USJ Christmas 2026 Confirmed

ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン クリスマス — Osaka (Kansai)

Last updated: Fri, October 16, 2026

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Universal Studios Japan gives its whole park over to a winter season each year, with decoration throughout the streets and night shows staged in Grammercy Park in the New York area. The 2026 edition is called Universal Holiday Wonders ~Discover U!!!~ and runs from November 13, 2026 to January 17, 2027, timed to the park's 25th anniversary.

Background

Universal Studios Japan opened in 2001 and has run a winter season almost every year since, centred on Grammercy Park. The season is renamed and re-programmed most years — the 2025 edition was Universal Christmas Joy — so the line-up changes even though the dates land in roughly the same November-to-January window each time.

Getting there

Universal City Station on the JR Yumesaki Line (officially the Sakurajima Line) is a few minutes' walk from the park gates. From Osaka Station the trip takes about 11 minutes with one change at Nishikujo.

Tips

• The two night shows — Light Up the Night ~Christmas Celebration~ (about 30 minutes) and Joy of Lights (about 10 minutes, back after nine years) — run on a shorter window than the season itself: November 25, 2026 to January 11, 2027, both in Gramercy Park. Show times change by day, so check the day's schedule on the official USJ website.
• A reserved viewing area for those two shows is sold separately from ¥1,700 on top of park admission, on sale from September 24, 2026 through the show period (USJ website or Lawson Ticket).
• Hogwarts Magical Night ~Winter Magic~, a projection show of about 10 minutes on Hogwarts Castle, runs the full season from November 13 to January 17.
• A Food Festival runs the whole season and is billed as the largest in the park's history; the restaurant line-up had not been announced yet when we last checked.
• The discounted Holiday Kids Free Pass announced for this season is limited to residents of Japan and requires Japanese ID at purchase, so overseas visitors cannot use it.

Maintained by Tetsu Yamamoto · Last verified against the official source: Fri, October 16, 2026