Most viewed - Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter ワーナーブラザース スタジオツアー東京 ‐ メイキング・オブ・ハリー・ポッター |
Hungarian Horntail, a dragon native to Hungary, greets you high above.16 views
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Bottled “Tokyo Special” butterbeer (¥1,000).16 views
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Enhance to Studio Shop, the world’s largest Harry Potter gift shop. 15 views
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Dragons15 views
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Aunt Marge as a balloon on her way to the sky.14 views
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Beds inside the three-decker Knight Bus.14 views
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Realistic makeup on a Gringotts Bank teller goblin.14 views
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Hogwarts Castle model in daylight illumination.14 views
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You can also engrave your name on the wand. When I was there, the Slytherin wand was sold out.14 views
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The phone in the red telephone box works, but you only hear a simple recorded message like “Welcome.” It’s not a payphone and you cannot call anyone.13 views
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Hogwarts Bridge13 views
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Hogwarts robes.13 views
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The entrance lobby has digital audio guides for rent (not essential).12 views
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Tableware in the Slytherin section with their robes displayed behind.12 views
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Death Eater on the balcony.12 views
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Centaurs are guardians of the Forbidden Forest. Facial features are more horse-like than human. 12 views
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Dementors (evil beings) also fly around in the Forbidden Forest.12 views
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Living room filled with Hogwarts school acceptance letters (delivered by owls) addressed to Harry.12 views
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This compartment shows Ron and Harry feasting on a pile of sweets. That’s when the chocolate frog jumped out.12 views
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The hilarious and finger-biting Monster Book of Monsters.12 views
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Sound effects.12 views
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Owls for sale at Diagon Alley.12 views
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Hogwarts robes.12 views
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Hedwig (Harry’s owl)12 views
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Japanese versions of Harry Potter novels.12 views
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Frog Cafe (coffee and confections) near the studio entrance.12 views
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Cloakroom to store coats, bags, etc., for free.11 views
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Slytherin Common Room11 views
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Potions Classroom with over 1,000 bottles of potions line the walls.11 views
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Notices at Hogwarts.11 views
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Photo op: In the Backlot, pose inside the Flying Car11 views
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Harry’s closet-like room in the Dursley home named Cupboard under the Stairs.11 views
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In Prisoner of Azkaban, Aunt Marge at dinner with the Dursleys angers Harry who inflates her into a balloon that floats out of the house and into the sky. 11 views
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Photo op: Through the Wall. Push a baggage cart into the wall to enter Platform 9¾.11 views
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Luggage porter.11 views
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Railway Shop for train-related gifts exclusive to Tokyo.11 views
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Robotic Hagrid's head. The eyes blink realistically.11 views
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Hagrid’s giant half-brother, Grawp.11 views
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Typefaces.11 views
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Mice, food for owls.11 views
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Food Hall (with floating candles) for British food near the studio entrance.11 views
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Toshimaen Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line has been given a bold-red Harry Potter makeover, complete with a red telephone box.10 views
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The Great Hall of Hogwart.10 views
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Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts headmaster.10 views
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Including the most powerful Elder Wand (No. 1).10 views
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In Chamber of Secrets, they used five of these Flying Cars in various degrees of damage before Harry and Ron finally crashed it in the forest.10 views
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Hagrid’s Hut is also in the Backlot.10 views
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Backlot Cafe10 views
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Hogwarts Express train on Platform 9¾ modeled after King’s Cross Station in London.10 views
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Across the platform is a Railway Shop for train-related gifts exclusive to Tokyo.10 views
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London Ministry of Magic, Atrium is unique to the Tokyo studio. (Not found in the London studio.)10 views
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Diagon Alley (ダイアゴン横丁)10 views
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The shops are just a facade, and we cannot enter any of them.10 views
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The studio tour ends with a large, replicated scale model of Hogwarts Castle with alternating night and day illuminations.10 views
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Looks different from different angles. Architecture was inspired by Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Durham Cathedral, and Alnwick Castle.10 views
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Studio Shop rooms guarded by Fawkes the phoenix.10 views
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The Harry Potter Tokyo studio is conveniently located in central Tokyo, near Toshimaen Station (豊島園駅), about 15 minutes from Ikebukuro Station by train on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.9 views
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Approaching the entrance to Harry Potter Studio in a public park in Tokyo in autumn.9 views
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Entrance to Harry Potter Studio in Tokyo.9 views
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About Gryffindor.9 views
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Minerva McGonagall (next to Sorting Hat), Hogwarts Transfiguration professor, Head of Gryffindor House, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts.9 views
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Great Hall9 views
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Hogwarts Marble Staircase.9 views
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Quidditch player uniforms. Draco Malfoy wears green, Cedric Diggory in yellow, and Harry in red.9 views
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Nimbus 2000 and Nimbus 2001 Quidditch broomsticks.9 views
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Dumbledore’s Office complete with his pet phoenix Fawkes which moves and squeals (animatronic).9 views
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Other professors.9 views
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Mirror of Erised which reflects the deepest, most desperate desire of your heart. Harry saw his parents in this mirror.9 views
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Library.9 views
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Voldemort, The Dark Lord, and his snake Nagini. Each time one of his Horcruxes was destroyed, his greenish robe would fade in color (Deathly Hallows).9 views
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About the face of evil.9 views
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Forbidden Forest (禁じられた森)9 views
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Hagrid’s Hut bed.9 views
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Hagrid’s Hut9 views
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Butterbeer tastes like butterscotch, slightly fizzy/carbonated with a buttery froth on the top.9 views
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Don't mess with a wizard.9 views
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Aunt Marge as a balloon.9 views
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Hogwarts Bridge9 views
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Three-decker Knight Bus.9 views
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In the center is the “Magic is Might” monument depicting Muggles (non-magical people) crushed under the weight of a witch and wizard atop a marble column. 9 views
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“Magic is Might” monument was installed by the Death Eaters (evil allies of Dark Lord Voldemort) when they took over the Ministry.9 views
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Coming out of the Floo Network fireplace next to Ministry of Magic. (Video screenshot). Another interactive activity where you walk out of the fireplace’s Floo powder flames upon arrival.9 views
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Animal actors included multiple owls for Hedwig, Harry’s owl.9 views
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Werewolf animatronic.9 views
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Gringotts Bank (with goblin workers) has a facade, but we cannot enter it like at the Harry Potter London studio which has a full-size replica of the bank’s interior.9 views
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Some items are Tokyo exclusive, available only here. You still need to buy studio tour tickets to enter the gift shop. You have a choice of 7,000+ products.9 views
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Studio Shop rooms guarded by Voldemort’s snake Nagini.9 views
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Tokyo hoodie.9 views
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Wands and more wands. Buy the wand of your favorite wizard or witch for ¥4,600.9 views
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Dobby the beloved elf.9 views
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Chocolate frogs are among the many edibles in the Studio Shop.9 views
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Toshimaen Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.9 views
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Small locomotive which was originally used at Toshimaen amusement park. For more details, see my blog post.8 views
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Entrance to Nerima Joshi Park and way to the Harry Potter studio.8 views
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Entrance hall with pictures of movie scenes.8 views
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Other professors.8 views
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Hogwarts Marble Staircase which actually moves (swivels).8 views
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Gryffindor boys’ dormitory. 8 views
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Gryffindor boys’ dormitory bed.8 views
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Goblet of Fire, hand carved from English Elm.8 views
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Costumes and more props.8 views
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Library books.8 views
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Hagrid (half giant) and Buckbeak the Hippogriff (animatronic) in the Forbidden Forest.8 views
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Centaurs are guardians of the Forbidden Forest.8 views
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In the middle of the tour, just when you’re ready to sit and have butterbeer or lunch, there’s the outdoor Backlot. Nice sunshine and fresh-air break from the indoor studio tour. 8 views
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Hagrid’s Hut is very cluttered inside and pretty cramped for a half giant. Notice his dog Fang8 views
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Photo op: In the Backlot, pose inside the Flying Car8 views
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Backlot Cafe for lunch. Located halfway through the studio tour. 8 views
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Butterbeer Bar 8 views
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Butterbeer Bar for non-alcoholic butterbeer (¥1,100), coffee/tea (¥500), and salted popcorn (¥700).8 views
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The stairs overhead where Harry’s cousin Dudley Dursley would stomp on to annoy Harry below.8 views
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Giant chess pieces protecting the Philosopher’s Stone. Stationary and non-explosive.8 views
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Next to the Knight Bus, red telephone box.8 views
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From the Backlot, the studio tour continues this way as we go back inside.8 views
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Photo op: Through the Wall. Push a baggage cart into the wall to enter Platform 9¾.8 views
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The train is stationary, but you can enter the passenger carriage and see passenger compartments.8 views
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For the movie actors, the broomsticks were custom-designed and fitted for each person. The stick was a solid metal pole strong enough to support the actor sitting on it in front of green screens.8 views
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Broomstick flying experience. It looks like a ride, but the broomstick is just a stationary prop you sit on and be filmed in a green screen booth. They charge ¥3,500 to download the broomstick video (without watermarks)..8 viewsThe staff tells you when to sway left or right, when to wave, when to reach out your hand to catch the Golden Snitch, etc. The resulting 70-sec. video shows you flying fast on a broomstick amid different background scenery like city streets, Quidditch field, and Hogwarts Castle.
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Hogwarts Castle (scale model) in night illumination.8 views
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Harry Potter’s stag Patronus and doe near Toshimaen Station.7 views
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Lobby and tour entrance straight ahead.7 views
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Floor map.7 views
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The tour starts in a room of animated movie posters where they explain a few rules. They also tell you how to register your QR code on your smartphone with your email address.7 views
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The Great Hall of Hogwarts (大広間)7 views
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Tableware in the Gryffindor section with their robes displayed behind.7 views
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Great Hall roof model.7 views
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Hogwarts Marble Staircase which actually moves (swivels).7 views
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Quidditch filming experience: We visitors could act as spectators at a Quidditch match between Griffindore and Slytherin.7 views
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We visitors could act as spectators at a Quidditch match between Griffindore and Slytherin.7 views
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Triwizard Cup and golden egg from Goblet of Fire.7 views
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Flying horse carriage.7 views
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Vanishing Cabinet which Draco used.7 views
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Griffin Stairwell to go to Dumbledore’s Office.7 views
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Thirty-three wands of all the wizards and witches.7 views
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Death Eater masks.7 views
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Broomstick prop.7 views
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Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom.7 views
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Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom. There was a wand-waving lesson to defeat a Death Eater (right) on the balcony.7 views
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The full-scale train is the same make and model (GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall) as the original one displayed at the London studio. 7 views
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Inside Hogwarts Express train carriage.7 views
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Diagon Alley facades.7 views
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Door to the Great Hall to start the tour.6 views
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Great Hall’s head table.6 views
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Hagrid6 views
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Severus Snape, potions professor and later Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts and Head of Slytherin House.6 views
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Moving portrait experience: Next to the Marble Staircase, you can be a moving portrait too. The studio’s first interactive experience has booths with different backgrounds to film yourself for 15 seconds.6 views
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Gryffindor Common Room6 views
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On left is the costume worn by Ron and a chest of Quidditch balls.6 views
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Props for Goblet of Fire.6 views
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In Dumbledore’s Office, on the left on the cabinet is Gryffindor’s Sword in a glass case.6 views
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Death Eater masks.6 views
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About Voldemort, The Dark Lord.6 views
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Giant spider Aragog the Acromantula in his lair in the Forbidden Forest.6 views
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4 Privet Drive (Dursley residence)6 views
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The exterior windows are video monitors showing the passing scenery.6 views
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London Ministry of Magic, Atrium (ロンドン魔法省)6 views
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Fawkes the phoenix6 views
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Your short video will soon appear on one of the framed oil paintings on the staircase wall.5 views
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Gryffindor Common Room fireplace.5 views
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We could watch the resulting video almost immediately. Video was free to download later.5 views
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Dumbledore’s Office. The portraits are of the 48 former Hogwarts headmasters/mistresses. 5 views
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Hogwarts Bridge entrance.5 views
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Owls for sale at Diagon Alley.5 views
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Great Hall model.4 views
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Dumbledore’s beard and hair.4 views
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Death Eater masks.4 views
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About Slytherin.3 views
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