Storydive Theater WAHHHP (ストーリーダイブ・シアター ワープ), a permanent VR theater in Shinjuku, Tokyo, opened the immersive VR experience "Titanic: Echoes Across Time" (タイタニック 〜時を越えた残響〜) on Friday, October 23, 2026. The work has drawn audiences in London, New York and Shanghai, and it now arrives in Japan for the first time. Set aboard the Titanic, the experience combines historical research with VR technology. Participants board a research submersible and explore the wreckage of the Titanic resting at a depth of about 3,800 meters in the Atlantic Ocean. They then travel back in time to 1912, the year of the ship's first voyage, and walk through the ship as one of the people on board, reliving its final hours.
A large Titanic-themed photo spot is also planned for the venue. Visitors can take commemorative photos against the backdrop of the ship's imposing hull.
Photo spot (image)
Titanic VR Makes Its Japan Debut
Down to the Wreck on the Deep Seabed, Starting from the Present
Following the traces of the ship resting on the deep seabed, the journey eventually shifts to 1912. The experience begins with participants joining a shipwreck research team and setting out to explore the deep sea. As the submersible door closes and the water surface passes by the window, the craft slowly sinks. In the darkness, the wreckage of the Titanic gradually comes into view: scattered debris, the rotted handrails of the hull, and trunks and ornaments lying on the seabed. Fish darting away at unexpected moments and faint metallic sounds are among the finely detailed touches that create an immersive feeling of being left alone in the deep sea.
Back in Time to the Titanic Before It Sank
When the seabed exploration ends, the story takes a turn and goes back in time. One moment, you are looking at a collapsed staircase; the next, the space that spreads before your eyes is the one where people once laughed and gathered: the Titanic before it sank. There are bright, beautiful floors, a lavish first class, the plain third-class cabins in contrast, and a working engine room. You can walk around every part of the ship. The level of reproduction is such that you can even read the label on the wine bottle a waiter is carrying. This careful attention to detail creates the sense of really being on this ship from 100 years ago.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLdV3byFeM8
Feature 01: Exploring the Titanic on the Deep Seabed
The journey begins on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Participants board a research submersible and head for the wreckage of the Titanic, which appears in the silent deep sea. Guided by a historian, they follow the objects and traces of the ship that have stood still for more than a century, and unravel the mysteries hidden within the Titanic.
Feature 02: Walking Through the Ship in 1912 and Reliving It as a Person on Board
After the deep-sea exploration, the experience moves to the Titanic just setting out on its first voyage. Visitors tour first-class and third-class cabins, the engine room, the Grand Staircase, the Boat Deck and more, feeling the splendor of the ship and the atmosphere of the time. The story is told through the eyes of the Titanic's official photographer and moves on toward the night that sealed the ship's fate.
Feature 03: Faithful Recreation Based on Two Years of Research and Archival Materials
The production involved two years of careful research. Multiple historical sources were carefully cross-checked, including materials from the Cité de la Mer maritime museum in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France, and the archives of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The ship, its passengers and the events were carefully reconstructed with an emphasis on fidelity.
Feature 04: An Interactive Experience Where You Explore and Take Action to Take Part in the Story
In addition to walking around and exploring each area of the ship, participants take action themselves, such as operating an arm to pull up a waterproof case on the seabed that contains the film that was shot. Through the film stored in the case, they trace the story hidden within the Titanic.
"Titanic: Echoes Across Time" Details
- Title: Titanic: Echoes Across Time (タイタニック 〜時を越えた残響〜)
- Period: October 23, 2026 to February 28, 2027 (planned)
- Genre: VR experience (adventure, travel, history)
- Duration: Approximately 30 minutes (approximately 45 minutes in total, including reception, explanation, and putting on and taking off the equipment)
- Supported languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, French, Spanish
- Ticket prices (all tax included):
- General: ¥3,300 (weekdays) / ¥3,800 (weekends and holidays)
- U18 (under 18): ¥1,900 (children aged 15 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)
- People with disabilities: ¥1,900 (one caregiver admitted at the same price)
- Requirements: For children under 120 cm tall, parents or guardians are asked to decide whether the child can take part.
- Tickets:
About Storydive Theater WAHHHP
Storydive Theater WAHHHP is a permanent VR facility for diving (Dive) into a different story world (Story) with each work. The lineup of works, which spans genres such as art, fantasy and action, changes regularly, so there is something new to encounter on every visit. Designed, like a movie theater, as a place to experience a story together with others, it is a cultural venue where people from art lovers and families in the city center to inbound travelers can share the same space with friends, family or partners and talk about it afterward, and where high-standard immersive content can be enjoyed with ease.
1. Enter the same story with up to 30 people: social immersive VR
While many VR experiences are enjoyed alone, at WAHHHP up to 30 people per 30 minutes stay in the same VR space at the same time. While wearing the headset, participants can see the position and movements of the person next to them as a silhouette.
2. No controllers needed: your hands are the interface
Hand tracking is built in, so you can feel objects directly with your fingertips. Unlike conventional setups that wait for all participants to gather, entry and start are possible at any time.
3. One minute on foot from Shinjuku Station, with five languages supported: reassuring even for first-time VR users
The theater is on the 10th floor of the Yodobashi Shinjuku Nishiguchi Ekimae Building (ヨドバシ新宿西口駅前ビル), one of the largest foot-traffic hubs in the Tokyo metropolitan area, a one-minute walk from Exit 7 of JR Shinjuku Station. A guide function returns you to reality when you approach a wall, so first-time VR users and visitors with children can feel at ease.
The Gaudí Work Continues, with New Works Planned
The first work, 『永遠なるガウディ 〜VRで辿る、サグラダ・ファミリアの奇跡〜』, continues to be shown. Visitors can enjoy two different immersive experiences: a journey tracing the world of Gaudí's creations and a journey touching the history of the Titanic.
Storydive Theater WAHHHP plans to show new works in the future as well. As a VR theater where every visit brings a new story, it aims to offer a variety of immersive experiences.
Facility Information
- Facility name: Storydive Theater WAHHHP (ストーリーダイブ・シアター ワープ)
- Address: 10F Yodobashi Shinjuku Nishiguchi Ekimae Building, 1-10-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
- Access: 1-minute walk from Exit 7 of JR Shinjuku Station
- Hours: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM (last admission 7:30 PM)
- Closed: Irregular
- Format: Participatory immersive VR experience (social immersive type in which participants can see each other in the VR space)
- Official website: https://wahhhp.com/
- Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wahhhp_shinjyuku
- Official X: https://x.com/WAHHHP_official
About the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a government agency under the U.S. Department of Commerce and is responsible for research in the fields of oceans and the atmosphere. Following the discovery of the Titanic wreck in 1985, it has worked with the U.S. Department of State, under the Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986, on concluding an international agreement to protect the wreck and drawing up research guidelines. It then conducted surveys of the wreck's current condition in 2003 and 2004, and today, from its position of overseeing the activities of RMS Titanic Inc., the salvor-in-possession, it supports preservation of the site as a historic site as well as responsible research and documentation. In producing this work, the archival materials and research findings that NOAA has accumulated were referenced, aiming for historical accuracy in the depiction of the hull and the wreckage.
