Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans

One of the most popular attractions in Osaka is Universal Studios Japan. One of the best bits of Universal Studios Japan is the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, where visitors can check out Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. If you go to Hogsmeade you can check out Honeyduke's, where you can buy your own real life Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans. Fans of the book and films will remember these little marvels. They look like standard jelly beans, but feature every flavour you can think of, and a whole lot more.

We've been at them all week (nobody wants more than 3 or 4 a day because the unpleasant ones are, well, unpleasant. So far we've discovered Beef flavour, mud, drains, pizza and blueberry pie. There are plenty more left to try. These seemed pretty pricey but guessing what they are is a lot of fun and I'd wholeheartedly recommend them.

 

As well as Honeydukes you can also check out the Three Broomsticks which sells a few recreations of British favourites as well as the book's famour Butterbeer. Butterbeer is unfortunately non-alcoholic and very sweet. Luckily they also do a pretty good regular ale. I tried the Fish and Chips which were not too dissimilar to what you might find in a British pub.

There are all sorts of other things to buy in diagon alley - Hogwarts house scarves, wands, school uniforms so Harry Potter fans should be in their element. We also had a go on the Forbidden Journey ride, which was great fun and a must for fans. The ride had a 100 minute queue, but the route took us through Hogwarts itself and there were plenty of things to see while waiting. 

We'll definitely be back for another visit, but not until we've finished the every flavour beans.