Japan: Second day in Osaka (spent mostly in Universal Studios Japan)

[afuna]

It is kind of silly to be eating salad with chopsticks, especially cherry tomatoes. I gave up and grabbed a fork.

Ate breakfast all together as a family. Would never have fit into one table before.

It is like 18 degrees here or something. The cold is making me giggly!

At Osaka Castle. There are crows cawing everywhere, but they sound more like 'uwa uwa uwa'.

There was a grove, the trees all branches bare. And for a moment the only human sound i could here was my own footsteps crunching on the soil.

I have found a new role! Old pigeon-feeding woman in the park. Mwaha. Except am not yet old, and i did not have food so i didnt exactly feed them, just sort of wandered through.

Umm love.

Going to universal studios japan. Last time i was to a universal studios, i was a kid, maybe 8 or 10.

Mei hua (of the song) is plum blossoms. I did not know that.

Found a charger for electric cars in the parking lot ahaha.

I have no idea what anyone is saying, but i know they sure are being polite about it.

Watched wicked, a hybrid of english and japanese. I definitely want to watch the original at some point.

There is an interesting thing here called the singles line, where you can cut ahead in line if you're willing to break up your party.

I loved the ultimate spiderman ride. It's a cross between a roller coaster and one of those 4D shows, and the thing is, it really works. Drives me crazy that i cannot figure out the trick, and how far we moved or how much we tilted. However, the best part is that Spiderman talks to you in japanese "yokatta ne" and gives you a thumbs-up. How is that not one of the most awesome things ever?

From the buffet table: tomato pudding (it looks kinda like red-tinged cheesecake).

Comments

[jaayx.livejournal.com]

SO KEWL THAT YOU'RE IN JAPAN! I always wanted to watch "wicked"!

[afuna]

HEEE. GO WATCH. I want to see the whole thing myself some day (only saw an abridged version of the first act)

[jaayx.livejournal.com]

oh gosh. Really really want!

I'm watching We Will Rock You, can't wait to catch MiG Ayesa live! >_____

[pauamma]

o/~ All the world seems in tune / On a spring afternoon, / When we're poisoning pigeons in the park. /o~

[afuna]

*googles*

Hm, interesting.

[raphaelcentauri.livejournal.com]

Hehe, my friend who is "Wicked" obsessed told me that I have to go see it when I'm out there, just to see how amazingly language-hybridised it is. :)

[afuna]

It is amazing, seriously. I wish I could have recorded the song. Just thinking of it fills me with glee :)

[afuna]

Oh, also I need to listen to the original (english-version) of the songs some day, as well.

[gameboyguy13.livejournal.com]

Yep. The singles line is pretty standard at theme parks these days. I think they started doing it about 5-10 years ago. (The things you learn when you grow up in Orlando, huh.)

The Spiderman ride is cool :D Hard to imagine him talking in Japanese since I always give him the voice from the animated TV show a while back.

[afuna]

Oh neat. I had no idea. (the last time I was in an amusement park overseas was some ten years ago, so I guess some time after that. That, or we couldn't take advantage because we were all kids *g*)

Oh, I think I watched that as well! And yeah, I do have a different voice associated with Peter Parker, but the Japanese one is not bad (it may help that he only speaks briefly *G* Oh! And whatsisname Jameson speaks in Japanese too, at the very beginning :DDDD Made my day)

[juin.livejournal.com]

...Is 18 degrees cold? ._.

[afuna]

It isn't? :x

[juin.livejournal.com]

It feels pretty warm to me, after zero-degree winter nights. :/

[afuna]

*snuggles*

(We should take my weather and your weather and combine them and take the average, then we'd both be happy <3)

[juin.livejournal.com]

(I think that's called living in Okinawa. :/)

[atomic-clay.livejournal.com]

Sounds great! Can't wait to go there! :o

[afuna]

Oh! When are you going? :D

[atomic-clay.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's just plans! :D

[afuna]

I hope they come true soon! :-DD

[atomic-clay.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was thinking of going with friends though haha.