Harry Potter
Redmayne and Williams are the first Hollywood stars to come to Japan since the outbreak of corona.
Hogsmeade Station serves as inspiration for closest stop to new permanent Harry Potter museum.
It’s still a prototype, but it’s garnered enough interest that it might become a full product!
Hogwarts crest and wand holder-equipped bags for the start of little wizards’ academic careers.
The only thing better than the message itself is the fascinating water printer machine that “prints” it.
Facility recreating environments from Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts films will be built on former site of one of Tokyo’s oldest theme parks.
One of Japan’s oldest theme parks is fading away, but it might be magically reborn as a mecca for fans of the wizard school saga.
The wizarding world and real life blurs as we sit down for a magical meal with the actor who plays Jacob Kowalski.
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