November 13, 2007

Universal Studios Japan

It sure has been a long time since we posted, but don't think we haven't been up to anything! Far from it in fact. Way back in September we visited the theme park of movie company, Universal Studios with our friends Anneleise and Yukari.



USJ was not exactly an authentic Japanese experience, but it was a lot of fun. We spent the whole day at the park and hit the big rides including Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Spiderman, and a new roller coaster called Hollywood Dream, which was awesome. One ride that sucked was Backdraft. It wasn't even a ride, we just walked around and saw a bunch of fire.



Towards the end of our day we were standing near the front of the line for Shrek 3D when we spotted some characters from Sesame Street hugging and/or terrorizing Japanese children. Like most 28 year old Americans, I was practically raised by Sesame Street, and I really wanted to get my picture taken with my childhood idol, Ernie. I was a bit hesitant for fear of losing my spot in line, but Anneleise ordered me to seize the Muppet. I'm glad she did too!



It was a great day at the theme park. It was especially good to see our friend Yukari, who likes theme parks so much that she moved to Orlando to work at Disney World for a year!


3 comments:

Sara said...

Sounds like you guys are having fun! Hope you had a good time with Dad. Love you James!

Sister Sara

Unknown said...

James you have a beard!! You look like a wild man from a Discovery show. Are you going to show us how you can survive in the desert with only a match and some duct tape? Wait maybe that's McGyver...and he didn't have a beard. Hmmm...

James said...

Yeah, and unlike McGyver, I wouldn't need the match.