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2025.09.26 Event & FeatureGodzilla interception operation

Just 60 minutes from Kansai International Airport! The world is watching Godzilla on a journey! The limited-time "Godzilla Battle Challenge" will be held for a limited time from Saturday, February 17, 2026.

At the popular attraction "Godzilla Interception Operation" at the anime park "Nijigen no Mori" located in "Nijigen no Mori Anime Awajishima Park" on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, an original event is being planned to allow Godzilla fans who gather at Nijigen no Mori from all over the world to enjoy a Godzilla journey.
From Tuesday, February 17th to Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026, we will be holding the "Godzilla Battle Challenge" event, which will be enjoyed by Godzilla fans from all over the world. This event will involve throwing balls at a large target with a Godzilla design. Fans who score 200 points or more will receive original "Godzilla Intercept Operation" Japanese-patterned merchandise. Nijigen no Mori is the only place where you can experience a life-size Godzilla towering before your eyes! Godzilla fans from all over the world, gather at Nijigen no Mori on Awaji Island!

▲ Experience a life-size Godzilla!

▲ Aim for a high score in the ball game!

Event overview

Dates

Saturday, October 2026-Tuesday, December 2 17

Message

During the event, visitors who purchase a "Gold Ticket," "Premium Ticket," or "VIP Journey Pass" and enter the attraction will be able to take part in a ball game in which they throw balls at a large target featuring a picture of Godzilla.
Those who get a total of 200 points or more after three throws will receive original Japanese-patterned "Operation Godzilla" merchandise as a gift.
*Only those over 120cm tall and weighing over 25kg and under 110kg can experience the zip line.

Target

Those who purchased a Gold Ticket, Premium Ticket, or VIP Journey Pass

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 admission 18:00)
[Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays] 10:00-22:00 (last entry at 20:00)
*Business hours may vary depending on the season.Detail isNijigen no Mori Official Twitter.

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.

We recommend purchasing tickets online!

Purchase your tickets in advance to get in smoothly!
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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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Overview of Hyogo Prefectural Awajishima Park Anime Park “Nijigen no Mori”

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.

Click here for details on "Nijigen no Mori"

Check the Nijigen Nomori official website and Twitter for the latest information on this event!

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