we went USJ June 22th 2015.
there are interresting many events in usj.
there are UNIVERSAl COOL JAPAN now .
there are many guests here.
it takes about 1 hours 30 minutes
from NISHIYAMA RYOKAN to USJ by train and walk.
NISHIYAMA RYOKAN to(TAXI 15 minutes ) JR KYOTO
JR KYOTO (Train 31 minutes )to JR OSAKA
JR OSAKA (Train 12 minutes)to JR USJ
USJ web in ENGLISH is http://www.usj.co.jp/e/