attractionsmagazine.com: As a veteran visitor to Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) in both Orlando and Hollywood, I thought I knew what to expect during my first trip to Osaka during the spooky season, but it turns out that HHN is a very different event at Universal Studios Japan.
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I find it interesting that the scare zones are not really jumpscares but instead fashion shows. I got to go to Kennywood Halloween night last Friday with my buggy team and there was a haunted house section. Unfortunately, because of my crew call, I didn't really get to go in the haunted houses because I got there late after the whole team had already been in the houses. The whole place was decorated very well. I think there are a lot of similarities between the Japan horror nights and the Kennywood horror night. There were lots of other things to do other than just the haunted houses, I had a good time even without going in them.
This is very interesting, but not entirely surprising if you think about the cultures of both locations. Thinking fiscally, America is a far more capitalistic country than the rest of the world, so it makes sense that the US would opt for more financially draining policies, as Americans are used to having to pay more for things while foreign citizens are less likely to be accepting of it. A lot of the other changes, including the decreased jump scares and the fashion show nature of the event, as well as the focus on entertainment, can be attributed to the fact that the halloween horror night is general admission. The difference in hours can also be attributed to this. The difference in characters can be attributed to Japan's existing focus on its own media, as the studios would want to draw in local potentially regular patrons. It is always interesting to me to see how the same franchises cater to international audiences differently, as it is frequent that American companies give Americans the short end of the stick. I've never been to a Halloween horror nights, but both experiences sound extremely entertaining.
Its interesting to hear how different entertainment is overseas and what different media customs occur when compared to the us. Universal studios japan has always been a place i wanted to visit as from what i can tell its a wildly different experience than most theme parks in the us which is something i would like to see for myself, a lot of stuff that isn't really popular in america seems to be more utilized in japanese entertainment so i feel like there would be a realm of new experiences to discover if i did have the possibility to go. The design of the park seems so intricate as well, with a combination of original and american properties its an interesting mesh of entertainment from both countries, it seems like during halloween this fact is even more prevalent, it seems that universal studios japan takes halloween a lot more seriously than a lot of theme parks overseas, which i find very engaging
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