Sunday, March 25, 2007

universal studios and mount koya pictures!

universal studios japan!


we happened to visit on the first day of spring break for the students so it was jam packed!! heh busted our hopes of entering the place early to catch all the rides.. ended up paying another 40 or so dollars to get the express ticket to bypass the queus.. hee..takaii ne!!


first shot of the theme park from outside.. we arrived at around 930 and there were literally thousands of people (mostly teens) at the place.....



one of the buses that went ard the theme park.. it was really amusing how they translated all the songs to japanese.. imagine "sesame street....." in japanese........heh



oh oh we caught this shot musical of Wicked.. which is this new broadway musical of the wicked witch of the west (from the wizard of oz ) pretty interesting ! cept that it was again in jap.. haha



rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh



spiderman! spiderman!!!! the ride was pretty interesting.. a lil 3 d effects.. realised the park didnt have many thrilling rides.. mostly visual.. guess thats cos its universal studios la..




got hungry! katsu hot dog! (the food is ridiculously overpriced in theme parks :p)


wizard of oz!

MOUNT KOYA
One not so pleasant thing abt this trip has been that we've had to move a couple of times... meaning lugging our 20 over kg luggages ard .. onto trains and buses... dragging them across bumby roads.. up slopes......... im craving a massage! haha. Point to note: NEVER carry heavy baggage when travelling . Guess we dont have much of a choice cos we're all moving to the hostel after this so lots of barang.. haha we prob look really silly to the locals lugging such huge luggages ard...
Took a train then had to take a cable car ride up to Mount Koya..pretty cold up there.. mountain air was definitely colder..
at the cable car station..

at the entrance of the famous tombstones..mt koya is supposed to be this really sacred place...and serene..




dinner! they actually laid out eth nicely for us in the tatami room..


vegetarian dinner! tempura, tofu, beans, vege.. :) delicious!




trying out jap cutesy poses while wearing the yukata! haha..


breakfast the next morning.. rice, miso soup.. beans.. tofu..vege.... healthy yah.......
After mount koya we were off to kyoto!!













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