Opening Day in Super Nintendo World Donkey Kong Country, How to Enter and How Much it Cost Ep.538

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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.

Oh, by the way...

Hey guys!
Welcome back to Rion's TV!

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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!

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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

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[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