Do Japanese like Harry Potter?

Japan's enduring fascination with Harry Potter has generated colossal box office receipts and book sales, and his very own theme park attraction.
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Is Harry Potter popular in Japan Reddit?

Yes. The movies were very popular and Japanese translations of the books sold well too.
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Does Japan have a Hogwarts?

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a themed area based on the Harry Potter series built at Universal Parks & Resorts' Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka, Japan. Not to be confused with Warner Bros.
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When did Harry Potter come out in Japan?

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (U.S. title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), which became a bestseller upon its 1997 release in Britain and has garnered numerous awards, was published in Japanese in December 1999.
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Is there a Harry Potter world in Tokyo?

The Tokyo version, which will be the second Harry Potter exhibition of its kind in the world, includes a re-created indoor soundstage and outdoor backlot (fancy terms for film set). It will be roughly 30,000 square metres and take about half a day to explore.
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Harry Potter (Japanese) | The Boggart Lesson with Remus Lupin



Does Universal Japan have Diagon Alley?

The conclusion we're forced to make is that Universal Orlando Resort holds the title for best assortment of attractions – it all but has to, given that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley can also be found exclusively there – and that Japan wears the overall theming crown.
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Is there a wizarding school in Asia?

Magical education

Mahoutokoro School of Magic was the only known wizarding school in Asia so far, located in Japan. It was the smallest of the main eleven wizarding schools.
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What are the 11 wizarding schools?

Wizarding School Locations from Harry Potter
  • Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Scotland)
  • Beauxbatons Academy of Magic (France)
  • Castelobruxo (Central Brazil)
  • Durmstrang Institute (Northern Europe)
  • Ilvermorny (Eastern North America)
  • Mahoutokoro School of Magic (Japan)
  • Uagadou School of Magic (Uganda)
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Is there a wizarding school in Japan?

School information

Mahoutokoro (Japanese: 魔法所, Mahōtokoro) is the Japanese wizarding school, located on the topmost point of the Volcanic island of Minami Iwo Jima. It has the smallest student body of the eleven wizarding schools.
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Are western movies popular in Japan?

I noticed that in Japan, American movies are highly popular such as Titanic and Frozen for examples. I even heard Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean are really popular and are some of the top grossing movies there.
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Is there a Harry Potter anime?

Potterheads around the world, rejoice! We now have official anime versions of the Harry Potter characters we know and love so well! Warner Bros. Japan has licensed images of all your favorites — including the Marauders, Hedwig, and Buckbeak — to use on official Harry Potter merchandise.
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Is there a Hogwarts in China?

Did you know that China has a “Hogwarts” university of its own? Hebei Academy of Fine Arts is a stunning university in northern China that features gorgeous castles and gothic-style buildings overlooking a lake.
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Is there any wizarding school in India?

Institutes like Magic World, Magic Academy, the Delhi School of Magic (DSM), International Academy of Illusion and Magic (IAIM), also in Delhi, and the Institute of Magic And Allied Arts (IMAA) in Bengaluru offer year-long courses for the serious practitioner.
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Is there a real Wizarding World?

The Wizarding World (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World) is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling.
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Is Hogwarts real?

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (/ˈhɒɡwɔːrts/) is a fictional British boarding school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in J. K.
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Is there a real school like Hogwarts?

Trinity-Pawling School, New York

Although Trinity-Pawling is an all-boys school, you'll find some features that resemble the magical Hogwarts campus within its large 230-acre campus overlooking the scenic Hudson River Valley.
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Does China have a wizarding school?

School information

Fenghuang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a magical school that was founded in 1600 BCE. It is located on the top of Badaling Mountain in Beijing, China. Its emblem is the Fenghuang (Logo8th), a type of Chinese phoenix, which also gives it its name. It is the oldest known wizarding school.
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Is there a wizarding school in Korea?

Garamwhihack is only school in Korea. They are lot different from Hogwart school. They wear Hanbok (Korean traditional clothes), they don't do Quiddtch, their school is smaller. We call no magic(muggle), 'Muma'.
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Is durmstrang an all boy school?

In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Durmstrang is pictured as an all-boys school. However, it is known from the novel that there was also at least one girl studying at Durmstrang, and most likely other female students by the 1990s.
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Which part of Harry Potter world is better?

When it comes to which Harry Potter park is better at Universal, Diagon Alley in Islands of Adventure is the clear winner. They have more shops, more merchandise, and the fun of trading your money for Gringotts bank notes. Plus, the younger kids will love the stuffed animals at the Magical Menagerie!
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Is Harry Potter world closing down?

The major attraction that takes Universal Orlando Resort Guests between Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure won't be available for many parkgoers this summer.
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How much are tickets to Hogwarts?

If you simply wish to spend a two mornings seeing Harry Potter–one at Hogsmeade and one at Diagon Alley, two day tickets per person to enter Universal cost on the Universal Orlando website about $135 (after tax) per person between 3 and 10, and $145 per person ten and older.
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Is there an American Hogwarts?

Learn all about the American Hogwarts in Rowling's new Pottermore entry. Hidden in the deep forests of Mount Greylock in Massachusetts stands the North American equivalent to Hogwarts: Ilvermorny.
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Does America have a wizarding school?

School information

Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was the American wizarding school, located on Mount Greylock in Massachusetts. It accepted students from all over North America. Students of this school, as at Hogwarts in Scotland, were sorted into four houses.
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