Where is the world's largest bowling alley located?

According to the Guinness World Records the Inazawa Grand Bowl bowling alley in Japan is the largest in the world with 116 consecutive Brunswick Bowling wooden lanes on a single floor. Opened on March 24, 1972 the Inazawa Grand Bowl is 91,494 square feet just across the bowling lanes with no supporting pillars. The entire structure is over 182,000 square feet and can accommodate 696 bowlers. As visitors enter on the building's escalator they have a spectacular view of all 116 lanes. Bowling championship games from around the world are played here and they proudly host a number of special bowling events each year.

Bowling was developed around 3200 BCE in Egypt and the game developed into a number of different versions in countries around the world. Many of those countries brought their style and rules when they came to the United States. New York's oldest park is called Bowling Green as this is where Dutch settlers played their version of lawn bowling in the 1700's. The standard ten pin game we know today wasn't standardized until 1895 when the Bowling Congress was established. Pins were reset by hand until the 1950s and 60s when "pin boys" began to be replaced by automated pin setters. Today, the game of bowling is standardized in almost every country with leagues and tournaments played throughout the world.