[MUSIC]
what a beautiful day!
today, it's the opening day ofS Universal Studios Japan (USJ),
Donkey Kong area.
we are at nishikujo station now.
this is the station that you need to transfer the train
either you coming from Osaka station or Namba station.
JR Yumesaki Line is mostly heading to USJ
so probably most of them heading to USJ
so train just arrived.
we gotta ride on this train.
Oh, look at that. that's a Super Mario train.
some train from Osaka Station directly going to USJ.
however either way,
even that train will stop at this nishikujo station too.
so just remember this nishikujo station.
by the way there is a Bentencho Station next to this station.
if you are coming to Japan for the Osaka Expo,
you need to transfer the train in that train.
so before the Osaka Expo is coming, I will make a video about it
so please look forward to it.
one thing we have to be careful is that
there is a "Women Only" train for the weekday.
there is a sign in front of train track too.
well technically it's not restricted by law.
but if the male ride on the "Women Only" train,
everyone looking at you with the weird eyes
so you gotta be careful
seems like train is almost leaving. let's ride on.
it's only two stations away.
sweet.
we are in USJ.
Seems like so many people visiting USJ today.
well, it is the opening day, so it's supposed to be.
anyway so let's go to the Universal CityWalk.
you just need to go upstairs.
usually Japan's escalator, people stands one side.
however because so many travelers here today,
so that's why the escalator, too, it becomes the international standard.
there is only one exit here, so you will not get lost.
there is a ticket counter in front of the station.
however it will be super crowded after USJ's closing time.
so you gotta be careful.
the best way is getting the train IC card.
ICOCA is the Osaka version of SUICA.
basically ICOCA, SUICA, it's same.
you can use it everywhere in Japan.
there is a new coin Locker in front of the station.
it seems like regular coin locker.
but this coin Locker is something special.
if you place a luggage here, you can directly send it to the hotel.
now there are only several hotels available.
however it will be more and more.
price cost depends on the luggage size.
small one is 1,900 Japanese Yen.
and the largest size is 2,800 Japanese Yen.
so let's keep walking.
today, 11th of December.
temperature is 11°C, wind is 3 m/s, 63% humidity.
well I don't know.
It says only 3 m/s wind, but I feel like it's cooler though.
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all right, so let's keep walking.
Osaka is my hometown.
I've been here since I was a kid.
there are so many nice restaurant in Universal CityWalk.
I will introduce it after the Donkey Kong area.
but beforehand, let me grab some onigiri riceball at konbini.
let's go.
if you are visiting here during wintertime,
they are selling the heat pack.
Price is only 52 Japanese yen per one.
It contains 16 hours. It will be much warmer.
so don't forget to get one.
there are so many onigiri rice balls
seems like many onigiri is already sold out
let me get ikura soy sauce flavor.
sweet. Price was 279 Japanese yen.
It's the fancy onigiri.
Cheap one starting from 150 Japanese yen.
Oh, sweet! There's a cute Minion Christmas tree.
outside of USJ, there is a souvenir store, too.
they have so many different kinds of souvenir, even outside.
So, you can enjoy shopping and atmosphere, even you don't enter USJ.
Oh, yeah, from here already, we see the gate of USJ.
it's really close from the station.
this King Kong is a signature sign of USJ.
but today we're meeting the Donkey Kong.
yep, it's the Japanese version of King Kong.
there is a Sushiro, too.
yes! Japan stuff.
it became the Donkey Kong version. Sweet!
before entering there, let's eat onigiri.
Well, I'm planning to visit the restaurant in Super Mario area.
But it might be super, super crowed, since it's the opening day.
so i'd better eat onigiri first.
it's my favorite onigiri, ikura
one thing you have to be careful is that
even there are so many nice restaurant at Universal CityWalk,
but you can't re-entry.
Disneyland accept the re-entry.
however, USJ doesn't accept the re-entry for the most of day.
unless you have the annual pass.
so if you are not planning to eat inside USJ,
make sure to eat before enter.
however inside USJ, there are many nice restaurant
the food quality and price,
compared to the other theme park, it's pretty good, too.
so you can always eat inside USJ.
one problem is there might be super crowed.
so yeah that's something you gotta worry about.
all right! Let's keep walking. let's go!
after the gate, there is a ticket counter.
and also Universal City Globe.
seems like still fewer people taking photo with Universal City Globe.
around the park closing time, it will be super crowded.
so if you are thinking of taking a photo with Universal City Globe,
probably, when you get here would be
the best time to take a photo, I believe.
here, they sell the Express Pass, and also, the ticket.
but you can always buy at the website
so make sure to get one before you come over here.
especially if you are planning to
buy the Donkey Kong Express Pass,
it will be sold out, so make sure to get one before you come over here.
Studio Pass price always changes.
average is about 9,000 Japanese Yen.
however if you come over here more than two times,
probably you'd better get the annual pass.
so that you can re-entry too
they also have Twilight Pass, which is cheaper.
you can enter after 3:00 p.m.
well, but if it's your first time to visit here,
definitely, I recommend you to get the 1 Day Pass though.
oh my goodness, seems like there's a long line for the entrance.
one thing you have to be careful is that
if you have a bigger tripod, bigger than the hand size,
they will not let you enter.
So eventually, you are using the coin locker,
which is too expensive only for the tripod placing.
so if you are having the big tripod, you gotta be careful.
Haha, they increase the security level.
it's like the airport now.
all right let's go!
sweet!
finally we came back to the USJ!
oh there is a Christmas version Shriek over here.
speaking of the coin Locker,
they have a same one in front of the entrance too.
this middle size cost 500 Japanese Yen
if there is a key it means available
but seems like most of the locker is occupied.
however in other lanes so many lockers are available.
oh my goodness, super nice smell from this popcorn store.
they sell the Super Mario popcorn bucket.
price is 5,500 Japanese yen.
that's a nice one
and a huge Christmas tree over there.
we are getting there later
well since I've been here like 100 times,
the first thing to do is different
so let me show you what the pros do.
most of the ride is right side.
however we are heading to the left side.
yes... this is the way to go.
it is a quiet area.
pretty much we can do nothing.
Except...
...getting the annual pass.
they open from 12:00 p.m.
it will be opening in 12 minutes.
And already, there are so many people making a line.
if you come visit here around afternoon time,
there will be so long line.
and you have to wait for a long time so...
better renew it in early time if you are planning to get the annual pass.
seems like they opened it little bit earlier, so it's much faster.
and we get to renew annual pass here.
so already I got the annual pass. it only take about 20 minutes.
it was fast.
my reservation time of Donkey Kong is from 1:00 p.m.
so we still have time.
now they are having the collab with Kimetsu no Yaiba again.
you wear the VR goggles and ride the coaster.
it's really fun ride.
seems like waiting time is 130 minutes.
it's a popular ride.
they also have collab Foods too.
Haha, look at this Nezuko.
Whipped donuts. It looks pretty cute and looks good.
let's eat it!
there is not the long line, so we can order soon.
Arigato gozaimasu! Itadakimasu!
all right sweet!
Haha, it looks pretty cute.
oh my goodness it looks pretty good.
price was 750 Japanese yen.
I feel a bit sorry to eat, but itadakimasu!
inside there is a matcha cream.
so, it really good matches with sweet donut.
USJ, they always have collab with something.
and also they have a restaurant, too.
and the best part, the restaurant quality,
compared to the other theme park, it's pretty good.
so if you've never tried, definitely, you got to try that.
Oh, we only have 30 minutes, so let's go to the Mario World area.
since it's the school trip time for the students,
there are so many students in USJ today.
so now, let me explain how to enter to the Donkey Kong area.
basically, Donkey Kong area is connected to Super Mario World.
as long as you can enter to the Nintendo World,
you can enter to the Donkey Kong world as well.
so basically there are two options to enter without paying money.
the first one, just come over to the USJ in very early time and be in line.
In the morning, they have an entrance ticket that you can surely enter.
and after it sold out, they have the lottery ticket
now they seems like only the lottery one
you can join the lotto over here.
so here's a ticket machine
and you need to let them scan your ticket
make sure to let them scan all of the group's tickets,
so that everyone can join the lottery at the same time
so those are the time slot that are available
seems like until 6:50 p.m.
so let me try to get from 5:20 p.m.
because probably it will be darker
and they will have the different atmosphere.
so after you get a lottery ticket,
just scan the QR code one hour before the entrance time
and you can know the result.
however, well, according to my experience,
you can have the very, very little chance to enter the Mario World
even if you join the lotto.
so if you want to join to the Nintendo Mario World,
make sure to come over here in earlier time.
Today's opening time is from 8:00 a.m. officially.
however they actually opened it from 7:15 a.m.
which is about 45 minutes earlier than usual.
sometimes they open earlier.
so if you want to join to the Mario World for sure,
yeah just come over here earlier time.
that's the entrance of Harry Potter.
but we are going there later.
Firstly, Super Mario World, Nintendo's World.
oh my goodness look at the crowd
wow.
even there's a long line in front of Jaws photo spot, too.
can't believe it's a weekday.
usually, it was not that crowded on the weekday.
but uh today maybe because it's the opening day of Donkey Kong.
the entrance of Super Nintendo World is right next to Jurassic Park.
Haha...
that seems like pretty scary.
if you find the sign of Super Nintendo World,
yes you are on the right track.
so my reservation is from 1:00 p.m.
but seems like they will let me enter a little bit earlier time.
all right! here we go! let's go!
so speaking of my ticket,
I got the ticket before coming over here.
it's the express pass, and it cost 6,600 Japanese yen.
well for me I feel a bit expensive.
however, that express ticket include either photo
or 2,000 Japanese yen Nintendo store's ticket.
well but you know, it's the opening day, so...
one thing you have to be careful is that
the express pass ticket also sold out quickly
so if you are planning to come visit here,
make sure to get one as early as possible.
they used to have the entrance over here, but they changed the place.
yes! it's Super Nintendo World over there.
Here we go! I'm super excited! Let's keep walking!
there is a stroller parking beside the Super Nintendo World.
if you want to fully enjoy the Super Nintendo World,
you need to get the Power-Up Band.
but without Power-Up Band, you can still enjoy it too.
it will cost 4,900 Japanese yen, so it's a bit pricey.
last time when we were here, we could take a photo freely here.
but seems like now, they are selling the photo.
it will cost 2,200 Japanese yen.
but if you can have the nice photo, I think it's worth it
so...
let's get into the dokan!
Let's go!
Mario!
after pass the Koopa Castle...
oh sorry in English it's a Bowser castle.
and... here we go!
sweeeet!
always amazing!
even I visited here so many times, but I feel the same.
it is amazing!
it is so detailed and cute as well.
so if you get the Power-Up Band,
you can play those kind of mini game.
and you can compete with the score.
there are so many different kinds of mini game.
so if you're visiting here with kids, it will be so much fun.
however one thing you need to remember for that...
whenever you play the game, you have to be in line.
so it might take a longer time.
but with the power-Up Band, it's more fun.
Haha, it's shaking
so let's go to the Donkey Kong area first.
entrance must be this way.
oh my goodness seems like people are going for the wrong way.
this is the correct way.
the entrance must be over there.
Haha, Kinopi. Toad there.
so must be this is the way to go.
oooh!
wow!
yeah!
that's the new entrance! sweet!
sweet. finally it's here!
I waited so time.
loving it!
all right so let's keep walking.
let's go!
[Music]
wow oh my
goodness
amazing a donkey
C sweet
oh yeah that's the new
Ry having drum party over
there and Donkey KY food we can check it
later but first let's go to the
ride so let me see how long is the
waiting time so waiting time is 160
minutes and for a single lighter 120
Minutes there is a strolla parking area
in Donkey Kong area too my Express Pass
is until 1:30
so let's go to the ride seems like so
many people waiting in the single ligher
line probably single lighter waiting
time will be longer so since it's the
express pass we can skip the
line let's keep walking wait seems like
it's a long line for the express B to
I'm not sure how long we can save time
so let's time in
well from here we still can't see the
place to r on so maybe it will take
about 10 minutes I don't know so for the
regular
line you need to go all the way down SLE
lighter seems like it goes the same line
though and it seems like they will
recheck the ticket over here all
right there is a holder for the umbrella
[Music]
so seems like that's the entrance for
the light until here it took about 13
minutes so I guess it will take about 15
minutes
total oh yeah it's almost there I'll
excited so unfortunately I kept the film
from here so see you guys
soon oh my goodness that was amazing and
I get wet too but I was amazing let's go
check the picture
so they are selling the picture over
there oh yeah me over there wait that's
different maybe I Was preparing the cam
and came out kind of late so there was
no white
picture that's okay so speaking of the
coaster that was a nice right it was
very unique seems like there is a course
under you but actually C rain is hidden
so you like sometimes it's jumping or
sometimes it's floating it was amazing
speaking of the scary level it was not
like the har dream it's more like you
know pun Rider so even like the roller
coaster probably you can enjoy that I
always love trying the new ride and I'm
so happy finally I could to try the
Donkey Kong ride yes sweet that's a
place you can take a photo with Donkey
Kong but the seems like line is close
and we can't be in line maybe next time
then that's okay instead of dony Kong
let's be in line for the Wild dog
there's a line for the hot dog it takes
about 15 to 20 minutes well I thought
it's a fake plant there but it seems
like they place it the real
tree seems like donkey is having fun but
there's no place to eat so let's go
outside first ah look at that rainbow
chair seems like useful maybe we can't
find a place to eat over
here so let's go back to the Mario where
par maybe it will be the same yep people
are everywhere so it's really hard to
find a place to eat once we get out from
the Nintendo World we can't come back
here so it's really hard to find a place
to
eat that's okay let's eat at the corner
3 two
1 ta
open sweetie that's a cute hot dog price
is 1,300
Japanese it's so cute but it's super
hard to eat
anyways here there's a big sausage here
and it's pretty juicy perfectly matches
with salsa chips
as I explained in the beginning recent
Universal Studios St have really work
hard for making the nice good quality
food with reasonable price so I always
enjoy the food whenever I visit the
universal C of
Japan told so let's go back to the
Donkey Kong area again I'm wondering if
we can take a photo with Donkey Kong now
well I've been waiting here here to take
a photo with Donkey Kong however they
randomly start making a line and then
now it's cuted out so we got wait until
the next time when they open the line
but they are telling us that we are not
sure that when we be start making the
line so if we want to take a photo with
doggy K probably we got wait
here after this he will go to take a
break so maybe next time
they also have the ice cream too but
maybe next time they also have this
small store it's Donkey Kong hat it's so
cute pric is 4,200 Japanese Y and D
Kong also the fish cover and the to oh
my goodness look at that this is a
Donkey Kong Tomy cat that's so
cute how much is the price price is
1,600 Japanese
cover
3,800 and look at this Donkey Kong M
it's so cute price is 3,000 Japanese
year nice let's go to Mario area too one
up
Factory basically that's the souvenir
shop they have many Donkey Kong souvenir
here too Stu thec sweet so many colors
and you can stack them like this
how much is the price it's 3,000
Japanese Yen that's so cute oh my
goodness look at this boo Parker so cute
Teresa there's a hidden Teresa too price
is 7,300 Japes here nice that's so cute
parer oh my goodness look at this mag of
bo boo that's so cute price is 2,100
Japanese
y I love this
Donkey Kong t-shirts that's cute and
also they have the Donkey Kong ass
snacks PR 2,800 Japanese the express
pass comes with the 2,000 Japanese
culture so I'm thinking which one I
should get it h let me see this Tommy is
so cute this Super Mario recycle B is so
cute too there is a small B price is
3,200 japanesians wow this y memo stand
it's also cute too price is 1,800
Japanese huh yes already I have decided
please take a guess what I will get the
answer is Boo all right sweet we got it
one thing we have to be careful is that
the coupon comes with the express pass
this one if you didn't buy up to 2,200
Japanese y you can't use it so make sure
to buy over 2,200 Japanese yen in order
to use the C situation the cup was 2,100
Japanese Yen however they had the
shopping B which is 20 Japanese y so I
got the four extra and then all together
it becomes 2,200 Japanese y so yeah if
you want to get the mag with the coupon
probably just buy the shopping B would
be the easiest way to make it up to
2,200
Japanese oh Super Mario there y's
Adventure waiting time become 50 minutes
let's go to check in Mario Kart for
Mario Kart waiting time is 65 minutes
single lighter is 50 minutes
B after you enter the area you can stay
here as long as you want so probably in
the night time it will be more and more
crowded because I don't think people
will go out easily all right that was
pretty
fun let's go out
so goodbye Super Nintendo War see you
soon so that's the
checkpoint if you don't have the ticket
you will be stopped over here still it's
siic crowed over here let's go check the
Jurassic Park area seems like Jurassic
Park show just started
[Music]
seems like everyone enjoying the flying
dinosaur ride there is a Jurassic Park
ride over there unfortunately it's
closing today
though yep it must be scary waiting time
is 115 minutes for the regular ride for
the single Rider 90 minutes oh usually
this Chinese restaurant only opens on
Saturday Sunday but now even on the
weekday it's open fried rice and two
other dishes 1,600 Japanese we are
almost at the minion's area minion is
very popular for students age so
probably there are many school trip
students over here oh but seems like the
carnival is closing
though waiting time for the freeze Bay
45 minutes and this speakable meal bre
waiting time it's 90 minutes seems like
they are having the
musical no all
[Applause]
right things first I'm the realest
thrill it first things first I'm the
realest
[Applause]
so many people enjoying the music with
the
show so nice they always have different
kinds of entertainment
show good job Universal Studio
they used to have Spider-Man ride over
here but now they are building something
new well they haven't announced what it
will be but some rumor says there will
be the Transformers and some rumors says
it will be the detective Pikachu I don't
know well maybe the Pokemon ride could
be you know we got the Super Nintendo
World so why not for the Pokemon world
too I think it's very possible and here
we go huge Christmas tree
sweet that's the biggest Christmas tree
that I've seen in this
year they will have Hello Kitty chomy
live later oh sweet another live show is
going over
there
that's
Japan merry merry Christmas happy
holidaysi we want to see you PL those
hands and getting those hearts bumping
with us guys what time is it it's
Christmas
time
Christmas there something magical this
time it's Christmas
time Lov before leaving Universal Studio
Chan let's go check out the hter too so
this is the entrance oh wait seems like
it starts raining hopefully it won't get
bad
though from here already I can tell
Harry Potter area it will be super
crowed it was a beautiful day definitely
I didn't expect that today will be rainy
though yep Hogwarts for hence the
weather too really some people bring the
umbrella it's such a beautiful
day feels like it's magic well since it
starts raining
[Music]
excuse me well since it since ready
let's go back to the entrance seems like
har dream still working but it might be
closed due to the weather though the
waiting time is 135
minutes not going to be bad though from
here here is a Lo so even in the rainy
day it not going to be a problem let's
go check the inside theia store instead
of Holly Potter
oh my goodness look at this SN chocolate
that's C it's so cute price is 1,500
Japanese y oh my goodness this
little super cute dude 2,900 Japanese Y
and look at
this oh my goodness
s Sweet 2,800 Japanese year oh it's a
pizza
snack looks like a pizza box and there a
rice
cracker 1,800 Japanese y for 6 oh so
here we can have the Super Mario
souvenir and also the Donkey Kong
souvenir it's exactly the same one that
I seen in the Nintendo World so even if
you can't enter into the Nintendo World
you can still buy the Donkey Kong stuff
here let's go back to the Universal City
world oh my goodness look at the sky
it's
beautiful again so if you don't have the
annual pass you can reenter so be
careful we came back to the Universal
City work let me introduce some
restaurant if you like the com
restaurant like Kura sushiro will be the
good option it's good and cheap but the
waiting time is so long so you got be
careful since it's really popular there
are so many restaurant in the upstairs
too
Cafe and also we have red R here too the
first restaurant it's Gango it's a
popular Japanese chain restaurant they
have so many different kinds of Japanese
restaurant and the price is good too for
example this sushi with so many other
dish 2,178 Japanese car a b including
Mis soup 178 Japanese Y and seaf B 1,518
Japanese y we still have more and more
and it's all recently they have a
different branch in other country too
it's Japanese t restaurant and this is
also my favorite restaurant too it's a
tonat restaurant in it's kind of the
branch of
tonat they have a good and cheap tonat
restaurant for example cheese meni KATU
deep fried shrink and the pork cutlet
comes with rice in the M soup 1,8 48
Japanese y b CET with two deep friy
shrimp 1,980 Japanese it comes with rice
and if you loveu
definitely recommended also it's my
favorite okak restaurant F getu they
have a good and cheap aonia key you can
only find this restaurant in West part
of Japan so you can barely find this V
in Tokyo if you come over here try try
to order
theak which is the noodle on top of the
okonak basically it's a Hiroshima style
but you know I was born the right Osaka
but I love
that yeah I love Osaka style okonomiyaki
but at the same time also I love their
Hiroshima style OK Yaki the noodle on
top so don't forget to add the noodle on
top it calls Yaki we have more
restaurant in the downstair
too and downstairs there is a tacoa
you can try so many different kinds of
takoyaki over here for example this
juang always there is a long line in
doore usually there is not that long
line so if you want to try takoyaki
maybe you can come over here there is a
taste test Z so if you come by the group
maybe you can order the different takak
Kei and you can check the difference
between each Takagi source that would be
fun also here we get the relatively new
restaurant in Universal City work big
donkey it's my favorite Hamburg steak
restaurant if you never tried this
hamburger steak definitely I recommend
for example this one pric is 1,630
Japanese it comes with ice cream and a
coffee with M soup it's a good deal also
if you want to save money there is a
ceria which is a good and cheap Japanese
Italian food you can eat the pizza with
400 Japanese and dor with 300 Japanese y
wine starting from 100 Japanese Yen and
they have so many different kinds of up
are too they have a hamburger steak with
400 Japanese however if it's your first
time to try hamburger sake I recommend
you to go to the big donkey though it's
in the highest level and at the corner
so probably if you don't know a
restaurant you will miss this but yes we
have a CIA in Universal City walks so if
you want to save money you can just come
over to ceria by the way if you love B
this Pomo Kei is recommended they have
so many different kinds of om rice this
shrimp with buttercream om rice it's
metc price is 2013 Japanese there are
just so many options in Universal City
walk so if you visit Universal Studio
sepan just remember there is an option
to eat at the Universal City Walk 2 and
also if you are staying around the
Universal City hotels you can always
come over here to eat there are so many
options so definitely you will enjoy
that all right so hope everyone enjoys
the video well today I couldn't try many
different kinds of R but hopefully I
could show you the atmosphere and also I
show you the new Donkey Kong area so
that's okay after I go home I will try
to edit the video as fast as possible
and try to publish it
sorry I was in Kyo yesterday so my legs
are kind of tired anyways hope this
video and the infos will have for next
Stan trip in the future video we are
heading back to Tokyo and also planning
to visit Mount Fuji area too so please
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see have a great day
bye-bye Donkey Kong right was amazing
and yes I'm so happy finally we could
with the Donkey Kong area we've been
talking about it since this summer well
since this
spring it's already winter but yes time
flies so it was fun
anyways I for watching my video so see
you soon in the next
video good day when I see you coming
down the road