Universal Studios Japan (USJ) was opened in March 2001 in the Osaka Bay Area, the theme park occupies an area of 39 hectares.

• I entered a short line to buy one-day passes (6,600 yen, about $68.50 at this time), and then a much longer line stretching from the gates to the ticket kiosks.
• The posted wait time for Jurassic Park – The Ride was 30 minutes, and we entered near a giant statue of John Hammond with a precious baby dinosaur.

Dotonbori is a large scale downtown along the south bank of the Dotonbori-gawa Canal. Osaka is known as the gastronomists' town.

• How to get to dotonbori From Universial: go all the way to JR Osaka, by switching at Nishikujo to Osaka Outward-Loop Line, so you can get off at Shinsaibashi via Subway Midosuji Line.
• If you’re looking for souvenirs, it is very easy to find anything you could ever want to bring back here—beautiful food gift sets, t-shirts, fake food displays
• Dotonbori is close to many other great attractions as well. .ust north is Shinsaibashi, an area with a giant shopping arcade full of great clothing and accessory shops, as well as cheap game arcades. To the south is Namba, which is famous for “Den Den Town”—a miniature Akihabara filled with electronics and anime goods..