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Toei
Uzumasa Eiga Mura (Toei Uzumasa Movieland)
10
Higashi-Hachigaokacho
Uzumasa,
Ukyo-ku, Northern Kyoto
075/864-7718
Take the
Train: JR line to Uzumasa or Hanazono Station (8 min.) or Keifuku Line to
Uzumasa (5 min.). Bus: 75 to Uzumasa Eigamuramichi
Open Daily
9am-5pm (9:30am-4pm Dec-February) Closed Dec 21-January 1
Admission
charged.
A studio
park for one of Japan's three major film companies and where most of the samurai
movies are made. This is not a theme park, but an actual, working studio with
indoor and outdoor movie sets re-creating the mood, setting, and atmosphere of
feudal and turn-of-the-20th-century Japan, with "villages" lined with samurai
houses and old-time shops. Stagehands carry props, hammers and saws, and rework
sets. You may even see a famous star walking around dressed in a samurai outfit
, or come upon a scene being filmed.
There is a
museum tracing the history of the film industry, a 20-minute Ninja show four
times a day Monday through Friday, a special-effects show, a haunted house, a
games arcade, and indoor rides and play areas for children. You can also have a
photo taken of yourself in a kimono or samurai gear. Note: Back lots are open
only on weekends when there is no filming, but children will prefer a weekday
when there are Ninja shows and filming. Plan to spend a morning or afternoon as
there is much to see and do.
