The day Yunluo and An Chuyu went there was the day before Christmas. When they arrived at the door, there were so many people queuing to buy tickets. So Yunluo still suggested that you buy tickets early to save time and play more projects. The opening and closing times of USJ are different every day, so you must check them carefully before going.
Yunluo was also struggling for a long time about the fast ticket, because it is not cheap, a fast 5 ticket costs more than 300. In the end, I decided to buy it. First, because money can really be exchanged for time. Time is limited, and the saved time can be used to play more projects and see more. Second, except for the fast 3, the others include the Harry Potter projects.
This is the highlight of Yunluo's trip to USJ! The price of the express ticket will vary according to the time and the expected flow of people, and the price will be different every day. You can also buy it on Taobao, so I won't put the address here to avoid too much advertising. I really recommend that you buy it in advance, although you can buy it at the door on the day.
But Yunluo basically heard that all the express tickets for the day were sold out after 20 minutes. You know, if there are a lot of people and no express tickets, the waiting time for popular projects is 200-300 minutes or more. If you really don't want to buy express tickets, there is a way, that is, if several people go together, they can split up and use the single-person channel.
It is much faster to walk alone than to queue up with a group, but you have to play separately, and if there are a lot of people on the day, the single channel may not be much faster. If you are only interested in Harry Potter and don't care about other things, you can go to USJ earlier, preferably before it opens.
As soon as the door opened, I rushed in to grab the Harry Potter ticket. Because if you don't have a fast ticket, even if you get the ticket, you may not be able to get in. Every day, the number of people is released according to the ratio. When Yunluo went to Harry Potter, he got in in 5 minutes with a fast ticket, and the sign next to the queue said the queue time was 300 minutes.
Regarding whether to buy Express 7, Express 5, or Express 3, it depends on what you want to play, because each includes different projects, and the specific projects can be found on the official website. 2. Transportation. The most convenient and fastest way to get to USJ is still JR, whether from Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, or the airport.
As long as you go to any station on the JR Loop Line in Osaka City, you can take the JR directly to USJ, which is very convenient. For the airport, there is an airport bus to Osaka Station or Nishikujo Station. Both stations are on the JR Loop Line, and it is very convenient to walk from here. The specific official website also has instructions. Yunluo and An Chuyu went from Kyobashi Station to USJ.
It's about a 15-20 minute ride, very fast. After buying the ticket, just take the bus to USJ. About how to buy tickets at Japanese stations. There are route maps and ticket prices to each station on the ticket machine. After confirming the price to the station, select the price on the ticket machine, for example 190 yen, and then select the number of people.
Put in the coins, and that's it. If there's any left, they'll give you change. If you don't understand, you can ask the staff on the site. After watching them demonstrate once, you'll basically buy it yourself. It's very convenient. Because Yunluo and An Chuyu went there the day before Christmas, many people cosplayed directly. They were wearing Santa Claus clothes.
Wearing a cute headdress, come with a few friends. When you arrive at the station, you will hear the station announcement in very poor English. universalstudiojapan, you can get ready to get off after hearing it. You can see the Harry Potter promotional advertisement when you get off the bus. You can't get to USJ immediately after exiting the station, you have to walk for a while.
There are many restaurants and souvenir shops here. If you want to buy something after closing at night, you can choose the small shops here. You can also eat. Because the food in USJ is really not very delicious, just like other amusement parks. This path also has many unique buildings and advertising styles of American studios.
Enter the 70s in the United States in advance. As soon as I left the station that day, I saw a performance by a little monkey dressed in Santa Claus clothes. The Japanese girl next to him kept shouting "kawaii". It was actually quite cruel. Keep walking inside and you can see the big globe logo of Universal Studios! USJ Yunluo and An Chuyu are here!
Yunluo and An first met at USJ at around 10:30 in the morning. They left at around 6:30 in the afternoon, having been inside for about 7 hours. The entire entrance of USJ was decorated with Christmas decorations and various Harry Potter advertisements. On the left hand side of the entrance, there is a souvenir shop, which also sells Harry Potter wands.
You don't have to go to the Harry Potter Park to buy it. There are a lot of people there. There are fewer people here, so you can take your time to choose. Keep walking inside and you will see another highlight of this visit to USJ! The world's largest Christmas tree lighting ceremony! This Christmas has won the Guinness World Record for 3 consecutive years. The lighting ceremony is really shocking.
I will show you the video later. Next, let's talk about the USJ projects. Yunluo and An Chuyu played several projects recommended by many people that day, mainly Harry Potter, which Yunluo played twice! Haha. ! I will talk about it later. 1. Space Fantasy. The naked eye 4D effect is amazing! The people next to them lined up for a super long time, but Yunluo and An Chuyu got in in 5 minutes.
Sitting in the car, looking at the big screen in front of me, I really feel like I'm there! It's worth a try! 2. Spider-Man. This is highly recommended! Many people recommend this project. When Yunluo and An Chuyu entered, the queue time next door was 200 minutes. Yunluo and An Chuyu entered and got on the car in 10 minutes. It's really great!
Except for the fact that Spider-Man speaks Japanese, which is a bit strange, the other effects are great! I know it is a 4D effect, but I still screamed in fear! After playing Spider-Man, there is a big souvenir shop outside. There are also a lot of Spider-Man peripherals. Even the instant noodles are so cute. It's amazing.
Another thing that USJ is famous for is the street scenes of the United States in the 1970s. Walking inside, except for the fact that everyone around speaks Japanese, the architecture and style all have the feeling of old America. There is also a real scene of the stairs in Sesame Street here, so you have to look carefully. The happiness cafe of USJ can be customized with your own name.
Jurassic Park. You need to wear a raincoat to play this, and it is easy to get wet. Haha, Yunluo and An Chuyu did not go to play, but had lunch at the Jurassic restaurant. You can come here at the time indicated every day. There will be a dinosaur walk in the afternoon. Although I know that they are pretending to be people. But the effect is very real, and they will suddenly shout at people, which is really scary.
The Jurassic restaurant here is completely decorated according to the restaurant in the Jurassic movie, and it is fun to take pictures in it. The staff will shout slogans before taking pictures, and then all the staff will imitate the sound of dinosaurs together, which is very interesting. The effect of this dinosaur is really realistic! 5. Great white shark.
Many people said it was not fun, but the staff's reaction was exaggerated. Yunluo and An Chuyu just walked by and took a look, but did not go in to play. Because it was the day before Christmas, there were many people, so you had to pay to take a photo with the great white shark. 6. Wonderland. This place is more suitable for children to play, with a carousel, a hello kitty house, promotional tea cups and so on.
There are also bumper cars for kids to play. The decorations are beautiful and it's nice to go in and take some photos. 7. Monsters Rock and Roll. This is quite a surprise. We were waiting for the Harry Potter entrance and had nowhere else to go. We just happened to pass by and this place was open for entry. Yunluo and An Chuyu thought about going in and taking a look. It's not a big deal anyway. Even if it's not good, we can take a break.
The result was unexpectedly good! It was a bit like a musical, with actors dressed up as Frankenstein and zombies. Except for the host speaking Japanese, which I couldn't understand, everything else was great! The performances were all classic movie music. People couldn't help but hum along to the rhythm. In addition, the heroine was very beautiful and the songs she sang were also very nice!
After watching the show, we just happened to encounter the Christmas float parade. (That’s why Yunluo said that this trip to Japan was full of surprises and many unexpected good things happened.) The floats would stop on the road, allowing tourists to take pictures at will. There were gingerbread men, snoopy, hello kitty, and snowmen. They were all super cute. It was about 3 o’clock when we finished watching the floats.
The Christmas tree was already full of people, all sitting on the ground with snacks and towels waiting for the lighting ceremony to begin. The lighting ceremony was around 5:30 that day, so there were already a lot of people waiting 2-3 hours in advance, which was really too exaggerated! But there was a reason, because Yunluo and An Chuyu came to the Christmas tree after coming out of Harry Potter.
I was completely squeezed to a far place and could only see a little bit, so no wonder they had to start reserving seats so early. 9. The most important thing of this visit to USJ! Harry Potter Park! Ten stars recommended! There are only two Universal Studios in the world that have Harry Potter, one in the United States and one in Japan.
So if you come to Osaka and have time and interest, you must come to USJ! Even Yunluo, who has only watched the Harry Potter movies, was shocked, not to mention the die-hard fans of Harry Potter! About the description of the Harry Potter park. Because the guides that Yunluo had seen before did not explain it in detail.
Yunluo thought that the entire Harry Potter park had to be entered within the specified time, so he didn't dare to enter before, but later he figured it out. Now let's talk about it here to let everyone understand the structure of the entire park. The Harry Potter park is divided into two larger parts: Hami Village and Castle. In fact, Hami Village can be entered and exited at will.
If you don't want to play Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, you can just go shopping in Hammy Village and drink butter beer. But if you want to enter the castle and play the Forbidden Journey, you need a Fast 5 or Fast 7 ticket, or run in early in the morning to get the Harry Potter park entrance ticket.
Otherwise, you have to wait in a very long line. At least when Yunluo entered, the sign next to it said that the waiting time was 300 minutes, which is 5 hours. The Harry Potter Park can be said to be a dream true place. The entire Hami Village is restored to its original form, including Platform 9 and 3/4, the wand shop, butter beer, and the owl shop.
It was just like in the movie (except everyone around was speaking Japanese). Keep walking in Hami Village and you will see Harry Potter's castle. Although I have seen it many times in the introduction and guide, I was shocked the moment I saw it. It is exactly the same as in the movie. With the express ticket, you can enter the castle in 5 minutes.
First, store your personal belongings. You can bring your cell phone with you, but remember to hold it tightly when playing Forbidden Journey. After entering, it looks more like a scene in a movie, with moving paintings on the wall, spiral staircases, and dim lights. Everything is too real, and there are movie clips of Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Except for speaking in Japanese, everything else is exactly the same.
There is also Dumbledore's office. If you queue up and walk up, you can play the Forbidden Journey. Because it is not easy to take pictures, Yunluo can only describe it in words, 3 words. It's great! The naked eye 4D effect is amazing! I went through the contents of the 7 movies in 2 minutes, including Dementors, Voldemort, Dryads, and played a Quidditch game with Harry!
Because I was not very brave, Yunluo just took another VIP ticket and played it again! It was really great! No regrets at all! I strongly recommend everyone to play it, really! After playing the forbidden journey twice, it was already dark. After so many days in Japan, the most annoying thing is that it gets dark very early here. Basically, it starts to get dark at 4 pm.
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It gets dark around 5pm, especially in Hokkaido. So if you plan to come to Japan at this time, you should pay attention to the time when it gets dark. It is best to enter the Harry Potter Park at 1pm, because you can see the Hami Village during the day and at night. After dark, the lights are on, which is also very beautiful.
The original photo has poor pixels, and the real view is 10 times more beautiful than the photo. After leaving the Harry Potter Park, Yunluo and An Chuyu trotted to the front of the Christmas tree to watch the Christmas tree lighting ceremony. At this time, the crowd of spectators had already squeezed directly to the intersection of the Christmas tree road. Only a little bit of the Christmas tree could be seen, but the scene was still very beautiful.
No wonder it has won the Guinness World Record for three consecutive years. Because the station is far away. The effect of the filming is not very good, so I will show you a few videos. After watching the Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Yunluo and Anchuyu left USJ and set off to Osaka's landmarks, Shinsaibashi and Dotonbori. ! Take the subway from USJ to Osaka, and then transfer to the subway to Shinsaibashi Station.
When Yunluo and Anchu met Osaka Station, they had to change subway lines and were confused by the confusing subway map. When Yunluo asked for directions at Osaka subway station, a girl was waiting for her friend. As she didn't know how to explain because her English was not very good, she sent a message to her friend and told Yunluo and Anchu.
"Let's go. Yunluo will take you there." Shinsaibashi is a place suitable for shopping. There are many cute little shops, drug stores, clothing stores, and restaurants. Basically, everything you want to buy and eat is available. It is also a shopping street with a roof, so the weather has little impact on shopping. If you want to shop, you can go there at any time.
What you must eat when you come to Osaka is octopus balls. Osaka is the birthplace of takoyaki. Yunluo and An Chuyu had takoyaki in an izakaya in a small alley next to Shinsaibashi. The chef was making it very seriously, and Yunluo and An Chuyu sat next to it waiting. Japanese takoyaki is much larger than the ones in China, and the ingredients are also very rich, unlike the ones we usually eat, which are all powder.
The Japanese one has a big piece of octopus and lots of vegetables inside, and it's so delicious to take a bite. Walk all the way to the end of Shinsaibashi and you'll reach Dotonbori. The symbol of Dotonbori is this billboard. Everyone who comes here will take a photo. When Yunluo was chatting with a girl he met by chance in Sapporo, she also mentioned this billboard, which shows how well-known it is in Japan.
There is also this billboard. Yunluo has always heard other people mention it. It seems to be a famous Japanese star. Sorry, Yunluo doesn't pay much attention to Japanese stars and doesn't know who he is. In addition to the billboard, Dotonbori is very famous for various realistic store entrance advertisements. Kani Doraku is what many people want to eat when they go to Dotonbori.
Because Yunluo and Anchu were planning to eat crabs in Hokkaido, they didn't make a reservation here. I don't know if it was late when Yunluo and Anchu met or something else, but they didn't see the legendary queue. This dumpling shop is all over Japan, and the billboard in Dotonbori is really too realistic!
Yunluo and An Chuyu ate it once in Sapporo. The taste was like the pork and green onion dumplings from Northeast China. The taste was pretty good. This is a very famous takoyaki restaurant in Dotonbori. You can tell how popular it is by looking at the big octopus and the long queue in front of the store. Because they had already eaten takoyaki in Shinsaibashi, Yunluo and An Chuyu did not eat here.
If you are interested, you can save some space to try it here. After walking around for a while, Yunluo and An Chuyu were very hungry, so they found a sushi restaurant with more people and sat down to eat conveyor belt sushi. Sorry, because Yunluo and An Chuyu really like conveyor belt sushi, haha. Some conveyor belt sushi restaurants in Japan distinguish the price of sushi according to the color of the plate, just like in China.
There are also some sushi restaurants that charge the same price for all types of sushi, like this one, all sushi is 135 yen, which is more than 6 yuan. Don't think that cheap means bad taste, the sushi here is surprisingly fresh and tastes good, and there are many types. You can order what you want directly from the waiter or wait for the sushi on the conveyor belt.
There is also an English version of the menu to read, so you can order after you know what's on it. After eating sushi and browsing the drugstore and clothing store for a while, Yunluo and An Chuyu took the subway back to the hotel. Many stores in Japan close early, and Yunluo originally thought that places like Shinsaibashi Dotonbori would close relatively late. (To be continued...)