Universal Studios Japan

Universal Studios Japan plans its year around themed seasons, and the coming months are covered almost end to end: the autumn event runs into early November, the holiday event takes over from mid-November into January, and Super Nintendo World’s fifth-anniversary year overlaps both. Opening hours are set date by date on the park calendar and can change without notice, and entry sometimes starts before the official opening time, so there is no single daily schedule to plan around. Once inside, the official USJ app shows the day’s attraction wait times, which is the tool for deciding what to queue for next. The catch: show and event schedules can be changed or cancelled without notice for reasons such as weather, so a day built around one particular performance comes with no guarantee.