After the show, guests were escorted into a room with interactive kiosks and large-scale games where they could make their own Woody Woodpecker cartoon. In 2002, the attraction won the Outstanding Achievement Award in the "Attraction" category at the 9th Annual Thea Awards. with an announcement that it would reopen on April 1, 2018. However, on December 21, 2017, it was announced that the ride would be closed to make way for Playing with Curious George.
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| Back to the Future: The Ride || 2001 || 2016 || A simulator ride based on the franchise of the same name. It closed to make way for Despicable Me Minion Mayhem.
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| Big Bird's Climbing Nest || 2012 || 2014 || Outdoor jungle gym. It was removed to make way for Elmo's Go Go Skateboard.
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| E.T. Adventure || 2001 || 2009 || An indoor dark ride attraction based on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. It closed to make way for Space Fantasy – The Ride.
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| Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D || 31 May 2019 || 25 August 2019 || An extreme-motion crossover ride between Godzilla and the characters from Neon Genesis Evangelion. It features a short 17-minute film directed by Kazuhiro Nakagawa where Godzilla from Shin Godzilla battles the Evangelion units. The ride also features a new incarnation of King Ghidorah based on Shin Godzilla's design.
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| Linus' Green Department || 2001 || 2001 || A maze attraction. Removed to expand Peppermint Patty's Stunt Slide.
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| Magical Starlight Parade || 2009 || 2016 ||
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| Monster Make-Up || 2001 || 2003 || A live show attraction based on Universal Studios Florida's version of the show.
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| Motion Picture Magic || 2001 || 2002 || A live show attraction. It was hosted by director Steven Spielberg, and was originally designed by experience designer Bob Rogers and the design team BRC Imagination Arts, provided a tribute to the Universal Studios brand of motion pictures. During the show, the theater transformed into a multi-screen presentation and when the show ended, the main screen raised to present a real motion picture set in which the audience would cross through as they continued through the attraction show building. After closure, the building was turned into the 4D Theater, and plays Shrek 4-D and Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic.
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| Peppermint Patty's Stunt Slide || 2001 || 2013 || A water slide complex located within the Snoopy Studios area. It originally was a two-slide complex before expanding to four slides in 2002. It was closed in 2013 and demolished to make way for attractions in "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter".
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| Pig-Pen's Prop Plaza || 2001 || 2011 || A sub-section of the Snoopy Playland area. Removed to make way for new attractions in the Universal Wonderland expansion.
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| Snoopy's Great Race || 2001 || 2020 || An indoor roller coaster. It did not reopen after the initial COVID-19 closure in February 2020, and was rethemed into Snoopy's Flying Ace Adventure, which opened in 2025.
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|T2-3D: Battle Across Time || 2001 || 2020 || A 3D/live-action show based on Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Temporarily closed in September 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2023 the park announced it had no intentions to reopen the attraction. The show closed in 2006 and has since been replaced by Wicked.
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Land of Oz
The Western Area was replaced for 2006 with an area based on L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz book series.
The land closed in February 2011 to make way for Universal Wonderland.
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| Wicked || 2006 || 2011 || An abbreviated one-act version of the musical, presented in Japanese. It closed in January 2011, a month prior to the land's closure.
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| Toto & Friends || 2006 || 2011 || An animal trick show, featuring dogs, birds and other trained animals.
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| Magical Oz-Go-Round || 2007 || 2011 || An Oz-themed carousel. This ride was retained during the Universal Wonderland transformation and was rethemed as Big Bird's Big Top Circus.
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Sesame Street Fun World
Based on the children's television series Sesame Street. It was split into three sub-areas - "Sesame Street Plaza", "Sesame Central Park" and "Elmo's Imagination Playland". This section closed permanently on May 10, 2026.
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| Abby's Magical Party || 2012 || 2026 || An indoor play area filled with large spheres and stars.
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| Abby's Magical Tree || 2012 || 2026 || An indoor rope-climbing attraction themed to a tree.
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| Bert and Ernie's Wonder: The Sea || 2012 || 2026 || An indoor ball pit themed to Bert and Ernie's bathroom.
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| Big Bird's Big Top Circus || 2012 || 2026 || A carousel ride with Sesame Street themed animals and characters. Formerly the "Magical Oz Go-Round", it was the only attraction from the "Land of Oz" area to be repurposed for Universal Wonderland.
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| Big Bird's Big Nest || 2012 || 2026 || A large climbing rope attraction.
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| Cookie Monster Slide || 2012 || 2026 || A slide with Cookie Monster's tongue as the slide.
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| Elmo's Bubble Bubble || 2012 || 2026 || A small log flume-like ride for children.
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| Elmo's Go Go Skateboard || 2012 || 2026 || A Rockin' Tug ride that looks Elmo's skateboard.
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| Elmo's Little Drive || 2012 || 2026 || A driving school attraction with Elmo-themed cars, aimed for young children.
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| Ernie's Rubber Duckie Race || 2012 || 2026 || Guests race rubber duckies down a small river of water. Originally known as "Central Park Duckie Race".
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| Grover's Construction Company || 2012 || 2026 || An indoor play area themed to water pipes.
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| Moppy's Balloon Trip || 2012 || 2026 || A high tower ride that affords a View of the area.
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| Moppy's Lucky Dance Party || 2012 || 2026 || A live interactive show themed to Universal Studios Japan's exclusive "Moppy" Sesame Street character.
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| Sesame's Big Drive || 2012 || 2026 || A driving school attraction with Sesame Street-themed cars.
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| Water Garden || 2012 || 2026 || A water fountain play area. Originally known as "Central Park Springs".
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Parades
thumb|Universal's "Festa de Parade" 2018 Halloween parade
The park has held a variety of seasonal parades throughout the past two decades, including Festa de Parade, Universal Summer Parade – We Are One, and Minion Hacha-Mecha Christmas Party Parade.
Universal Studios Japan currently offers the nighttime Universal Spectacle Night Parade. This parade premiered on 17 May 2018, and features floats, performers, and characters based on the Wizarding World, Transformers, Jurassic Park and Despicable Me franchises.
The park also offers a daily daytime parade, titled No limit! Parade. The parade held its first preview performance on 27 February 2023, and officially premiered on 1 March 2023. It features floats, characters, and performers based on Hello Kitty, Peanuts, Despicable Me, Sesame Street, Sing, Mario Kart and Pokémon. While Mario and Pikachu appeared on Universal's No Limit!-marketing float at the Midosuji Autumn Party in November 2022, the No limit! Parade is the first time these franchises have appeared within a Universal Studios parade.
Awards
In 2011, USJ's Christmas tree was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the most illuminated Christmas tree in the world having 260,498 lights.
- The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man – The Ride
- 2001 Screamscape Ultimate No.1 Favorite Overall Non-Coaster Thrill Ride
- 2002 Theme Park Insider World Best Theme Park Attraction
- Animation Celebration
- 2002 THEA Award (presented by TEA) WINNER in Attraction
- The Gift of Angels
- 2009 Big E Award, Best Overall Production (presented by IIAPA) WINNER in the category "Best Overall Production, More Than $2 Million"
- Hollywood Dreams Parade
- 2009 Big E Award (presented by IIAPA): Honorable Mention in the category "Best Overall Production, More Than $2 Million"
- Space Fantasy – The Ride
- 2011 THEA Award (presented by TEA) winner in Outstanding Achievement || 8,160,000 || 8,500,000 || 9,700,000 || 10,100,000 || 11,800,000 || 13,900,000 || 14,500,000 || 14,935,000 || 14,300,000
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!2019
!2020
!2021
!2022
!2023
!2024
!colspan=2|Worldwide rank (2024)
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|14,500,000
|4,901,000
|5,500,000
|12,350,000
|16,000,000
|16,000,000
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Official hotels
thumb|Hotel Kintetsu Universal City (left) and Hotel Keihan Universal Tower (right)
There are five official hotels at or near the park:
- Hotel Keihan Universal City
- Hotel Kintetsu Universal City
- Hotel Keihan Universal Tower
- Hotel Universal Port
- Park Front Hotel at Universal Studios Japan (Tokyu Hotels)
Incidents and accidents
In November 2004, a 35-year-old woman from Osaka Prefecture suffered nerve damage in her right wrist, affecting the use of two of her fingers. This occurred when her hand got stuck in a safety bar of the E.T. Adventure attraction as an employee pulled it down to secure it.
The Yoshi's Adventure attraction suffered two accidents in late 2021, with a Goomba stack animatronic falling onto the ride during operation on August 12, 2021, and a fire starting in one of the ride's indoor areas on November 23, 2021. This caused everyone to evacuate from the ride and the rest of the park. Neither accidents led to any park guest injuries.
In October 2022, an employee at the amusement park found human bones in shrubbery along a road west of the premises.
See also
- Incidents at Universal parks
- Tourism in Japan
- Tokyo Disneyland
- Legoland Japan Resort