USJ Summer Nights: A Guide to the 25th Anniversary Neon Glow Up and Nearby Hotels

This event has ended: its last night was 26 August 2026, and the Night Pass entry window closed on 31 August. When fares to Kansai tend to fall is tracked in the record of past airfare sales and what comes next.

Night Pass, adult, tax includedJPY 5,300Entry from 17:00 until park close; children JPY 3,400. The pass was sold for entry dates up to 31 August, five days past the last night of the event

Event

Universal Summer Matsuri Night: Neon Glow Up

Venue

Universal Studios Japan, Konohana-ku, Osaka

Event period

2026-07-01 – 2026-08-26, except 21 August

Hours

18:30 – 21:00 (until 20:00 on 3 July and 22 August)

Night Pass valid for

2026-07-01 – 2026-08-31

Checked on

2026-09-14

Universal Studios Japan ran Universal Summer Matsuri Night: Neon Glow Up, the night event for the summer of its 25th year, from 1 July to 26 August 2026. The Night Pass, which admits you from 17:00, cost JPY 5,300 for adults and JPY 3,400 for children, and was sold for entry dates up to 31 August. The whole after-dark programme was replaced for the season.

The 17:00 Night Pass was JPY 5,300 for adults, JPY 3,300 below a 1 Day Studio Pass

The night programme ran from 18:30 to 21:00. On 3 July and 22 August it finished at 20:00, and on 21 August it did not run at all. A Night Pass gets you through the gate at 17:00, which leaves an hour and a half before anything starts. That is enough for one attraction with a short queue. Aim for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter or Minion Hachamecha Ride in that window and you will still be in the line when the show begins.

The content pushed a summer festival towards a club night. Alongside the main NO LIMIT! Glow Up Oh! Matsuri came Minion BOO-YA Block Party, Glow Up Street Performance, a fireworks segment called Summer Glow Moment, and Oh! Matsuri Food & Game, built around glowing food and stalls. The anniversary theme for the year was “Discover U!!!”.

I would not send anyone here who came for the daytime attractions. Arriving at 17:00 puts the long-queue rides out of reach, and the evening ends up being the shows and nothing else. Closing at 21:00 also makes the journey home hard to plan if you are travelling in for the day from outside Kansai. Staying within walking distance is the easier shape, and five cheap hotels within walking distance of USJ sets out what that costs; rates for the dates you want move a long way between a weekday and the middle of the school holidays.

When do fares to Kansai fall? The record of past sales and what comes next →

Source: Universal Studios Japan official news, 22 April 2026, and the company’s announcement of 30 June 2026 / ORICON NEWS, 22 April 2026 / Photo: Thord Daniel Hedengren, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons) / Checked on 2026-09-14