2025.05.11 Godzilla interception operationEvent & Feature

[Column] "Godzilla Raids Again" is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year! What was the first monster to fight Godzilla? [Godzilla Intercept Operation]

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Do you know the first monster you fought?

The 1995 film "Godzilla Raids Again" celebrated its 4th anniversary this April! This is the second film in the series, produced following the huge success of the previous film, "Godzilla."
Godzilla has fought many monsters up until now, but "Godzilla Raids Again" was the first film in the Godzilla series to feature a "monster showdown." The first monster to fight Godzilla was the "Tyrannical Dragon Anguirus." Like Godzilla, Anguirus was revived by the effects of a hydrogen bomb experiment, and he and Godzilla engaged in a fierce battle in front of Osaka Castle.

The world's first permanent Godzilla museum, the Godzilla Museum, is located inside the popular attraction "Godzilla Intercept Operation" at Hyogo Prefectural Awajishima Park Anime Park "Nijigen no Mori." It displays a three-dimensional picture book that covers almost all of Toho's monsters! Of course, "Tyrannical Dragon Anguirus" is also on display! Please try to find it!

At the Godzilla Museum, you will find a variety of special exhibits aimed at Godzilla fans, including valuable video materials and interviews! Come experience the history of Godzilla at Nijigen no Mori!

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"Destroyah Special Exhibition" is also being held

The year 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Godzilla vs. Destroyah, the final film in the Heisei vs. Godzilla series! To commemorate this, the first-ever special exhibition dedicated to the complete life form Destroyah, the Destroyah Special Exhibition, will be held for a limited time until Sunday, December 2025, 12! It's packed with content that will make fans drool, including displays of Destroyah's flying bodies and aggregates, which have rarely been shown to the public in the past, and comment panels from Yoshida Jo, Okamoto Hideo, and Wakasa Shinichi, who were involved in the production!I am waiting for the coming of everyone from the bottom of my heart!

What is the Godzilla interception operation?

"Godzilla Intercept Operation" is the world's only entertainment attraction where you can fully experience the power and power of Godzilla, with the theme of the world's largest life-size Godzilla that landed on Awaji Island.Participants become members of the National Godzilla Awajishima Research Center, and after receiving an explanation of the "Godzilla interception operation" that unfolds against Godzilla that has appeared on Awaji Island through a movie-like attraction video produced by Toho, Godzilla Cell Shooting" Challenge the attraction.At the world's first permanent "Godzilla Museum", with the cooperation of Toho Visual Art Co., Ltd., which has been responsible for the special effects art of Godzilla movies, there is a powerful diorama that makes you feel like you are right in front of the movie scene. It's on display.

Click here for the special site for "Godzilla Intercept Operation"

Opening hours

[Weekdays] 10:00-20:00 (last entrance 18:00)
[Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays] 10:00-22:00 (last entrance 20:00)
*Opening hours may vary depending on the season.

Prices

Godzilla Intercept Operation Light Ticket
Adult (12 years old and over)/2,800 yen ~ 3,600 yen(tax included)
Children (ages 5 to 11)/1,800 yen ~ 2,200 yen(tax included)

Godzilla Intercept Operation Gold Ticket
Adult (12 years old and over)/4,800 yen to 5,600 yen (tax included)
Children (ages 5 to 11)/3,100 yen ~ 3,500 yen(tax included)

Godzilla Intercept Operation Premium Ticket
Adult (12 years old and over)/ 11,300 yen to 12,100 yen(tax included)
Children (ages 5 to 11)/9,600 yen ~ 10,000 yen(tax included)

*Adults (height 120cm or more / weight 25kg or more but less than 110kg),Children (height 120cm or more / weight 25kg to less than 110kg)
*The attractions you can experience will vary depending on the category.For more information, please check the ticket details on the special website.

Accommodation “GRAND CHARIOT Big Dipper 135°” collaboration room
Let's stay at "Monster Land"!

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of "Godzilla," we will open "Monster Land," a Godzilla collaboration room where monsters that have appeared in past "Godzilla" movies gather together, on Friday, December 12st.
The main room features interior decorations and tapestries depicting past Godzillas and popular monsters, a portion of a full-sized Godzilla that can be seen through the window, and special processing that changes the way it looks when illuminated with light. This room allows you to enjoy a different interior atmosphere at night.
You can also enjoy limited novelties that can only be obtained here, such as acrylic blocks decorated with posters of past Godzilla movies.

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Since 2008, Pasona Group has collaborated with local governments and local stakeholders on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, and has been working on its own regional revitalization project by attracting various human resources. In 2013, the "Awaji Manga/Anime Island Project" was adopted as part of the "Private Business Planning and Proposal for Prefectural Awajishima Park" publicly invited by Hyogo Prefecture. Together with Hyogo Prefecture, we are promoting regional revitalization projects by attracting tourists.

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