The Harry Potter World part of Universal Studios in Osaka exceeded our expectations.

The Hogsmead Street and Shops and Hogwarts Castle are very authentic and the Butterbeer tasted much better than we expected.

Since our main reason for visiting Universal Studios was for Harry Potter World I will keep our pictures of the other theme areas separate.

The park is pretty big and although we stayed only half an hour away by subway, I think it would be worth staying in the Universal Village Hotels and getting a two-day pass – but we certainly made the most of a single day.

Ari was picked to be part of the Olivander’s wand show which was pretty special for him.

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The wands that the kids bought can be used around Hogsmead to cast spells.
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We really loved our day here!