I couldn't sleep so well so I got up at 7am. I was disappointed but it was no surprise. It was another cloudy day. In the next 2 hours before Nigel got up, Fuji's peak decided to make an appearance twice for just 5 minutes at a time and I got to see the size and shape of Japan's highest peak at least. I met a Japanese couple that were going to the amusement park too. They were leaving at 9am. I wish I asked to join them and woke up Nigel at 8:30 instead because we didn't start going until noon. The main reason was that the rain hadn't started yet. It still worked out in the end.
We arrived at 12:30 to the biggest amusement park in all of Japan and the ticket lady had a sign saying they were expecting rain in the afternoon and they don't operate the rides in the rain. There was no turning back though.
The rides looked awesome.
They had one 79 meter traditional roller coaster which was the 4th biggest of its kind. As we were waiting for it, the rain came. We were able to go on that one but they shut down all the other big rides. We had to settle for the crappy shows, inside ones and a river raft one that was not worth the 1.5 hour wait. So about 2.5 hours later, they finally started the good ones. We ran to the record 4 across seater that made you completely lose your sense of direction. The seats twisted around as well as your chair. I would have gone on it again if the line up wasn't 1.5 hours long and they didn't close it early. At least by the time we got off that ride, most people had left and there were next to no line ups anymore. We did a pendulum one where the seats turned in a circle while being swung up and completely upside down. (below)
Next was the one where you're in a chair hanging from a long chain and it swings in a circle and goes up and down. By that point, I was nauseous and had enough. Nigel was angry they would let him on this white one that we tried getting onto before but it didn't look so exciting anyways. I left satisfied and about to puke.
Now the only thing missing was a good view of Mt. Fuji.
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