 Last additions - Nerima-ku 練馬区 |
Toshimaen Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.Nov 16, 2023
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Food Hall (with floating candles) for British food near the studio entrance.Nov 16, 2023
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Frog Cafe (coffee and confections) near the studio entrance.Nov 16, 2023
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Japanese versions of Harry Potter novels.Nov 16, 2023
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Chocolate frogs are among the many edibles in the Studio Shop.Nov 16, 2023
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Bottled “Tokyo Special” butterbeer (¥1,000).Nov 16, 2023
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DragonsNov 16, 2023
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Mice, food for owls.Nov 16, 2023
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Dobby the beloved elf.Nov 16, 2023
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Fawkes the phoenixNov 16, 2023
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Hedwig (Harry’s owl)Nov 16, 2023
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You can also engrave your name on the wand. When I was there, the Slytherin wand was sold out.Nov 16, 2023
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Wands and more wands. Buy the wand of your favorite wizard or witch for ¥4,600.Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts robes.Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts robes.Nov 16, 2023
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Tokyo hoodie.Nov 16, 2023
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Studio Shop rooms guarded by Voldemort’s snake Nagini.Nov 16, 2023
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Studio Shop rooms guarded by Fawkes the phoenix.Nov 16, 2023
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Some items are Tokyo exclusive, available only here. You still need to buy studio tour tickets to enter the gift shop. You have a choice of 7,000+ products.Nov 16, 2023
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Enhance to Studio Shop, the world’s largest Harry Potter gift shop. Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts Castle (scale model) in night illumination.Nov 16, 2023
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Looks different from different angles. Architecture was inspired by Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Durham Cathedral, and Alnwick Castle.Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts Castle model in daylight illumination.Nov 16, 2023
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The studio tour ends with a large, replicated scale model of Hogwarts Castle with alternating night and day illuminations.Nov 16, 2023
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Typefaces.Nov 16, 2023
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Owls for sale at Diagon Alley.Nov 16, 2023
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The shops are just a facade, and we cannot enter any of them.Nov 16, 2023
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Owls for sale at Diagon Alley.Nov 16, 2023
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Diagon Alley facades.Nov 16, 2023
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Gringotts Bank (with goblin workers) has a facade, but we cannot enter it like at the Harry Potter London studio which has a full-size replica of the bank’s interior.Nov 16, 2023
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Diagon Alley (ダイアゴン横丁)Nov 16, 2023
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Broomstick flying experience. It looks like a ride, but the broomstick is just a stationary prop you sit on and be filmed in a green screen booth. They charge ¥3,500 to download the broomstick video (without watermarks)..The staff tells you when to sway left or right, when to wave, when to reach out your hand to catch the Golden Snitch, etc. The resulting 70-sec. video shows you flying fast on a broomstick amid different background scenery like city streets, Quidditch field, and Hogwarts Castle. Nov 16, 2023
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For the movie actors, the broomsticks were custom-designed and fitted for each person. The stick was a solid metal pole strong enough to support the actor sitting on it in front of green screens.Nov 16, 2023
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Sound effects.Nov 16, 2023
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Realistic makeup on a Gringotts Bank teller goblin.Nov 16, 2023
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Hagrid’s giant half-brother, Grawp.Nov 16, 2023
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The hilarious and finger-biting Monster Book of Monsters.Nov 16, 2023
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Robotic Hagrid's head. The eyes blink realistically.Nov 16, 2023
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Werewolf animatronic.Nov 16, 2023
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Animal actors included multiple owls for Hedwig, Harry’s owl.Nov 16, 2023
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Coming out of the Floo Network fireplace next to Ministry of Magic. (Video screenshot). Another interactive activity where you walk out of the fireplace’s Floo powder flames upon arrival.Nov 16, 2023
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“Magic is Might” monument was installed by the Death Eaters (evil allies of Dark Lord Voldemort) when they took over the Ministry.Nov 16, 2023
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In the center is the “Magic is Might” monument depicting Muggles (non-magical people) crushed under the weight of a witch and wizard atop a marble column. Nov 16, 2023
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London Ministry of Magic, Atrium is unique to the Tokyo studio. (Not found in the London studio.)Nov 16, 2023
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London Ministry of Magic, Atrium (ロンドン魔法省)Nov 16, 2023
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Railway Shop for train-related gifts exclusive to Tokyo.Nov 16, 2023
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Across the platform is a Railway Shop for train-related gifts exclusive to Tokyo.Nov 16, 2023
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The exterior windows are video monitors showing the passing scenery.Nov 16, 2023
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This compartment shows Ron and Harry feasting on a pile of sweets. That’s when the chocolate frog jumped out.Nov 16, 2023
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Inside Hogwarts Express train carriage.Nov 16, 2023
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The train is stationary, but you can enter the passenger carriage and see passenger compartments.Nov 16, 2023
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The full-scale train is the same make and model (GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall) as the original one displayed at the London studio. Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts Express train on Platform 9¾ modeled after King’s Cross Station in London.Nov 16, 2023
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Luggage porter.Nov 16, 2023
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Photo op: Through the Wall. Push a baggage cart into the wall to enter Platform 9¾.Nov 16, 2023
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Photo op: Through the Wall. Push a baggage cart into the wall to enter Platform 9¾.Nov 16, 2023
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From the Backlot, the studio tour continues this way as we go back inside.Nov 16, 2023
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Next to the Knight Bus, red telephone box.Nov 16, 2023
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Beds inside the three-decker Knight Bus.Nov 16, 2023
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Three-decker Knight Bus.Nov 16, 2023
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Giant chess pieces protecting the Philosopher’s Stone. Stationary and non-explosive.Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts BridgeNov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts Bridge entrance.Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts BridgeNov 16, 2023
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Aunt Marge as a balloon on her way to the sky.Nov 16, 2023
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Aunt Marge as a balloon.Nov 16, 2023
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Don't mess with a wizard.Nov 16, 2023
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In Prisoner of Azkaban, Aunt Marge at dinner with the Dursleys angers Harry who inflates her into a balloon that floats out of the house and into the sky. Nov 16, 2023
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Living room filled with Hogwarts school acceptance letters (delivered by owls) addressed to Harry.Nov 16, 2023
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The stairs overhead where Harry’s cousin Dudley Dursley would stomp on to annoy Harry below.Nov 16, 2023
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Harry’s closet-like room in the Dursley home named Cupboard under the Stairs.Nov 16, 2023
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4 Privet Drive (Dursley residence)Nov 16, 2023
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Butterbeer tastes like butterscotch, slightly fizzy/carbonated with a buttery froth on the top.Nov 16, 2023
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Butterbeer Bar for non-alcoholic butterbeer (¥1,100), coffee/tea (¥500), and salted popcorn (¥700).Nov 16, 2023
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Butterbeer Bar Nov 16, 2023
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Backlot CafeNov 16, 2023
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Backlot Cafe for lunch. Located halfway through the studio tour. Nov 16, 2023
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Photo op: In the Backlot, pose inside the Flying CarNov 16, 2023
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Photo op: In the Backlot, pose inside the Flying CarNov 16, 2023
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Hagrid’s HutNov 16, 2023
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Hagrid’s Hut bed.Nov 16, 2023
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Hagrid’s Hut is very cluttered inside and pretty cramped for a half giant. Notice his dog FangNov 16, 2023
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Hagrid’s Hut is also in the Backlot.Nov 16, 2023
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In the middle of the tour, just when you’re ready to sit and have butterbeer or lunch, there’s the outdoor Backlot. Nice sunshine and fresh-air break from the indoor studio tour. Nov 16, 2023
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Giant spider Aragog the Acromantula in his lair in the Forbidden Forest.Nov 16, 2023
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Dementors (evil beings) also fly around in the Forbidden Forest.Nov 16, 2023
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In Chamber of Secrets, they used five of these Flying Cars in various degrees of damage before Harry and Ron finally crashed it in the forest.Nov 16, 2023
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Centaurs are guardians of the Forbidden Forest.Nov 16, 2023
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Centaurs are guardians of the Forbidden Forest. Facial features are more horse-like than human. Nov 16, 2023
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Hagrid (half giant) and Buckbeak the Hippogriff (animatronic) in the Forbidden Forest.Nov 16, 2023
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Forbidden Forest (禁じられた森)Nov 16, 2023
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Notices at Hogwarts.Nov 16, 2023
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About the face of evil.Nov 16, 2023
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Voldemort, The Dark Lord, and his snake Nagini. Each time one of his Horcruxes was destroyed, his greenish robe would fade in color (Deathly Hallows).Nov 16, 2023
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About Voldemort, The Dark Lord.Nov 16, 2023
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Library books.Nov 16, 2023
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Library.Nov 16, 2023
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Mirror of Erised which reflects the deepest, most desperate desire of your heart. Harry saw his parents in this mirror.Nov 16, 2023
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Other professors.Nov 16, 2023
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Death Eater on the balcony.Nov 16, 2023
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Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom. There was a wand-waving lesson to defeat a Death Eater (right) on the balcony.Nov 16, 2023
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Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom.Nov 16, 2023
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Potions Classroom with over 1,000 bottles of potions line the walls.Nov 16, 2023
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Death Eater masks.Nov 16, 2023
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Death Eater masks.Nov 16, 2023
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Dumbledore’s beard and hair.Nov 16, 2023
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Broomstick prop.Nov 16, 2023
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Costumes and more props.Nov 16, 2023
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Including the most powerful Elder Wand (No. 1).Nov 16, 2023
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Death Eater masks.Nov 16, 2023
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Thirty-three wands of all the wizards and witches.Nov 16, 2023
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Dumbledore’s Office complete with his pet phoenix Fawkes which moves and squeals (animatronic).Nov 16, 2023
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Dumbledore’s Office. The portraits are of the 48 former Hogwarts headmasters/mistresses. Nov 16, 2023
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In Dumbledore’s Office, on the left on the cabinet is Gryffindor’s Sword in a glass case.Nov 16, 2023
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Griffin Stairwell to go to Dumbledore’s Office.Nov 16, 2023
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Vanishing Cabinet which Draco used.Nov 16, 2023
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Flying horse carriage.Nov 16, 2023
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Goblet of Fire, hand carved from English Elm.Nov 16, 2023
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Triwizard Cup and golden egg from Goblet of Fire.Nov 16, 2023
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Props for Goblet of Fire.Nov 16, 2023
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We could watch the resulting video almost immediately. Video was free to download later.Nov 16, 2023
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We visitors could act as spectators at a Quidditch match between Griffindore and Slytherin.Nov 16, 2023
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Quidditch filming experience: We visitors could act as spectators at a Quidditch match between Griffindore and Slytherin.Nov 16, 2023
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Nimbus 2000 and Nimbus 2001 Quidditch broomsticks.Nov 16, 2023
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Quidditch player uniforms. Draco Malfoy wears green, Cedric Diggory in yellow, and Harry in red.Nov 16, 2023
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On left is the costume worn by Ron and a chest of Quidditch balls.Nov 16, 2023
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Slytherin Common RoomNov 16, 2023
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Gryffindor Common Room fireplace.Nov 16, 2023
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Gryffindor Common RoomNov 16, 2023
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Gryffindor boys’ dormitory bed.Nov 16, 2023
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Gryffindor boys’ dormitory. Nov 16, 2023
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Your short video will soon appear on one of the framed oil paintings on the staircase wall.Nov 16, 2023
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Moving portrait experience: Next to the Marble Staircase, you can be a moving portrait too. The studio’s first interactive experience has booths with different backgrounds to film yourself for 15 seconds.Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts Marble Staircase which actually moves (swivels).Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts Marble Staircase which actually moves (swivels).Nov 16, 2023
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Hogwarts Marble Staircase.Nov 16, 2023
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Great Hall roof model.Nov 16, 2023
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Great Hall model.Nov 16, 2023
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Other professors.Nov 16, 2023
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Great HallNov 16, 2023
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Minerva McGonagall (next to Sorting Hat), Hogwarts Transfiguration professor, Head of Gryffindor House, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts.Nov 16, 2023
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Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts headmaster.Nov 16, 2023
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Severus Snape, potions professor and later Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts and Head of Slytherin House.Nov 16, 2023
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HagridNov 16, 2023
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Great Hall’s head table.Nov 16, 2023
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About Slytherin.Nov 16, 2023
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Tableware in the Slytherin section with their robes displayed behind.Nov 16, 2023
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About Gryffindor.Nov 16, 2023
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Tableware in the Gryffindor section with their robes displayed behind.Nov 16, 2023
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The Great Hall of Hogwart.Nov 16, 2023
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The Great Hall of Hogwarts (大広間)Nov 16, 2023
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Door to the Great Hall to start the tour.Nov 16, 2023
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The tour starts in a room of animated movie posters where they explain a few rules. They also tell you how to register your QR code on your smartphone with your email address.Nov 16, 2023
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Entrance hall with pictures of movie scenes.Nov 16, 2023
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Floor map.Nov 16, 2023
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The entrance lobby has digital audio guides for rent (not essential).Nov 16, 2023
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Cloakroom to store coats, bags, etc., for free.Nov 16, 2023
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Hungarian Horntail, a dragon native to Hungary, greets you high above.Nov 16, 2023
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Lobby and tour entrance straight ahead.Nov 16, 2023
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Entrance to Harry Potter Studio in Tokyo.Nov 16, 2023
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Approaching the entrance to Harry Potter Studio in a public park in Tokyo in autumn.Nov 16, 2023
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Entrance to Nerima Joshi Park and way to the Harry Potter studio.Nov 16, 2023
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Harry Potter’s stag Patronus and doe near Toshimaen Station.Nov 16, 2023
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Small locomotive which was originally used at Toshimaen amusement park. For more details, see my blog post.Nov 16, 2023
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The phone in the red telephone box works, but you only hear a simple recorded message like “Welcome.” It’s not a payphone and you cannot call anyone.Nov 16, 2023
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The Harry Potter Tokyo studio is conveniently located in central Tokyo, near Toshimaen Station (豊島園駅), about 15 minutes from Ikebukuro Station by train on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.Nov 16, 2023
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Toshimaen Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line has been given a bold-red Harry Potter makeover, complete with a red telephone box.Nov 16, 2023
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My YouTube video of Nakamurabashi Awa Odori featuring Kumegawa-ren, Koganei Sakura-ren, Tsukushi-ren, and Kyokushin Karate-ren. 久米川連、小金井さくら連、つくし連、極真カラテ連Jun 06, 2010
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Okame-ren, Nakamurabashi Awa OdoriSep 08, 2009
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I watched Okame-ren doing their finale as well.Sep 08, 2009
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The girl in the middle is carrying a sign saying that they won the Nerima Mayor's Award (区長賞). Sep 08, 2009
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The last group I shot was Okame-ren. 女華夢連Sep 08, 2009
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Narimasu Child-ren 成増チルド連Sep 08, 2009
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Shinobu-ren on stage during the Nakamurabashi Awa Odori.Sep 08, 2009
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Shinobu-ren on stage during the Nakamurabashi Awa Odori.Sep 08, 2009
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Shinobu-ren, Nakamurabashi Awa Odori, TokyoSep 08, 2009
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Narimasu Child-ren also performed on stage. 成増チルド連 Sep 08, 2009
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Narimasu Child-ren 成増チルド連Sep 08, 2009
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Shinobu-ren 忍連Sep 08, 2009
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Karate-ren. Not really awa odori, but fun to watch. Too few girls though. Also see my YouTube video here.Sep 08, 2009
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Narimasu Child-ren teamed up with Shinobu-ren.Sep 08, 2009
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Now we have Narimasu Chirudo-ren (Child-ren), a play on words for "Children." Sep 08, 2009
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Takarabune-ren allowed anyone to dance with them. A large crowd did just that.Sep 08, 2009
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Kasei-renSep 08, 2009
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Kasei-ren かせい連Sep 08, 2009
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I see Sazanka-ren headbands. Perhaps they were hired to dance for the bank.Sep 08, 2009
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Koganei Sakura-ren performing on the outdoor stage.Sep 08, 2009
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Troupe for a local bank.Sep 08, 2009
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Koganei Sakura-ren musicians. I've seen them at Koenji Awa Odori as well.Sep 08, 2009
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Koganei Sakura-ren from Koganei, not far from Nerima. Koganei has a large park famous for cherry blossoms. 小金井さくら連Sep 08, 2009
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Kumegawa-ren from Higashi-Murayama in Tokyo. 久米川連Sep 08, 2009
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First time I saw an awa odori dancer wearing a hat like this.Sep 08, 2009
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She's one of the best dancers out there.Sep 08, 2009
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Fast-action dancers of Takarabune-ren performed on stage for about 15 min.Sep 08, 2009
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