It’s Universal Studios with samurai but without the rides in this movie-set theme park from Toei, producer of Japanese period dramas and superhero shows. It even has a mechanical sea monster where the shark should be. The full-scale street sets depict a Japan of yore, but so does most of Kyoto itself. Nostalgia seekers will find more value elsewhere; children may see things differently.
Kyoto Shortlist
Review updated October 2009
Telephone 075 864 7716
Open Mar-nov 9am-5pm daily. dec-feb 9.30am-4pm daily.
Admission Admission ¥2,200.
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