Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Thomas land

Apr 29 is a holiday in Japan (i.e. Showa day). The day we went to an amusement park, Fujikyu highland, near the lake Kawaguchi and Mt. Fuji. We left our home in the afternoon and arrived there before 2 p.m. The Fujikyu highland features many roller coasters, in particular scary rides. But Ken said me that he never ride any roller coaster and we went straight toward the "Thomas land".
The Thomas land has several small rides and many people waited in line there. They are not so attractive for me, but Ken enjoyed them. We went aboard a Swan boat, and in that Mari and I pedaled and Ken steered it right and left. Mari told me that she would enter the "Kitarou's haunted house" together with Ken to let scare him. We went into there, but she ran through the house with fear. Ken did not scare at all.
Then we went to lake Kawaguchi. Since we could not see Mt. Fuji from there in the dusk, we went back and entered "Kosaku-ya" restaurant. We ate "houtou", a local specialty noodles in Yamanashi area, in the restaurant. I had eaten it more delicious on last winter and I guess that we should have it in a cold day.

Lower photo is a restroom in the Fujikyu highland. A man wore chan-chanko (a Japanese sleeveless jacket. Kitarou, a character in a Japanese TV anime, always wears it) pissed in front of the arrow.

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