The main hall of Hanazono, a Shinto shrine in Shinjuku, Tokyo, whose bells are said to be the inspiration for the face of the Disney character Baymax.
In 2014, the Disney animated feature Big Hero 6 made its world premiere at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival. It was an obvious choice for this film to debut in Japan’s capital, given that Japanese culture played such a heavy influence on the film’s production design.
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The marquee for Big Band Beat and the Broadway Music Theatre in American Waterfront at Tokyo DisneySea.
This post delves more into Big Band Beat, a show that recently made the list of The Gaijin Ghost’s Five Favorite Rides & Shows at Tokyo DisneySea.
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All of these restaurants should be treated like Fastpass attractions. Stop by at 10 a.m. on the day of your park visit to get a Priority Seating ticket for later. Or you can use auto-translate in Google Chrome to navigate the online booking system. The park’s Japanese website accepts reservations up to one month in advance.
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If you are visiting Tokyo Disney Resort, but you only have a day or two in each park, this immediately raises the question: which rides should be your top priority?
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Streamers fly down at the end of the grand finale during a 2016 showing of A Table Is Waiting in American Waterfront at Tokyo DisneySea.
A Table Is Waiting, which ran for six years in American Waterfront at Tokyo DisneySea, belongs in its own separate wing of The Gaijin Ghost’s TDR Museum. Simply put, this show is a Hall-of-Famer. The costumes were great, the title song was catchy, and the food theme made it easy to follow the show’s nominal “plot,” even if you were coming at it from the perspective of someone who could not understand a word of Japanese.
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Stormtrooper helmet art at the Mo Hitotsu no Star Wars Ten exhibition in Shiodome, Tokyo, on Christmas Day 2016.
It’s no secret that when George Lucas first began devising the Star Wars mythology, he drew heavily from Japanese influences.
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Kylo Ren addresses a group of younglings (most likely before slaughtering them with his crossguard lightsaber) during the 2017 Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan.
In 2017, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, the 69th annual Sapporo Snow Festival unveiled a massive, Mount-Rushmore-like snow sculpture of the characters Kylo Ren, BB-8, C-3PO, and R2-D2.
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There is some content on this site that is related to Star Wars in Japan, but that is scattered throughout photo galleries on the home page. This post serves as a menu for that content.
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Tokyo Disneyland's version of Star Tours first opened in 1989, though a major revamp of the ride occurred in 2013, to bring it in line with the "Adventures Continue" model.
Imagine you are at Tokyo Disneyland. You started your day in Adventureland, and now, after walking and riding some rides, you have completed almost a full circle, moving clockwise around the park, to Tomorrowland.
This is where the Star Tours hangar dwells.
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A visiting parade float from the city of Aomori lights up a darkened room at the "World of Star Wars" exhibition, which ran for twelve days in Tokyo in December 2015.
Star Wars fans, your feast for the eyes continues.
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