Day 13 and we are off to Warner Brothers Studios and the making of Harry Potter. ShelleyB-son is a Harry Potter fan, ever since he first read the books. The original plan was to do this on Wednesday, when we are transition to Tokyo to meet Mr. ShelleyB, but over the Christmas period the studio is having a special event with various of the displays dressed with snow and Christmas trees. Today is the last day of that event. For the uninitiated, the studio contains original and replica sets from the Harry Potter films as well as the Fantastic Creatures franchise. There’s behind the scenes information on how the films were made, from set design and construction, costuming and special effects. For those who are not Harry Potter fans, please feel free to skip to the end.
Travel to Warner Bros. Studios is quite easy. There’s a train station a minute’s walk away which can be accessed from two different train lines.
Before entering for the tour we ate at the Frog Cafe in the building. Much sugar ensued.
Tickets are timed entry, mainly to allow participants to hear some briefing videos in groups, and enter the great hall together. The opening of the doors to the Great Hall is an event, and people with birthdays or other special anniversaries invited to open the doors. That was 2 people in our group.
The whole place was enormous, and the sets very very impressive. We probably spent around 5 hours there. Below are some photos from the day.
After returning from Harry Potter we were quite tired and decided against any exploration of Yokohama or even any fussing about where to go for dinner. A lovely ramen place was just 1 minute walk away from our hotel so it was a no brainer.
Edited to add details of cafe food.
Travel to Warner Bros. Studios is quite easy. There’s a train station a minute’s walk away which can be accessed from two different train lines.
Before entering for the tour we ate at the Frog Cafe in the building. Much sugar ensued.
Tickets are timed entry, mainly to allow participants to hear some briefing videos in groups, and enter the great hall together. The opening of the doors to the Great Hall is an event, and people with birthdays or other special anniversaries invited to open the doors. That was 2 people in our group.
The whole place was enormous, and the sets very very impressive. We probably spent around 5 hours there. Below are some photos from the day.
After returning from Harry Potter we were quite tired and decided against any exploration of Yokohama or even any fussing about where to go for dinner. A lovely ramen place was just 1 minute walk away from our hotel so it was a no brainer.
Edited to add details of cafe food.
