Universal Studios Japan (British:) Universal Studios Japan, an abbreviated designation: USJ) is a theme park in Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka run by you S Jay Co., Ltd.
I opened it as the theme park which could experience the world of the hollywood movie including the "jaws" "Jurassic Park the ride
" by the attraction of excitement and a ride and the show of the impression to exceed far expectation and the imagination of the guest thoroughly on March 31, 2001.
Steven Spielberg who dealt with many works by a universal movie acts as the creative general manager of the park.
It is run by you S Jay Co., Ltd. As for you S Jay Co., Ltd., the establishment is original, and Osaka-shi invested, but it is with the private management system now by having carried out refinance for Goldman Sachs securities in 2005.
It is the third following "Universal Studios Hollywood", "universal Orlando resort" for the theme park which Universal Studios Corporation dealt with and is the U.S. foreign territory advance first.
In addition, by the world theme park attendance ranking (2016), it is the fourth place of the world (the highest in the existing Universal Studios all over the world).
11,029,000 guests arrived in the opening first year and achieved 10 million people earliest in those days in the world. I changed in around 8 million people, but I occurred successively in opening of business ten years in 2011
and had set an event and threw it on a further favorable condition basic tone, and the number of the guests in 2011 reached 8,800,000 afterwards. In June, 2012, I exceeded last year in annual achievement of 700,000 studio pass owners,
2012 and was force to arrive at 10 million for 9750000 people.
The number of the total guests from the opening of business broke through 100 million people on October 29, 2012. Opening of the park achieved the second 10 million people in history on March 19, 2014 and, in 2013,
recorded 10,500,000 people more than 10 million since the opening of business.
adventure of Spider-Man the ride 4K3D" which it is time-limited and introduces it in March, 2013 and I introduce a projector of the 4K resolution now in retrorunning version "Hollywood dream the ride - back drop ...
" and July, 2013 of large roller coaster "Hollywood dream the ride" made a regular and renovated gathers popularity, and area "universal Wonderland" for families which I opened in March, 2012 calls in many families.
Recently, various entertainment such as the collaboration with an animated cartoon and the game proud of popularity to worldwide and the holding of the seeds Narui vent, the music live broadcasting by the artist is introduction positively.
I opened area world of Harry Potter" who featured the theme of the "Harry Potter" series on July 15, 2014. Total investment 45 billion yen,
an economic ripple effect to the all over Japan of the next ten years are big projects of 5,000,060 million yen, and economic effect by the pulling in customers from the inside and outside the country is expected.
And I had 39 days left before the end in the year and updated 11,029,000 past annual most guest records that I recorded in 2001 of the opening of business first year on February 20, 2015.
As for the character, Snoopy of Sesame Street and the peanut, Hello Kitty minion play an active part other than the Woody woodpecker of the main character.
New character of Sesame Street, モッピー came up in opening of business tenth anniversary and 2011 when it was.
