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Universal Studios Japan is in Konohara Ward, Osaka and can be reached by train from Tenri's international dorms. The train ride is about an hour + 1/2 and I highly recommend you take as many express trains as possible!
Here's a few tips when entering the park:
They don't check bags as long as you don't have an obnoxiously huge one, so feel free to bring in some inconspicuous snacks. I would take a few things to munch on because the lines for food stands tend to be long, 45-one hour... It's pretty ridiculous.
If you want to enjoy the day without amazingly large crowds, go during the week! Most people are in school or at work, and they actually adhere to their obligations. So if you go on a Tuesday in late September it could very well end up being mostly foreigners in attendance.
We went on a tremendously busy weekend so we purchased express tickets for about ￥5700. They have different packages that range from 3600-6700. The tickets we bought gave us the chance to go through the express lines on pretty much every ride in the park, and we never waited longer than 10 minutes as opposed to the four hour wait for some rides.
Ignore the city walk until after the park!! You can have a nice meal and then wander the shops full and happy. <3
Now the fun stuff:
If you're a Southern CA native like I am, you've most likely visited US Hollywood. Well I must say that USJ takes themes to a level that isn't observed at the California park. Also, there's a few discrepancies in the rides available. The park in Japan still has Back to the Future the Ride available whereas it was replaced by the Simpsons in America. Spider man the ride doesn't exist in America either.
The ride that is absolutely the most fun in the entire park is Backdrop. It's
amazing. It's maybe even less than a minute and the regular line is a wait of four hours, but with express tickets you get a half hour window to just go straight up to the front.
If you go at all, you absolutely
have to ride Backdrop. There's two options to ride it going forwards or backwards... I obviously recommend the latter. And when on the ride you have the opportunity to select one of five songs to listen to as you fly through the sky.
USJ is absolutely amazing during Halloween time! During the day, all is normal. But at night, suddenly a mass amount of zombies enter the park. OKAY, here I am going to depart wisdom so you
do not make the same mistake I made. During the haunting festivities you'll notice some people are wearing obnoxiously glowing necklaces--no they aren't out of place ravers--they are smart assholes. Those necklaces are bought from an office in USJ stating that you consent to having the zombies touch you. If you buy one, you will have the chance to be circled and "eaten" by a hoard of zombies--most likely multiple times throughout the night.
**Only 100 are sold throughout each day. They sell out in the first hour of the park opening. Find out if you can pre-order, if you can't, get. there. early. お願いします～！
