Japan premiere in April 1999) received the Academy Award for Best Original Score and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in the Best Foreign Film category. His new film, Silk (based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco), was chosen as the closing film for this year's 20th Tokyo International Film Festival, and will premiere in Japan in early January 2008. This film, which portrays the interaction of people from different cultural backgrounds, was shot mostly in Japan. The main characters, a silk trader and his wife in France, are portrayed by Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley. Japanese actors Koji Yakusho and\ Miki Nakatani also appear in the film, with music provided by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Academy Award winner for Best Original Score to the film The Last Emperor.

About Oriental Land Co., Ltd.

Oriental Land Co., Ltd. was established in 1960 to reclaim land off the coast of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, and to construct a large-scale leisure facility with the objective of contributing to the culture, welfare and well-being of the Japanese people. In 1983, Oriental Land opened Tokyo Disneyland  in Maihama, Chiba Prefecture, about 10 kilometers from central Tokyo. Since then, we have significantly contributed to the expansion of Japan's amusement and leisure park industry and have maintained our established position in the market and expanded our profit base by maximizing our advantages of superb location, our business alliance with Disney Enterprises, Inc. and our accumulated theme park management expertise. In 2001, we opened Tokyo DisneySea, the world's first Disney theme park based on a mritime concept. To date, the two theme parks have welcomed a cumulative total of more than 400 million guests. For more information, please visit www.olc.co.jp/en.

Source: Oriental Land Co., Ltd.

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Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
Investor and Public Relations Group
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