The Mighty Mount Fuji....And the Rollercoasters.

Thursday was the day we escaped out of Tokyo.  Two trains, 2 hours travelling through the countryside and we made it to the Fujiku Highland.

We felt quite privileged to see Mt Fuji in all of his glory as the majority of time he is shrouded in cloud.  

Useless fact: I did read that Mt Fuji is considered genderless however some mythology depicts the mountain as male.

The main reason for us heading out there was to visit the Fuji Q Amuzement Park.

This park leaves the one's in Oz in its dust!  There are a number of records held for the rides and we can now certainly understand why.... It is quite difficult to get a photo that explains what we mean, but it was a safe bet not to eat before going on the biggest ride - a 4th dimension coaster - where you are sitting backwards and then inverted to be facing forward (3 times over the 1km track)....at a speed of 127kph.  Google: Eejanaika.

A good tip:

Not sure a green dress and red heels are the most suitable for this amusement park...but we did see a whole lot worse.

The more tame ride (in comparison) took us up 79m, no upside down backward bits but enough to frighten the shit out of you while you try to enjoy the view of the mountain. Google: Fujiyama.  (Fun Fact: Tower of Terror pushed this ride into the worlds 2nd fastest ride spot).

Then the other one that was the most surprising was simply nuts. Starting in the dark, dipping and diving and then taking you up 90 degrees vertical and a record breaking 121 degree drop.... That was actually the tame part considering what the lead up to the drop had done to us.

Google: Takabisha (I think that is Japanse for holy shit I just crapped my pants).

Ryan then convinced me that we should go into the the Haunted House.... It turned out to be a blood covered, psycho hospital with mad doctors and zombie shit chasing us around.  OK so we all screamed like little girls as we had to walk (and at times run bloody fast) around this derelict and deadly looking dark hospital with only a torch in hand getting a glimpse of patients who had been hacked to bits and body parts dangling from the ceiling.... Not much different from a typical work day really. The things you do for love.

After a really fun 6 hours we headed next door to the Fujiku Onsen where we took a traditional Japanese bath.  A complete contrast to the previous hours as we relaxed in the buff win the company of Japanese men. There were a number of  hot springs to enjoy - tepid, rosemary scented, carbonated, hot, outdoor and really bloody hot. It was very relaxing to take it easy while enjoying the view of Mt Fuji as the sun set before catching a few zzzzzz on the trains to get back to Tokyo.

We slept well last night.