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Quietest days coming up: Wed 6 Jan (2/10) · Wed 13 Jan (2/10) · Wed 20 Jan (2/10)
Busiest: Thu 29 Apr (10/10) — Golden Week
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
236
245
254
265
276
284
296
306
316✦
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15✦
26✦
39✦
43
56
65
74
84
95
106
113
126
135
144
154
165
176
183
196
205
215✦
225✦
237✦
246
253
266
275
284
294
305
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
24
36
46
55
64
75
86
94
106
116
125
134
145
156
164
176
186
195
204
215
226
234
246
2510✦
268✦
278✦
289✦
2910✦
307✦
3110✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18✦
27✦
37✦
44
55
62
75
84
94✦
104✦
116✦
125
132
145
154
163
173
184
195
202
215
224
233
243
254
265
272
285
294
303
313
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
26
33
46
55
64
74
85
96
103
118✦
126✦
135✦
145✦
155
166
173
186
195
205✦
215✦
226✦
239✦
243
256
265
274
284
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
26
33
46
55
64
74
85
96
103
116
125
134
144
155
166
173
186
195
205✦
216✦
227✦
237
245
257
267
275
285
296
307
315
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
28
36
46
57
68
74
86
96
105
114
125
136
144
156
166
175
184
195
206
214
226
236
245
254
265
276
284
2910✦
3010✦
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18✦
28✦
39✦
410✦
57✦
66
75
84
94
105
116
123
136
145
154
164
175
186
193
206
215
224
234
245
256
263
276
285
294
304
315
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15
22
35
44
53
63
74
85
92
105
114
123
133
144
155
162
175
184
193
203
214
225
232
245
254
263
273
284
295
302
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
25
34
44
55
66
73
86
95
104
114
125
136
143
156
165
175✦
185✦
197✦
207
214
227
236
245
255
266
277
284
297
306
315
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
27
38
45
58
67
76
86
97
108
116✦
128
1310✦
148✦
158✦
169✦
178
185
198
207
216
226
237
248
255
268
277
286
296
307
318
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
25
34
43
53
64
75
82
95
104
113
123
134
145
152
165
174
184✦
194✦
206✦
215
222
237✦
246✦
254✦
264✦
274
285
292
305
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
25
34
45
56
64
76
86
96✦
106✦
118✦
126
134
146
156
165
174
185
196
204
216
226
The months that actually matter at Universal Studios Japan
Busiest months
April, August, October and December — Golden Week at the end of April, Obon in mid-August, the enormous Halloween season, and the year-end holidays.
Quietest months
January, June and September — mid-January after the New Year rush, June weekdays in the rainy season, and September weekdays between the holidays.
Local knowledge: Secure Super Nintendo World timed entry in the official app the moment you scan your ticket at the gate — it is free, and it disappears faster than any queue.
When to avoid Universal Studios Japan, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Fri Dec 25 – Thu Dec 31Winter school break · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Fri Jan 1 – Sun Jan 3New Year holidays · about 7/10, 8 at worst
Sat Mar 20 – Tue Apr 6Spring school break* · about 6/10, 8 at worst
Thu Apr 29 – Wed May 5Golden Week · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Fri Aug 13 – Mon Aug 16Obon · about 9/10, 10 at worst
Quietest weeks
Mon Jan 18 – Sun Jan 24about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jan 25 – Sun Jan 31about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon May 31 – Sun Jun 6about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jun 7 – Sun Jun 13about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 6 – Sun Sep 12about 4/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. *School holidays vary by district, state or zone; these are the typical dates, so check your own. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Universal Studios Japan, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Universal Studios Japan wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.