So I got the chance to return to Japan a on April last year. Compared to all other trips that I've ever made, I must say that this one's a little different. For once, I didn't make a complete day to day schedule like usual, with the intention of not stressing myself and try to relax more and had a good time with my friends. And second, I usually avoid going to amusement park / theme park, as I don't enjoy the rides that much and moreso the queuing for the rides. But this time I visited not only 1 but 2! Fuji-Q Highland and Tokyo Disney Sea. My bestie Popon on this trip somehow managed to convinced me that it would be fun to go to both places and my Japanese friends also said that Fuji-Q was a great place to play. I guess everyone can imagine what a Disney Park is like, so I'll talk about Fuji-Q in Yamanashi instead in this post.
The night before we stayed at our friend Kota's place so we could leave together in the morning. We left Tokyo very early in the morning, around 6.30am to pick up another friend, Yoshi. Then we went straight to Fuji-Q with a rented sedan. We only made 1 stop for coffee on the way and we didn't rush at all. We arrived around 9.15am, it was still cold but we were so looking forward for the rides!!
First of all, Fuji-Q is famous for its several roller coaster rides. Surprisingly, though not crowded there were already so many people queuing here and there. So the boys didn't waste any time and took us to FUJIYAMA which is called "The King Coasters" since the queue was always the longest. To be honest, I used to think that I'm OK with roller coasters, and that this was going to be just another roller coaster, but I was so wrong!! I think it didn't take very long till we got our turn. Verdict: I'd rather run for 2km than taking this again! Yes, it's 2km long with some turns and twists and whatsoever!! I started to feel sick actually, but I pretended to be okay LOL The other 3 looked like they're having the time of their lives so I didn't wanna ruin the mood.
But alas! They decided to take another coaster, DODONPA!! It's the fastest coaster at 172km/hour at the START. I didn't know whether my friends noticed that I was quiet while queuing hahahaha I was praying that my heart could take the ride. When our turn came, the car only fit for 8 persons, 2 in each row. And the kind-hearted Japanese boys of our friends decided we, girls, should take the most front seat. Okay, so I could still laugh (un)heartily here. Fine... no big deal... I even joked with Popon who sat beside me "Watched out or you might bump your head on the seat!" Everyone cheered and the staffs gave us a high-five as our car started moving and we're in front of a super dark tunnel and the count began, "five... four... three... two... go!" And suddenly we're flying at that 172km/hour speed and I screamed so hard and wished that I never agreed to come here in the first place!!! LMAO When it finally stopped, I didn't even realized that some tears already rolled on my face. My feet were shaking and I was holding onto my stomach, afraid that I would embarrass myself by throwing up nothing in front of the queue. And vowed there would be no more coasters for me for the rest of the day!
My friends were concerned (and laughed me) but I told them I was okay as long as they followed what I want next. They said OK so I happily pranced to EVANGELION: WORLD. Man, I was going to meet the sissy Shinji Ikari and my lovely Rei Ayanami, woohoo!! And I wasn't disappointed, really :)
I wanted to buy an EVA jacket but it's quite expensive so I just bought some small stuff and a towel instead at the souvenir shop on the way out. I was back to my happy self here :D And we decided to have lunch then. When we passed another ride on the way to the lunch place, the boys were interested to take at least another ride since we saw that the queue was short. So we took a ride on TONDEMINA. From below it didn't look bad really, but once it started I was thankful that I haven't eaten lunch at all!! Otherwise I'd really throw up then :p Lunchtime was also medication time. Before leaving for this Japan trip I had a terrible back pain and had a couple of physiotherapy sessions, the last was 2 days prior to departure. But it was still bad that I had to take a pain killer almost everyday, it wasn't even funny :(
We wanted to take it easy afterwards and took a ride on the giant ferris wheel SHINING FLOWER. The view from the top of the ride was cool!! I mean, where else you can take a ferris wheel with Mount Fuji as the view!! Oh, don't forget I could see the Fujiyama rides from the top, another reminder of the unpleasant stomach churner from earlier hahaha
Another attraction that I insisted on going was Mizuki Shigeru's Ge-Ge-Ge Haunted Mansion. I love this but I didn't realize that this attraction was actually for children!! So there were statues of Kitaro, Nezumi Otoko and Neko Musume along the way to the Haunted Mansion, so cuuuuute!! We were in line to get into the mansion with several children and their parents hahaha Once we got inside, we had to pick a seat and put on the headphones provided on the table, then the lights were off. So we actually heard the drama through the headphones while the lights were flickering and the table was shaking according to the story line. When it's done and the lights were up, a little boy on the other side of the room was crying in fear while my boys were... sleeping! LMAO They were really bored in there hahaha Sorry no sorry! :p
Another ride that we enjoyed was GREAT ZABOON!! The ride was too short though but it was a lot of fun!! If we don't want to get wet we should purchase a raincoat for JPY 100 at the entrance. On our lot, there was a guy who didn't wear one, he was soaking wet but went back to queue for another ride and it seemed they were not the only ones! You could keep the raincoat for another ride later on but the boys said no hahaha Yeah, I still got wet in some places though.
The moment I saw Hamtaro, I knew I had to take the ride! Fuwa Fuwa Osora No Dai-Bouken was apparently a coaster kiddy ride. We could only saw that there were 2 persons in one compartment, so we assumed that there were 2 seats inside. Kota & Yoshi were in front of us in line so they got to get into the ride before us. How surprising it was that apparently there was only 1 long seat inside (ideal for a parent and a child instead of 2 adults, or maybe a couple who doesn't mind to hold each other tight during the ride *wink*) and it was obviously too small for the boys!! I couldn't stop laughing seeing them squeezing inside it and several other people were also laughing. But it was a fun ride indeed :) Loved it!
My friends continued on with RED TOWER, a free fall ride which of course, I rejected with passion! The coasters ride was quite traumatic that my heart skipped a beat everytime I looked at them hahaha So no thanks, I just waited while checking the pictures that I took let them have crazy fun :D
It's nearing 4pm and since we wanted to go to Gotenba Premium Outlet, we headed out. But not without taking the last coaster ride on TAKABISHA for the other 3!! The line was super long, they kept insisting that I tried out for one last time, and I kept rejecting the idea as I felt nauseous enough just by looking at it and listening to the screaming from the people on it! Right in front of the Takabisha's line there was some BMX bike and jump rope performance. I watched it for almost an hour or so and after the performances they performers kind of offered children and people to take pictures or to try on the bike or the jump rope.
One of the photographers seemed to notice that I'm a foreigner as I was watching children ride on the bike. Suddenly he told the jump rope people that I wanted to try, so I was called and tried hahaha Lasted for a few seconds only :p It's been a long time since I played jump rope. Then he introduced me to the BMX team and let me posed on the bike. Only after the pic one of the BMX performers gave me his name card, I looked him up in the internet and wow!! Takahiro Ikeda is a pro-rider and also a Guinness record holder!! Higa Takuya is also a pro-rider and you can find some of his videos online.
By the time my friends got out of Takabisha, they were still laughing like nuts, something that I couldn't understand why as I wouldn't been fainting up there if I really go on the ride with them! ROFL
I'm not sure that I want to return to this place hahaha I might get a heart attack next time I ride any of the coasters again LOL But it really was a fun place, especially if you like extreme rides, there's still EEJANAIKA, TEKKOTSU BANCHO or even PANIC CLOCK if you want more challenge but I've had enough, thanks!
At the entrance of Fuji-Q
First of all, Fuji-Q is famous for its several roller coaster rides. Surprisingly, though not crowded there were already so many people queuing here and there. So the boys didn't waste any time and took us to FUJIYAMA which is called "The King Coasters" since the queue was always the longest. To be honest, I used to think that I'm OK with roller coasters, and that this was going to be just another roller coaster, but I was so wrong!! I think it didn't take very long till we got our turn. Verdict: I'd rather run for 2km than taking this again! Yes, it's 2km long with some turns and twists and whatsoever!! I started to feel sick actually, but I pretended to be okay LOL The other 3 looked like they're having the time of their lives so I didn't wanna ruin the mood.
But alas! They decided to take another coaster, DODONPA!! It's the fastest coaster at 172km/hour at the START. I didn't know whether my friends noticed that I was quiet while queuing hahahaha I was praying that my heart could take the ride. When our turn came, the car only fit for 8 persons, 2 in each row. And the kind-hearted Japanese boys of our friends decided we, girls, should take the most front seat. Okay, so I could still laugh (un)heartily here. Fine... no big deal... I even joked with Popon who sat beside me "Watched out or you might bump your head on the seat!" Everyone cheered and the staffs gave us a high-five as our car started moving and we're in front of a super dark tunnel and the count began, "five... four... three... two... go!" And suddenly we're flying at that 172km/hour speed and I screamed so hard and wished that I never agreed to come here in the first place!!! LMAO When it finally stopped, I didn't even realized that some tears already rolled on my face. My feet were shaking and I was holding onto my stomach, afraid that I would embarrass myself by throwing up nothing in front of the queue. And vowed there would be no more coasters for me for the rest of the day!
My friends were concerned (and laughed me) but I told them I was okay as long as they followed what I want next. They said OK so I happily pranced to EVANGELION: WORLD. Man, I was going to meet the sissy Shinji Ikari and my lovely Rei Ayanami, woohoo!! And I wasn't disappointed, really :)
I wanted to buy an EVA jacket but it's quite expensive so I just bought some small stuff and a towel instead at the souvenir shop on the way out. I was back to my happy self here :D And we decided to have lunch then. When we passed another ride on the way to the lunch place, the boys were interested to take at least another ride since we saw that the queue was short. So we took a ride on TONDEMINA. From below it didn't look bad really, but once it started I was thankful that I haven't eaten lunch at all!! Otherwise I'd really throw up then :p Lunchtime was also medication time. Before leaving for this Japan trip I had a terrible back pain and had a couple of physiotherapy sessions, the last was 2 days prior to departure. But it was still bad that I had to take a pain killer almost everyday, it wasn't even funny :(
We wanted to take it easy afterwards and took a ride on the giant ferris wheel SHINING FLOWER. The view from the top of the ride was cool!! I mean, where else you can take a ferris wheel with Mount Fuji as the view!! Oh, don't forget I could see the Fujiyama rides from the top, another reminder of the unpleasant stomach churner from earlier hahaha
View from the compartment at the top!
Another attraction that I insisted on going was Mizuki Shigeru's Ge-Ge-Ge Haunted Mansion. I love this but I didn't realize that this attraction was actually for children!! So there were statues of Kitaro, Nezumi Otoko and Neko Musume along the way to the Haunted Mansion, so cuuuuute!! We were in line to get into the mansion with several children and their parents hahaha Once we got inside, we had to pick a seat and put on the headphones provided on the table, then the lights were off. So we actually heard the drama through the headphones while the lights were flickering and the table was shaking according to the story line. When it's done and the lights were up, a little boy on the other side of the room was crying in fear while my boys were... sleeping! LMAO They were really bored in there hahaha Sorry no sorry! :p
Another ride that we enjoyed was GREAT ZABOON!! The ride was too short though but it was a lot of fun!! If we don't want to get wet we should purchase a raincoat for JPY 100 at the entrance. On our lot, there was a guy who didn't wear one, he was soaking wet but went back to queue for another ride and it seemed they were not the only ones! You could keep the raincoat for another ride later on but the boys said no hahaha Yeah, I still got wet in some places though.
The moment I saw Hamtaro, I knew I had to take the ride! Fuwa Fuwa Osora No Dai-Bouken was apparently a coaster kiddy ride. We could only saw that there were 2 persons in one compartment, so we assumed that there were 2 seats inside. Kota & Yoshi were in front of us in line so they got to get into the ride before us. How surprising it was that apparently there was only 1 long seat inside (ideal for a parent and a child instead of 2 adults, or maybe a couple who doesn't mind to hold each other tight during the ride *wink*) and it was obviously too small for the boys!! I couldn't stop laughing seeing them squeezing inside it and several other people were also laughing. But it was a fun ride indeed :) Loved it!
My friends continued on with RED TOWER, a free fall ride which of course, I rejected with passion! The coasters ride was quite traumatic that my heart skipped a beat everytime I looked at them hahaha So no thanks, I just waited while checking the pictures that I took let them have crazy fun :D
They really had fun on this ride while I was feeling the breeze below LOL
It's nearing 4pm and since we wanted to go to Gotenba Premium Outlet, we headed out. But not without taking the last coaster ride on TAKABISHA for the other 3!! The line was super long, they kept insisting that I tried out for one last time, and I kept rejecting the idea as I felt nauseous enough just by looking at it and listening to the screaming from the people on it! Right in front of the Takabisha's line there was some BMX bike and jump rope performance. I watched it for almost an hour or so and after the performances they performers kind of offered children and people to take pictures or to try on the bike or the jump rope.
One of the photographers seemed to notice that I'm a foreigner as I was watching children ride on the bike. Suddenly he told the jump rope people that I wanted to try, so I was called and tried hahaha Lasted for a few seconds only :p It's been a long time since I played jump rope. Then he introduced me to the BMX team and let me posed on the bike. Only after the pic one of the BMX performers gave me his name card, I looked him up in the internet and wow!! Takahiro Ikeda is a pro-rider and also a Guinness record holder!! Higa Takuya is also a pro-rider and you can find some of his videos online.
Top: Jump Roping LOL
Bottow left: Higa Takuya, bottom right: Takahiro Ikeda the Guinness Record holder.
By the time my friends got out of Takabisha, they were still laughing like nuts, something that I couldn't understand why as I wouldn't been fainting up there if I really go on the ride with them! ROFL
I'm not sure that I want to return to this place hahaha I might get a heart attack next time I ride any of the coasters again LOL But it really was a fun place, especially if you like extreme rides, there's still EEJANAIKA, TEKKOTSU BANCHO or even PANIC CLOCK if you want more challenge but I've had enough, thanks!
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