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Tickets are not sold on site - not at a counter, not at a machine. The museum opens at 8:00, not 9:00 or 10:00 as most guides say. The adult price is a floor, not a price. And if you are logged into a DMM account, your Mastercard will be refused.

Osaka Castle is ¥1,200 — but students from abroad pay double without an ISIC card, there are no lockers inside, and the lift only goes to the 5th floor. Official 2026 prices and the rules that catch visitors.

Tokyo Tower sells two completely different tickets and most visitors buy the wrong one. Official 2026 prices, why booking online only saves money on one of them, and why 22:30 matters more than you think.

USJ prices every date differently: the same adult day ticket runs ¥8,400 to ¥11,900 depending when you go. Ticket booths were abolished in 2025, the booking window is two months not three, and resold tickets get their QR codes voided — with the buyer refused at the gate.

You can enter the Nintendo Museum ticket lottery from overseas on the official English site — no Japanese address needed. The real hurdle is a phone-call verification after you win. Here's the step-by-step, plus the first-come backup if you lose.

Super Nintendo World at USJ needs a timed-entry ticket you grab on the official app — here's the app strategy that works, the Express Pass and foreign-credit-card traps, plus the rides, the Power-Up Band Key Challenge, and the food. Compiled from Japanese visitor reports.

The Nintendo Museum in Kyoto is lottery-only — but you can enter from overseas on the official English site, and the real hurdle is a phone-call verification, not the lottery. Here's how to get tickets, the one-day model course, the coin system, Hanafuda workshops, Hatena Burger and the merch that sells out.

Pokémon Center Shibuya is the only place in Japan where you can design and print your own Pokémon T-shirt. Here's how the Design Lab works, the three mistakes to avoid (choose white!), prices, and tips for visiting.

PokéPark Kanto tickets in 2026: the official English site for overseas visitors (no Japanese phone number needed), the domestic lottery and daily 20:00 first-come sales, current prices for all three passes — and what changed in July 2026.

Japan's first permanent Pokémon theme park, decoded from official pages and Japanese visitor reports: the ticket system (and the English site that skips SMS verification), the new cancel-by-6-p.m. refund rule, the 11:45 reservation race, the October hours change, and the ID checks starting November 1.