Tommy's Japan Journal 2005-2006

Fujikyuu Highlands
September 3rd, 2005

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Jason, Marisa, Meriel and I stopped off at this cafe we'd seen mentioned in a Yamanashi JET newsletter. All organic for the win! Here's Jason and I out in front.

A blurry picture of Fujiyama, the monster roller coaster, from the ferris wheel.

Another picture from the ferris wheel, this time of the do-don-pa ride. We stood in line for almost 2 hours. The last hour we listened to "music" (ha!) going 'do-don-pa' in a repetitive beat non-stop. Ugh. The ride was a thrill, though.

The ferris wheel afforded some great views of Mt. Fuji. This is the best picture I could get, though. Jason and the girls also rode the ferris wheel, and unbelievably they all claimed to have forgotten to look at the mountain!

Leigh and the Saitama folks were coming down to go to the amusement park in Fujiyoshida, so Meriel, Marisa, Jason and I decided to meet them there. We stopped for lunch at an organic cafe and had some organic pizza for lunch while we chatted with an ex-JET who was working there on the organic farm for a month.

Fujikyuu highlands had a lot of lines, like any amusement park, but it was fun. The former tallest roller coaster in the world was also a lot of fun. Also, the do-don-pa ride shoots you out with a hydraulic canon that goes from 0-180kph in 2 seconds or something silly. There were other rides, of course, that were also fun. Jason and I spent almost all the rides laughing hysterically as Meriel and Marisa screamed loud enough to shatter windows back in America at every slight turn even the smallest coaster made.

I rode the ferris wheel myself after I got separated from the other 3 after I did the massive roller coaster, the Fujiyama, one more time. There were some great views of the park and of Mt. Fuji, although I couldn't manage to get both myself and the mountain in any of the pictures.

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