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Super Nintendo World Japan tickets in 2026: park prices, Express Passes, the timed entry ticket in the app, rides, the Power-Up Band and how to get there in Osaka
Super Nintendo World in Japan is not a park of its own, and it is not in Tokyo. It is one area of Universal Studios Japan, in Osaka, so the ticket you need is a park ticket. On busy days that alone may not get you into the area: you may also need to pick up an Area Timed Entry Ticket, which since January 2026 comes only through the park's official app, or an Express Pass that guarantees entry to the area. This guide covers when you need what, the park's prices by age, buying online (there is no ticket counter at the gate), the Express Passes that include the area, getting a timed entry ticket in the app, the Standby draw, moving your date, the three rides and their height limits, the Power-Up Band, the 5th anniversary that runs into January 2027, food, the train from central Osaka and the airport, and visiting with children. We checked each fact against the official Universal Studios Japan website on Saturday 17 October 2026; Osaka's official tourism guide supplied the park's address. The pages we used are listed under Sources, after the FAQ.
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In short
Super Nintendo World has no ticket of its own. It is an area inside Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, and the park's admission ticket, called a Studio Pass, is what lets you in. A 1-Day Studio Pass costs from 8,400 yen for anyone aged 12 or over, from 5,500 yen for children (4 to 11) and from 7,600 yen for visitors aged 65 or over. Under-4s are admitted free, and prices vary from one date to another. On some days, depending on the crowds, walking into the area also takes an Area Timed Entry Ticket. That is taken in the official app once you are in the park, or comes in advance with certain Express Passes and certain travel company packages. Tickets are sold online, not at the park, and cannot be cancelled once bought, although a standard Studio Pass can be moved to another date.
Super Nintendo World Japan at a glance
Do you need a separate ticket for Super Nintendo World?
No. The park's ticket page says its admission ticket includes entry to the park and the use of every attraction inside it, and Super Nintendo World is one of those areas. The FAQ adds that the park does not sell a ticket for entry alone, without the rides. There is no Nintendo-only ticket to look for.
What you may need on top of the Studio Pass is permission to walk into the area at a given time. The park's page on Super Nintendo World says that an Area Timed Entry Ticket, an Advance Booking version of it, or a Standby Entry Ticket "may be required to enter the area", and that whether any of them is needed depends on conditions on the day. On a quiet day you may simply walk in.
Three ways into the area on a busy day
- Area Timed Entry Ticket: taken in the official app on the day, after you are inside the park. It gives a time window for walking into the area.
- Standby Entry Ticket: a draw in the app, opened only once the timed tickets run out. Only the winners are given a window.
- Express Pass or package with Advance Booking: some Express Passes and some travel company packages come with a timed entry to the area fixed before you arrive.
The Power-Up Band, the wristband sold in the area, is not one of these. The park says plainly that wearing one will not let you into Super Nintendo World.
Universal Studios Japan ticket prices
The Japanese ticket list gives every price as a starting figure, tax included. The real price depends on which day you choose, so the park points buyers to its price calendar. Three age groups are used: adults are 12 and over, children are 4 to 11, and seniors are 65 and over. Admission is free for children under 4.
1-Day Studio Pass, starting prices (October 2026)
- 8,400 yenadults (12 years and over)
- 5,500 yenchildren (4 to 11 years)
- 7,600 yenseniors (65 years and over)
| Ticket | When you can go in | Adult | Child |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Day Studio Pass | One full day | from 8,400 yen | from 5,500 yen |
| 1.5-Day Studio Pass | From 15:00 on day one, then from opening on day two | from 13,600 yen | from 8,900 yen |
| 2-Day Studio Pass | Two full days | from 16,000 yen | from 10,500 yen |
| Twilight Pass | From 15:00 | from 5,900 yen | from 3,900 yen |
The 1.5-Day, 2-Day and Twilight passes have no senior price on the list. For visitors with a disability certificate there is a discounted Accessible Admission Pass, from 4,700 yen for adults and 3,200 yen for children, and the certificate is uploaded when you buy.
The price group is set by both age and school year on the visit date. Japan's school year begins on 1 April, so a child due to start junior high school that April pays the child price for a visit up to 31 March and the adult price from 1 April. Otherwise the child price covers ages 4 to 11, and the adult price ages 12 and over.
Two more offers appear on the same list. The Holiday Kids Free Pass is valid from Friday 13 November to Wednesday 30 December 2026: one child aged 4 to 11 goes in free with each adult, and the adult ticket starts at 8,400 yen. The Birthday Pass is only for members of Club Universal, which is free to join, and gives a special price in the birth month and the month after, for the person with the birthday and for family or friends who come along. You do not have to join Club Universal to buy ordinary tickets.
Prices on the park's pages are in yen. The park does not convert them into US dollars or other currencies, so the final figure on your statement will depend on your card. Which foreign cards the park takes is covered under Paying and practical points below.
How to buy Universal Studios Japan tickets
The park sells tickets through its official online ticket shop and through travel companies, and the ticket page warns that each place offers a different set of tickets. There is one point visitors from abroad often miss: you cannot turn up and pay at a booth. The Japanese ticket list says you may buy through the online shop even on the day you go, but that the park has no face-to-face ticket sales.
Buying a Studio Pass, step by step
- Pick the date: you choose the day as you buy, and the price changes with it. Check the price calendar and the park hours for that day.
- Choose the ticket and the ages: 1-Day, 1.5-Day, 2-Day or Twilight, and adult, child or senior for each person.
- Add an Express Pass if you want one: they are sold in limited numbers and can be bought together with the park ticket.
- Keep the QR code: a ticket bought ahead lets you walk straight in at the gate without swapping it for anything.
The ticket page is strict about resale. Tickets bought from resellers are refused at the park, and the QR code on any resold ticket dated 1 November 2015 or later is made invalid. Buy only from the official shop or a travel company.
Guests at the park's partner hotels can, the ticket page notes, also buy tickets for the day they check in and the day after. Groups of 200 or more get a group price. Except for Annual Pass holders, nobody may leave and come back in on the same day, so plan meals around that.
Express Passes that include Super Nintendo World
An Express Pass shortens your wait at a set list of rides, and some of them also fix a time for you to walk into Super Nintendo World. The English Express Pass page sums it up: "Get guaranteed admission to popular areas like Super Nintendo World with special Express Passes!" Every Express Pass is an extra on top of a park ticket. The same page states "Separate theme park admission required", and the Japanese ticket list repeats that an Express Pass alone does not get you through the gate.
The Japanese Express Pass page lists four passes with guaranteed entry to the area as examples. It warns that the passes on sale differ by date and by how many are left, and that prices move with the stock. One price covers every age.
| Express Pass | Nintendo rides included | Other rides | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Express Pass 7 | Mine Cart Madness, Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge, Yoshi's Adventure | 4, two of them a choice of one ride from a pair | 21,800 yen |
| Express Pass 5 | Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge, Yoshi's Adventure | 3: Hollywood Dream - The Ride, The Flying Dinosaur and Minion Mayhem | 18,900 yen |
| Express Pass 4 (with Mine Cart Madness) | Mine Cart Madness, Yoshi's Adventure | 2: Minion Mayhem, and JAWS or Jurassic Park - The Ride | 14,800 yen |
| Express Pass 4 (with Mario Kart) | Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge | 3, including a show and a choice between two rides | 14,800 yen |
The ticket list also gives the lowest price for each size of Express Pass: from 6,800 yen for a 4, 12,200 yen for a 5, 14,100 yen for a 7 and 15,500 yen for an 8, with a Premium pass from 27,600 yen. Those are the lowest figures for each size across every pass on sale. The four passes in the table, the ones with guaranteed entry to Super Nintendo World, start higher, so read the ride list of a pass before you buy it.
If a ride on your pass is not running, the page says to use the others instead, which does not apply to timed rides. Waits can still be long on busy days, because of how many seats each ride has.
Getting an Area Timed Entry Ticket in the app
From 5 January 2026, the official Universal Studios Japan app is the only place that issues Standby Entry Tickets and Area Timed Entry Tickets. You cannot get one before your visit: the timed entry page says they are only available in the park, and only for park tickets registered in the app that day.
Getting a timed entry ticket on the day
- Install the app before you go: it is free. It needs iOS 17.0 or later or Android 9.0 or later, and the app has to be updated to its newest version.
- Register your park ticket: in the app, scan the QR code of your Studio Pass or Annual Pass. You can add your whole group, and doing it before you reach the gate saves time.
- Go through the park gate: the app only issues tickets for a Studio Pass that the gate has read properly.
- Get the ticket: in the app, choose Super Nintendo World and take an Area Timed Entry Ticket.
- Enter the area: go to its entrance during the time on your ticket.
If every member of your group has their Studio Pass registered, the app gives the whole group the same time. A few more rules from the timed entry page:
Before you rely on the app
- One a day: the notes allow a single Timed Entry eTicket a day, and no further ticket for your party until the time on the current one has passed.
- No changes: once issued, a ticket's time, number of people and area cannot be changed, and it cannot be given or sold to anyone else.
- Keep the app: deleting the app before you use the ticket cancels it.
- Tickets can run out: none are issued once capacity is reached, and you may sometimes have to wait past your time before going in.
- Entry is not everything: the ticket does not guarantee a place on the rides or in the restaurants, shops or photo services, and some may have stopped letting people in by the time you get there.
- Some phones are left out: the app page says some of its Super Nintendo World features do not work on some devices.
The park's app does other things too, including showing wait times and a map, and it needs an internet connection.
Standby Entry Tickets: the second chance
After a set quantity of the timed tickets is gone, the park starts issuing Standby Entry Tickets. These are a draw, not a queue. The timed entry page lays out how it works:
How the Standby draw works
- Apply in the app: no later than an hour before the time you would like to go in. They are issued until three hours before the park closes.
- Wait for the result: winners are not picked by who applied first.
- If you win: go to the area during the time on your ticket. The ticket shows how many people it covers, and only those people go in.
- If you already hold a timed ticket: you cannot enter the Standby draw at the same time.
The park's page on the ticket types adds that, depending on the crowds, it may stop or pause issuing them on the day without notice. On some days no ticket is required: the timed entry page says that conditions on the day may let visitors walk into the area without one.
The other way to have an entry time fixed in advance is an Area Timed Entry Ticket: Advance Booking. The page on ticket types names two places it comes from: some Express Passes, and some travel company packages.
Changing your date
Express Passes cannot be cancelled, and the Japanese ticket list says the same of park tickets: once bought, they cannot be cancelled unless the law gives grounds. What you can do with most standard park tickets is move them to a different day.
Moving a ticket to another day
- Tickets that can be moved: 1-Day, 1.5-Day and 2-Day Studio Passes, the Twilight Pass and the Accessible Admission Pass.
- Tickets that cannot: any ticket that comes with an Express Pass or other extras.
- How long you have: any time from purchase up to 90 days past the day after your original date.
- Cost: no fee at present, though this may change. If the new date costs more, you pay the difference.
- What stays the same: the ticket type, the number of tickets, the age groups and how you receive the tickets.
- How: through the confirmation email from your purchase. If you bought through a travel company, ask that company.
Opening hours
The park's hours vary by day, and its schedule page warns that they can change without notice, that the gates sometimes open early, and that weather and other conditions can change or cancel plans. On Saturday 17 October 2026, for example, the schedule showed 8:00 to 22:00. Check the schedule for your date before you choose a ticket, and remember that Standby tickets stop three hours before closing time.
Rides and height rules
Super Nintendo World has three rides. Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge runs inside Bowser's Castle, Yoshi's Adventure takes in the Mushroom Kingdom from up on Mount Beanpole, and Mine Cart Madness sets off from The Golden Temple in Donkey Kong Country. The park's FAQ says there are no age-based restrictions on its rides; what counts is each ride's own set of requirements, and height is one of them.
| Ride | Riding alone | With a supervising companion | Length and seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge | 122 cm and over | 107 cm and over | About 5 minutes, 4 to a car in 2 rows |
| Yoshi's Adventure | 122 cm and over | 92 cm and over | About 5 minutes, 2 to a row |
| Mine Cart Madness | 122 cm and over | 107 cm and over | Not given on the pages we used |
A supervising companion must be junior high school age or above, in good health, and able to meet the ride's own requirements. If a child is too short for a ride, the Child Switch system lets one adult wait with the child while the other rides, and then the adults swap without queuing again.
The Mario Kart ride page lists what to expect: sudden speeding up, spinning, turning and stopping, plus fog, strobe lights and loud noises. Expectant mothers are asked not to ride, along with anyone with heart, blood pressure, back or neck conditions or motion sickness. Umbrellas cannot go on the ride and are left in the stand at the entrance, and assistance dogs are not allowed on it. Guests who use a wheelchair can come up to the ride in it, and must then move into the ride seat.
You cannot book a ride time for any of the three. The FAQ says rides cannot be reserved and points to the Express Pass for shorter waits. Some attractions offer Single Rider, where you ride apart from the rest of your group to fill empty seats. There are days and times when it is not offered, so ask the crew at each ride.
Power-Up Band and the Key Challenges
The Power-Up Band is a wristband that turns the area into a game. Wearing one, you can play the Key Challenges dotted around Super Nintendo World and collect virtual coins and items. Three keys open the final challenge, the Bowser Jr. Shadow Showdown, which the park recommends for ages 5 and up.
The 5th anniversary, March 2026 to January 2027
Super Nintendo World is in the middle of its 5th anniversary, which the area page dates from Wednesday 18 March 2026 to Monday 11 January 2027, adding that the dates may change. A visit in that period should include the extras below.
What the 5th anniversary adds
- A cake in Super Star Plaza: a special cake with a Super Star on top is on show in the plaza, for the anniversary only.
- Super Star Adventure March: find the stars around the area and show one to a staff member to get an exclusive sticker.
- New key challenge: from 10 September 2026 to 11 January 2027, keys are scattered around the area. To get one, find all the hidden characters, or join a Meet-Up with Mario & Luigi or with Princess Peach.
- Anniversary food and goods: a popcorn bucket that plays music and lights up, sold at Pit Stop Popcorn and other places, and an anniversary cake for four at Kinopio's Café.
The area page also mentions a Meet-Up for the anniversary at which Yoshi appears, along with Yoshis in other colours. Bad weather or the time of day can close some restaurants and shops, and the sales period for anniversary goods can differ from the event period.
Food and shops
The area has one restaurant, Kinopio's Café, and a few places for snacks and desserts. The park's food page shows prices including tax, and warns that menus, prices and hours are subject to change, and that bad weather may shorten opening times.
Where to eat and shop in the area
- Kinopio's Café: Toad's House made into a restaurant, with dishes such as Mario's Bacon Cheeseburger. Priority Seating is reserved on the day, at the entrance to the restaurant. The 5th anniversary cake, for four people, is sold here in limited numbers each day.
- Pit Stop Popcorn: popcorn and the anniversary Super Star Popcorn Bucket.
- Yoshi's Snack Island: snacks and drinks to carry, and drink bottles of Yoshi with an egg, a Super Mushroom and a 1-Up Mushroom.
- Jungle Beat Shakes: desserts in Donkey Kong Country, such as a banana sundae with a Donkey Kong spoon and a mug shaped like a barrel.
- 1UP Factory: a toy factory full of Mushroom Kingdom souvenirs. It also sells umbrellas, rain ponchos, batteries and nappies, and takes credit cards.
- Mario Cafe & Store: Mario food and goods outside the area, on Hollywood Boulevard.
If anyone in your group has a food allergy, the FAQ says booking ahead is unnecessary; ask at the restaurant.
How to get to Super Nintendo World
Universal Studios Japan stands at 2-1-33 Sakurajima, Konohana-ku, Osaka City, 554-0031, according to OSAKA-INFO, Osaka's official tourism guide. The station for the park is Universal City, on the JR Yumesaki Line, and on the park's route diagrams every train route from the main stations passes through Nishikujo.
The park's access page shows the route from each main station as a diagram. These are the estimated times we read from those diagrams on 17 October 2026. The total in the last column is the park's own figure.
| From | Route | About |
|---|---|---|
| Nishikujo | JR Yumesaki Line | 5 minutes |
| Osaka / Umeda | JR Osaka Loop Line to Nishikujo (6 min), then the Yumesaki Line (5 min) | 11 minutes |
| JR Namba | JR Yamatoji Line to Imamiya (2 min), Loop Line to Nishikujo (8 min), Yumesaki Line (5 min) | 15 minutes |
| Shin-Osaka | JR Kyoto Line to Osaka (5 min), Loop Line to Nishikujo (6 min), Yumesaki Line (5 min) | 16 minutes |
| Kansai Airport | Kansai Airport Rapid to Nishikujo (60 min), then the Yumesaki Line (5 min) | 65 minutes |
Coming from Tokyo, the usual way is the shinkansen to Shin-Osaka; our shinkansen ticket guide covers how to buy them. Our Osaka guide has more on the city itself.
Coin lockers at the park can be used from an hour before it opens until it closes. If you are arriving with suitcases on a travel day, read our luggage guide before you set out.
Visiting with children
Under-4s need no ticket. Yoshi's Adventure, which the park marks as recommended for kids, has the lowest height limit of the three rides: 92 cm with a supervising companion. The Bowser Jr. Shadow Showdown is recommended from age 5. Our guide for families helps with planning the wider trip.
Before a family visit
- Use Child Switch: adults can take turns on a ride without each queuing again.
- No childcare: the park has nowhere to leave young children, and staff cannot watch them. Three Family Services rooms have space for feeding babies and changing nappies.
- Strollers to rent: 1,100 yen each, for ages 1 to 48 months, from a counter just right of the park entrance. They cannot be reserved.
- Holiday Kids Free Pass: from 13 November to 30 December 2026, one child aged 4 to 11 goes in free with each adult ticket.
Paying and practical points
Inside the park you can pay by card, but not everywhere. The FAQ lists the cards and apps it takes and the few places that still want cash. Our guide to paying by card has more on using foreign cards in Japan.
Frequently asked questions
Is Super Nintendo World in Tokyo?
No. In Japan, Super Nintendo World is an area of Universal Studios Japan, in Konohana-ku, Osaka. From Tokyo, take the shinkansen to Shin-Osaka; the park's route diagram puts Universal City Station about 16 minutes from there by JR.
Does Super Nintendo World cost extra?
Not to get in. The area is part of Universal Studios Japan, and a Studio Pass for the park covers it and its three rides. What costs extra is optional: an Express Pass for shorter waits at its rides, some of which also fix a time to enter the area, and a Power-Up Band if you want to play the Key Challenges.
Do you need to book Super Nintendo World in advance?
There is nothing to book for the area by itself. You book a dated park ticket online. On crowded days, the entry time for the area is taken in the official app after you have gone through the park gate, so there is no way to get it before your visit unless it comes with an Express Pass or a travel company package.
Can you get into Super Nintendo World without an Area Timed Entry Ticket?
On some days, yes. The park says an entry ticket for the area may or may not be needed, depending on conditions on the day. When one is needed and the timed tickets are gone, the Standby draw in the app is the next chance.
Can you visit Super Nintendo World without an Express Pass?
Yes. A Studio Pass and, on busy days, an Area Timed Entry Ticket from the app are enough. An Express Pass with guaranteed entry adds a set time to walk into the area and shorter waits at the rides on its list, but you pay for it on top of the park ticket and it cannot be cancelled.
How much is the Power-Up Band?
The park's English pages call it an additional charge but gave no price on 17 October 2026, the day we read them, so ask at the cart by Super Star Plaza. You only need one for the Key Challenges. It is no use as an entry ticket for the area either.
Is there an age limit at Super Nintendo World?
No ride has a rule based on age. Height is what matters: 122 cm to ride alone on all three, or with a supervising companion, 107 cm for Mario Kart and Mine Cart Madness and 92 cm for Yoshi's Adventure. A child under 4 needs no park ticket.
How do you get to Super Nintendo World from Tokyo?
By shinkansen to Shin-Osaka, then JR to Universal City Station, changing at Osaka and at Nishikujo. Once you are inside the park, Super Nintendo World is one of its areas, and on busy days you need the app to get in.
Is Super Nintendo World worth it?
One park ticket covers the area and its three rides, along with the rest of Universal Studios Japan. Until 11 January 2027 the 5th anniversary adds a cake display, a sticker hunt and a new key challenge. The catch is that on busy days your time in the area depends on getting an Area Timed Entry Ticket, so if the area is the main point of your trip, fix a time before you go with an Express Pass that guarantees entry or a travel company package that includes Advance Booking.
Sources
Official and primary sources used for this page. Checked October 17, 2026.
- Universal Studios Japan: Studio Pass tickets — what a park ticket includes, where tickets are sold, resold tickets, partner hotels and group prices
- Universal Studios Japan: Universal Express Pass — guaranteed entry to the area, the separate park ticket, sales two months ahead, no cancelling, fixed ride times, one pass per person, showing the whole ticket, and rides that stop running
- Universal Studios Japan: changing your entry date — which tickets can be moved, the 90-day limit, the fee and what stays the same
- Universal Studios Japan: Timed Entry eTickets — the three kinds of ticket and when Standby Entry Tickets start
- Universal Studios Japan: types of Timed Entry Tickets — Advance Booking with Express Passes and travel company packages, and the Standby tickets stopping without notice
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- Universal Studios Japan: Area Timed Entry Tickets and Standby Entry Tickets — getting a ticket in the app, the rules on changes, deleting the app and capacity, the Standby draw, and days when no ticket is needed
- Universal Studios Japan: official app — iOS and Android versions, the free download, the internet connection and devices without the Super Nintendo World features
- Universal Studios Japan: Super Nintendo World — when entry tickets are needed, the app from 5 January 2026, and the 5th anniversary dates, cake, Meet-Up and sticker hunt
- Universal Studios Japan: Donkey Kong Country — Mine Cart Madness and The Golden Temple
- Universal Studios Japan: 5th anniversary Key Challenge — the event dates, the two ways to find keys and the "Invincible Mario" band
- Universal Studios Japan: Power-Up Band Key Challenges — the extra charge, the three keys, Bowser Jr. Shadow Showdown, the app, where to buy, name engraving and the band not being an entry ticket
- Universal Studios Japan: Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge — height, length, seats, Bowser's Castle and supervising companions
- Universal Studios Japan: Yoshi's Adventure — height, length, seats and Mount Beanpole
- Universal Studios Japan: height requirements — the height rules for Mine Cart Madness
- Universal Studios Japan: Mario Kart ride requirements — motion and effects, health conditions, umbrellas, wheelchairs and assistance dogs
- Universal Studios Japan: Super Nintendo World food — Kinopio's Café, Priority Seating, the anniversary cake and popcorn bucket, Yoshi's Snack Island, Jungle Beat Shakes, Mario Cafe & Store and the notes on prices and hours
- Universal Studios Japan: 1UP Factory — what the shop sells and card payment
- Universal Studios Japan: park hours — hours on 17 October 2026 and changes without notice
- Universal Studios Japan: FAQ — no entry-only ticket, age rules, booking rides, Single Rider, Child Switch, cards and cash, ATMs, childcare, strollers, wheelchairs, lockers, food, re-entry, photos and allergies
- Universal Studios Japan: access by train — the route diagrams with times from Nishikujo, Osaka, Shin-Osaka, JR Namba and Kansai Airport
- Universal Studios Japan: ticket list (Japanese) — prices by age and ticket, the school-year rule, no face-to-face sales, cancelling, the Holiday Kids Free Pass, the Birthday Pass and the lowest Express Pass prices
- Universal Studios Japan: Express Pass list (Japanese) — the four passes with guaranteed entry to the area, their rides and starting prices
- Universal Studios Japan: Super Nintendo World (Japanese) — the app-only rule from 5 January 2026
- Universal Studios Japan: Area Timed Entry Tickets (Japanese) — the Japanese wording of the timed entry and Standby rules
- OSAKA-INFO: Universal Studios Japan — the park's address
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