It’s an actual studio for Toei, producer of many movies and TV shows, notably the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series, which are big hits among children and feature Japan’s equivalent to superheroes. Unlike the others listed here, Toei Studio Park isn’t purely an Edo-themed park. Tickets: Save on admission by booking an afternoon pass. Hours: 09:00 am-17:00 (March 20-November 30), 09:30-16:00 (December 1-March 19), closed on Wednesdays and between December 8 and December 21 for maintenance. Where: Karakura 470-2, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture.Īccess: A bus or taxi ride from Kinugawa-Onsen Station.Īdmission: ¥ 4,700 (adults), ¥ 2,400 (children), ¥ 3,290 (seniors) late-entry discounts are available. Tickets: Discounted by a few hundred yen if you reserve through Klook. You can pretty easily reach Noboribetsu by taxi from New Chitose Airport.Īdmission: ¥ 2,900 (adults), ¥ 1,500 (elementary school-aged children), ¥ 600 (toddlers). Where: 53-1 Naka-Noboribetsucho, Noboribetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture.Īccess: Noboribetsu Jidaimura or Sanai-Byoin-Mae bus stops in Noboribetsu. So when you’re done with samurai and suchlike, take a stroll around the town to go demon-spotting and soak in the plentiful hotsprings that dot the area. Locals long ago believed that only demons could survive in the valley’s sweltering conditions of hot water and steam. The town is near a valley known as Jigukodani, or Hell Valley (not to be confused with the snow-monkey Jigukodani in Nagano).
However, go past the attraction entrance and you’ll soon realize that it’s a haunted temple filled with demonic cats … because Noboribetsu is also known as Hokkaido’s “demon town”! O-nyanko is another way to say “ cat” in Japanese (think of it as the equivalent to “kitty”), and its facade looks like your usual shrine, except that it’s filled with maneki neko (beckoning cat) statues, which occasionally make mewing sounds. There are also oiran and ninja shows.Īside from these attractions, the park has a samurai resource center, ninja museum, katana museum, and the O-Nyanko Temple. You can also try your hand at Edo martial arts, or, for those who don’t dig archery, more sedate pursuits such as traditional festival games, painting kokeshi dolls or spinning tops. Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura offers the chance to dress up as an Edo-era warrior or aristocrat (either for the whole day or just long enough to get your picture taken), explore the Katakura residence and a traditional Japanese dry garden, and see traditional Edo-era housing. These theme parks may be touristy, but they’re a lot of fun! 1. In fact, they still share a mascot: Nyan-mage, a cat with a topknot like that of a rounin (masterless samurai). Three of the four Edo-era Japan theme parks mentioned here, Toei Studio Park being the exception, used to be owned by the same company. You can expect pretty much the same things in most of them: ninja houses with trapdoors and mazes, haunted houses filled with Japanese ghosts and monsters, samurai, ninja, and/or geisha performances, costume rentals and photo studios, picturesque areas that are perfect for photo ops, and reconstructions of Edo-era houses and other establishments, most of which you can enter and explore. If a bit of light time-travel sounds like your jam, these four theme parks will take you back to the bustling Edo period of Japanese history. Become a samurai (or ninja, or geisha) for a day at these four Edo-style theme parks. But considering that Japan has a truly rich traditional and cultural heritage, perhaps you want to see what life was like in ancient times and maybe feel like you’re starring in a historical drama. You’ve heard of Disneyland, Universal Studios Japan, and Fuji-Q Highland.
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