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Various new attractions arrive one after another this summer So many “Amazing” events, so much fun!! Children and adults will all be filled with total excitement, feeling as if the entire adventure is actually happening to them. Have a great “World Best” summer vacation at Universal Studios Japan! On Friday, July 5, 2013, Universal Studios Japan will open a next generation attraction, “NEW” The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D, and two summer-only events, Water Surprise Party and One Piece Premier Summer. Additionally, during July (opening day to be determined soon), Biohazard The Real, an overwhelmingly novel and groundbreaking shooting-type survival horror attraction, will open for a limited period only. At Universal Wonderland, a very popular family area which will celebrate its second summer, moms can also enjoy ride attractions with children to their hearts’ content in the world of very cute characters. Have a world’s-best summer vacation with your friends, family, boyfriend or girlfriend enjoying unexpected surprises, joys and excitements at Universal Studios Japan, home to overwhelmingly revolutionary attractions. Attractions offered by Universal Studios Japan this summer 1) “NEW” The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D Grand opening on Friday, July 5, 2013 “World’s Best × World’s Best”The ride that has won awards for being the world’s best ride attraction for seven consecutive years now incorporates the world’s best imaging technology 4K Ultra HD × 3D. Riders will experience an extreme excitement beyond their imagination, feeling as if the entire adventure is actually happening to them! 2) Universal Wonderland & Water Surprise Party Opens from Friday, July 5 to Sunday, September 8, 2013 Moms also can have a fun-filled time at this very popular family area, enjoying a great summer vacation with their children. 3) One Piece Premier Summer Opens from Friday, July 5 to Sunday, September 8, 2013 Guest satisfaction rated at 99%! One Piece Premier Show returns this summer at the greatest scale ever! Enjoy the realism of the One Piece world. 4) Biohazard The Real Opens from July 2013 * The opening day will be informed at a later date. Beat off zombies attacking you one after another with a gun that looks almost like a real one. This is an extremely groundbreaking shooting-type survival horror attraction! Thursday, May 30, 2013 (Upper) “NEW” The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D (Upper right) Universal Wonderland, (bottom right) Water Surprise Party

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Various new attractions arrive one after another this summer So many “Amazing” events, so much fun!!

Children and adults will all be filled with total excitement, feeling as if the entire adventure is actually

happening to them. Have a great “World Best” summer vacation at Universal Studios Japan!

On Friday, July 5, 2013, Universal Studios Japan will open a next generation attraction, “NEW” The Amazing

Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D, and two summer-only events, Water Surprise Party and One Piece

Premier Summer. Additionally, during July (opening day to be determined soon), Biohazard The Real, an

overwhelmingly novel and groundbreaking shooting-type survival horror attraction, will open for a limited period only.

At Universal Wonderland, a very popular family area which will celebrate its second summer, moms can also enjoy ride

attractions with children to their hearts’ content in the world of very cute characters. Have a world’s-best summer

vacation with your friends, family, boyfriend or girlfriend enjoying unexpected surprises, joys and excitements at

Universal Studios Japan, home to overwhelmingly revolutionary attractions.

Attractions offered by Universal Studios Japan this summer

1) “NEW” The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D

Grand opening on Friday, July 5, 2013

“World’s Best × World’s Best”The ride that has won awards for being the world’s best ride attraction for seven

consecutive years now incorporates the world’s best imaging technology 4K Ultra HD × 3D. Riders will experience an

extreme excitement beyond their imagination, feeling as if the entire adventure is actually happening to them!

2) Universal Wonderland & Water Surprise Party

Opens from Friday, July 5 to Sunday, September 8, 2013

Moms also can have a fun-filled time at this very popular family area, enjoying a great summer vacation with their

children.

3) One Piece Premier Summer

Opens from Friday, July 5 to Sunday, September 8, 2013

Guest satisfaction rated at 99%! One Piece Premier Show returns this summer at the greatest scale ever! Enjoy the

realism of the One Piece world.

4) Biohazard The Real

Opens from July 2013 * The opening day will be informed at a later date.

Beat off zombies attacking you one after another with a gun that looks almost like a real one. This is an extremely

groundbreaking shooting-type survival horror attraction!

Thursday, May 30, 2013

(Upper) “NEW” The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D

(Upper right) Universal Wonderland, (bottom right) Water Surprise Party

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Moms can also fully have fun! At Universal Wonderland, a vast family area of approx. 30,000 m2, and

at Water Surprise Party , mothers can become excited with children getting soaked with spray!

On Friday, July 5, 2013, Universal Studios Japan will have its grand opening of NEW The Amazing Adventures of

Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D, the advanced version of the virtual three-dimensional ride attraction, The Amazing

Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride, that has won the award for the world’s best attraction for seven consecutive

years. This version, the only 4K HD × 3D ride attraction in Japan, has adopted 4K high definition (4K Ultra HD), the

most advanced imaging technology. The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride is an epoch-making

attraction created by combining more than 100 different special effects including light, sound, fire, smoke, and water

splashes with the amazing ride vehicle movements driving freely on the track of 368 meters in total length, which are

linked with Spider-Man’s motions on the screen. The ride has been highly rated by media around the world. In the U.S.,

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride has won the Golden Ticket Award in the Best Dark Ride category

for seven consecutive years, a historic first achievement. Beyond the field of ride attractions, “NEW” The Amazing

Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D will further establish itself as the world’s best ride with the world’s best

3D images combined with 4K Ultra HD technology, and ride motions enabled by cutting-edge synchronizing technology.

With the overwhelming reality and extreme excitement, the ride allows riders to feel as if the entire adventure is

happening to them.

“NEW” The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D is sponsored by Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., a

Corporate Marketing Partner company of Universal Studios Japan.

* The attraction has won the Golden Ticket Award presented by Amusement Today magazine in the Best Indoor Ride category for seven consecutive years

* 4K Ultra HD × 3D projector server with the world’s best specifications as a 3D projector server in operation (Researched by USJ Co., Ltd., on December 10, 2012) * The only 4K Ultra HD × 3D ride attraction used at an entertainment facility in Japan (Researched by USJ Co., Ltd., on December 10, 2012)

©Marvel © Universal Studios. All rights reserved.

* For details of The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride, please see the news release issued on March 12, 2013.

Since its opening in March 2012, Universal Wonderland has been visited by

many family guests and has significantly contributed to the achievement of

Universal Studios Japan’s accumulated total attendance of 100 million earlier

than expected in October 2012. Most recommendable to parents and children this

summer are eight ride attractions located in this wide area which hosts total 28

facilities. At a water slide, Peppermint Patty’s Stunt Slide (photo), moms too can

forget about time and have fun with the feeling of cool water and unpredictable

movement of water, and become refreshed, getting soaked by spray! The Flying

Snoopy, on which guests rotate in the air while operating it by themselves. At

Hello Kitty's Cupcake Dream, in which riders rotate swiftly on colorful cupcakes,

parents and children can fully enjoy the ride, catching a nice breeze, surrounded

by the world of characters that was created by attention to high-quality details.

Guests can enjoy the cooling sensation of water in their own way at Ernie's Rubber Duckie

Race and Water Garden, a popular outdoor playland where guests can

spend time getting refreshed.

Various new goods and foods will appear, adding new fun to

Universal Wonderland in summer. At Hello Kitty’ Corner Café, Hello

First and the only ride attraction with the world’s best super high resolution 4KHD ×××× 3D technology

in Japan! Ride motions enabled by cutting-edge synchronizing technology create entertainment for

the next generation. Riders will experience extreme excitement beyond their imagination, feeling as if

the entire adventure is actually happening to them!

”NEW” The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man™ - The Ride 4K3D

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One Piece world renews at the greatest scale ever! One Piece Premier Summer and One Piece Premier Show, a very popular live show which achieved amazingly high guest satisfactions of 99%, will take place this summer too.

Kitty’s Apple & Peach Frappe (¥500, photo, left), a peach frappe and pudding with apple jam, will be released. This is an

extremely cute dessert with a gummy shaped just like Hello Kitty’s ribbon. This summer’s most recommendable purchase is the

Water Shooter (photo, upper light) a renewal version for 2013! Obtain a dedicated strap for the water shooter (sold separately)

and join in splashing water on each other at Water Surprise Party, and double the fun of your summer. UV-protection hoodie

towel (photo, lower right), a must-have item to enjoy summer actively, and sandals feature illustrations of Hello Kitty,

Elmo, Snoopy and other Park characters. Guests, together with their children, can enjoy wearing these items.

Once again, an annual summer event, Water Surprise Party, a super-popular interactive entertainment, will take place

this summer, as in previous years. Guests can enjoy dancing with Elmo, Snoopy, Hello Kitty and other popular

characters of Universal Wonderland and cheerful dancers who appear to cheerful music, spray water on each other

using Water Shooters, and get soaked with spray showering down on participants in the Party from the water column

created by the huge water cannon to the height of about 60 meters overhead.* All participating guests feel cooler and

happier if they get together to enjoy the event to their hearts’ content. In particular, large amounts of spray emitted from

15 water cannons at the climax of the event results in a super surprise that people can experience only at Universal

Studios Japan! All participating guests, both children and adults, will feel the sense of refreshment and exhilaration,

getting soaked with splashing, and sharing smiles. *The height of water spray may differ depending on the wind direction or velocity.

© 2013 Peanuts Worldwide LLC © 1976, 2013 SANRIO CO., LTD.

One Piece Premier Summer, a special event held for a limited period only,

will take place from Friday July 5 to Sunday, September 8, 2013. One Piece

Premier Summer is produced on the theme of ONE PIECE (written by Eiichiro

Oda), a very popular comic whose accumulated total number of copies printed

has exceeded approx. 280 million and the number of its first-run printing

created a new Japanese record.

This summer, One Piece Premier Show, an event that has been highly popular

among many guests every year, has been upgraded and brought back to the Park.

Universal Studios Japan aims to achieve an even greater level of guest

satisfaction than last year by maximizing its long-cultivated know-how of live

shows and thorough commitment to quality. This summer, an even more

realistic ONE PIECE world opens at the greatest scale ever, introducing new

products and new strong opponents who will appear one after another. Enjoy

excitement you can experience this summer only at the fun-filled One Piece

world, where “Unbelievable” events happen in reality and you can feel as if you

were a member of “the Straw Hat Pirates.”

©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Fuji Television Network Inc., Toei Animation © & ® Universal Studios..

* For details of One Piece Premier Summer, please see the news release issued on May 23, 2013.

���� Newly Open! Enjoy the world of ONE PIECE at Straw Hat Pirates’ Feast Restaurant.

Straw Hat Pirates’ Feast Restaurant will open at Discovery Restaurant in Jurassic Park Area for

the first time this summer. All guests can casually enjoy dinner at this restaurant without

reservations.

At this new restaurant, based on the image of Straw Hat Pirates’ feast held in the jungle, guests can

enjoy excitement as if they were really joining in the feast of the Straw Hat Piratessuch as bony

chops and other foods that appear in the comic or anime, making a toast with Straw Hat Pirates using

digital signage, and other ingenuities. This is really a restaurant where all children and adults can

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Groundbreaking survival horror attraction! Beat off zombies attacking you one after another with a gun that looks like a real one. Can you escape safely from the tension and horror arising from the ultimate survival? Biohazard The Realshooting-type survival horror attraction

fully enjoy a ”Feast.” Enjoy eating at the fun-filled restaurant, feeling as if you were a member of the Straw Hat Pirates in the world

of ONE PIECE.

Biohazard The Real, a shooting-type survival horror attraction

will take place this summer for a limited period only. This

revolutionary new attraction was created based on the theme

of the BIOHAZARD series (Production and marketing:

CAPCOM Co., Ltd.), a very popular game and movie series

enjoying worldwide popularity. Universal Studios Japan has

created the world of BIOHAZARD with concerted efforts by

introducing a shooting system that is employed by military

forces around the world. In Biohazard The Real, meticulously

produced with world-best quality, guests can experience the

horror of zombies and creatures attacking one after another,

and feel the tension and thrills arising from ultimate survival

by shooting the attackers. Enjoy this groundbreaking latest horror entertainment.

©CAPCOM CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

* For details of Biohazard The Real, please see the news release (in Japanese only) issued on May 28, 2013.

Outline of a limited period-only program “Happy Surprise Summer 2013”

About Universal Studios Japan

On October 29, 2012, the accumulated total attendance of Universal Studios Japan since its grand opening exceeded 100

million. With quality, world-class entertainment, we will continue striving to offer a place where guests can create

world-best memories.

General inquiries regarding Universal Studios Japan are received at the information center (Tel: 0570-20-0606). The

Universal Studios Japan official website is at www.usj.co.jp and is accessible from personal computers, mobile phones, and

smart phones.

About Universal Parks & Resorts: Universal Parks & Resorts (UPR), a unit of Comcast Corporation’s NBCUniversal,

encompasses today’s most relevant and popular entertainment experiences. With three-time Academy Award winner

Program Location Period Time, etc.

Water Surprise Party Hollywood Boulevard From Friday, July 5 to Sunday, September 8, 2013

Approx. 20 minutes/session 2-3 times/day

*Event schedule differs depending on the day.

One Piece Premier Summer Amity Village Jurassic Park From Friday, July 5 to Sunday, September 8, 2013 See separate sheet.

Biohazard The Real New York Area July 2013 (scheduled) starts See separate sheet.

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Steven Spielberg as creative consultant, its theme parks are known for some of the most thrilling and technologically

advanced “ride-the-movies” motion picture and television show-based attractions that cannot be found anywhere else.

NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news, sports and entertainment networks; Universal Studios, a

premier motion picture company; significant television production operations; a leading television stations group; and

world-renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal is wholly owned by Comcast, a global media and technology company.