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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.
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Entrance to Harry Potter Studio in Tokyo.
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Lobby and tour entrance straight ahead.
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Great Hall’s head table.
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On left is the costume worn by Ron and a chest of Quidditch balls.
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Quidditch filming experience: We visitors could act as spectators at a Quidditch match between Griffindore and Slytherin.
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Props for Goblet of Fire.
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About Voldemort, The Dark Lord.
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4 Privet Drive (Dursley residence)
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Harry’s closet-like room in the Dursley home named Cupboard under the Stairs.
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This compartment shows Ron and Harry feasting on a pile of sweets. That’s when the chocolate frog jumped out.
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London Ministry of Magic, Atrium is unique to the Tokyo studio. (Not found in the London studio.)
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Robotic Hagrid's head. The eyes blink realistically.
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Realistic makeup on a Gringotts Bank teller goblin.
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Hagrid’s giant half-brother, Grawp.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Owls for sale at Diagon Alley.
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You can also engrave your name on the wand. When I was there, the Slytherin wand was sold out.
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Dragons
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Bottled “Tokyo Special” butterbeer (¥1,000).
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