Last updated: July 21, 2023 at 9:25 AM
This year, I went to USJ in Osaka on the schedule of 3 days and 2 nights as follows for the comfort trip of Shinjuku 2-chome popcorn planned by Hina Mama. Along with visiting USJ, we also enjoyed Osaka's gastronomy!
【Comfort Tour Schedule July 16-18, 2023】
- July 16, 2023 (Sun) … Narita Airport Jetstar 9:40 ⇒ Kansai International Airport ⇒ Umeda
- Check-in at a hotel in Umeda, lunch at Tsutenkaku Shopping Street, and dinner at Osaka Minami
- July 17, 2023 (Monday) … Visit USJ
- Lunch at USJ, dinner at Umeda
- July 18, 2023 (Tuesday) … Umeda ⇒ Kansai International Airport Jetstar 14:05 ⇒ Narita Airport
On that day, it was extremely hot all over Japan, but in addition to being able to visit USJ for the first time, I was able to visit the popular sightseeing spot "Shinsekai" where I could fully enjoy the atmosphere of old Osaka and taste the food culture of Osaka. It was a very enjoyable and meaningful comfort trip. Thank you again to Hina Mama.
Stay at Hotel Intergate
The accommodation is "Hotel Intergate Osaka Umeda" near Osaka Umeda Station. Open April 2021, JROsakaLocated a 5-minute walk from the Sakurabashi Exit of the station.
USJ City Port can be reached by taxi for about 3,160 yen (28 minutes ride).
Admission to USJ
I entered USJ with a “1-Day Studio Pass” arranged by Hina Mama (advance ticket receipt method is direct in [advance purchase], 9,500 yen).
For popular attractions such as Mario Kart, it seems that it is difficult to get tickets on the day, so there is no need to line up at the ticket booth, and you can enter smartly just by holding up the QR code "Universal Express Pass 4 ~Limited & Variety Choice~". (Direct in, 14,800 yen) was also purchased in advance.
USJ attractions
JSJ's attractions were entered with "Universal Express Pass 4", so I could enter without lining up. Due to the intense heat, we had to take a break and replenish our water supply during the tour.
For your reference, here are the information about the attractions you entered. Those with a designated time will be admitted with "Universal Express Pass 4".
[Attraction information]
*11:30- Super Nintendo World™ area admission time
* 11:50 ~ 12:20 Mario Kart ~ Bowser's Challenge ~
*13:40 ～ Entrance time to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ area
*14:00-14:30 Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™
*15:10 ~ 15:30 Jujutsu Kaisen The Real 4-D
* Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man The Ride 4K3D or Jurassic Park The Ride
*Universal Monster Live Rock'n'Roll Show
After that, the gallery of the main attractions (including videos) will be uploaded below.
Due to the intense heat, everyone including myself looks tired, so please forgive me😓
Mario Kart ~ Bowser's Challenge ~
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™
Amazing adventures of spiderman the ride 4K3D
Gastronomy in Osaka
In parallel with visiting USJ, I enjoyed Osaka's gastronomy. On the first day, we had kushikatsu and takoyaki at Osaka Shinsekai Yokocho in Tsutenkaku, sukiyaki at Dotonbori for dinner, and okonomiyaki and yakisoba at Shin-Umeda Shokudo-gai in Umeda the next day. All of them are treats from a generous Hina Mama, but for more details, please see the article below…😅
Tsutenkaku
On the first day of the comfort trip, my mom took me to Tsutenkaku for lunch.
The following galleries are Tsutenkaku, Billiken Shrine, Osaka Shinsekai Yokocho, and Janjan Yokocho. In this town, you can enjoy the nostalgic atmosphere of the Showa period as well as the gastronomy. You will be surprised at how cheap the prices are. According to my mother, I don't know now, but it seems that the Go club in Janjan Yokocho also played Kakego. If there is an opportunity to go alone in the future, I think I would like to challenge one game w
On the day of the event, it was lunch time and it was a consecutive holiday, so all the shops were full and I couldn't enter, but I was able to enter Shinsekai Yokocho's Kushikatsu "Saku" and "Takoyaki Ichiban" with my mother's face. rice field.
"Takoyaki Ichiban" is an acquaintance of Mama's (TeamAyu), and she also visits Popcorn. The gallery below also includes videos of the store. At this shop, you can taste cheap and delicious authentic takoyaki! All are delicious, but the unglazed, sauce, and garlic flavors are especially recommended.
Dotonbori
On the first night of the comfort trip, I took a walk around Dotonbori in Minami, Osaka. I passed Ebisubashi (Hikkakebashi), Kuidaore Building, Hozenji Yokocho, etc., and looked for a restaurant to enter, but it was so crowded that I couldn't enter any of them. was w
Okonomiyaki Sakura
On the night of the second day of the comfort trip, Mama and Cheru-chan will be separated to join the guests in Osaka.
Therefore, I researched several popular okonomiyaki restaurants within walking distance from my accommodation, Hotel Intergate Osaka Umeda, and found one in Shin-Umeda Shokudo-gai that Hina Mama recommended. Aya-chan and Yoshi-san went to Sakura in Tokyo.
According to Mama, anything you order here is delicious. As expected, it seems to be a popular store, and there was a line, but if I was lined up, I was able to enter the store in about 20 minutes.
Here, I ordered egg bukkake yakisoba, seafood salt sauce, mixed tonpeiyaki, scallops, tofu steak, and salt yakisoba. Indeed, no matter what I ordered, it was really delicious!
Thank you very much for the meal 😋
souvenir
All USJ souvenirs are Maricar goods, except for one Spider-Man key folder. Unfortunately, most of the things I bought were requested😓
Originally, I should have bought some sweets, but the heat wave gave me a headache, so I ended up buying only MariCar goods😥
As for Maricar goods, we plan to make the additional items purchased as souvenirs for customers (first-come-first-served basis).
