Tried to psyche myself to feel excited because the destination for our second last day in Japan is to Universal Studios Japan.
The bus trip there was fine and upon arrival we met Snoopy being squished up by a bunch of kids.
Since we arrived early there wasn't many people at first but within minutes other patrons were already lining up to have a taste of the new Spiderman ride. Which both my brother and I also waited for like two and half hours for! Crazy. And you know what? One tended to also stay quiet and just wait like a Japanese would. They just stand around and follow the line as if there was nothing to waiting. I salute them for their incredible patience.
Finally we were led to this 12 seater buggy and we were required to put on 3D glasses. As the buggy moved, I was feeling a bit apprehensive and my stomach wasn't really being coorperative.
Anyhow, it was a superb ride. Basically we were sitting in a van for "reporters and photographers" and we were attacked my four super villains. So Spiderman has to save us. The difference with a motion master was that the buggy itself was moving and holograms were directly flashing at us. So whenever Spiderman jumps onto our buggy it felt so real, with weight and gravity. Then as we were pushed, pulled, dropped, shoved, spun, swung and "abused" in our buggy, the smell of kerosene, water sprinkling and even heat were felt throughout. It felt so real and I really enjoyed it!
However, due to the sickly feeling I already had earlier, I started to feel nausea when we came out to the Spidey store. My brother bought himself this really nice Spidey t-shirt. But I was too distraught with enxiety hoping that I won't get sick and spoil my own day.
Sure enough while we were watching a parade, I was almost doubling by the time I reached the toilets. Sadness. I hate it when I get sick. Right after purging water I had a headache with dizziness. Crap.
Rubbed my head with Tiger Balm (works most of the time). Continued with the walking around. Went into every single shop there was because I was hoping to purchase more souvenirs or toys. They've got Elmo, Cookie Monster, Snoopy (special edition brown and grey) and Pink Panther. I wanted almost all of them! I was feeling so greedy but at the same time I didn't have the mood at all to choose let alone think.
So we decided to watch another programme in the Water World Zone. They were having a performance by Japanese and American actors. It was quite funny because the kids get to sit in front to be deliberately wet by the Japanese actors. The kids actually wore their raincoats for this. I thought it was cute. Good performance. It's a lot different from the one we watched in Australia's Movie World.
Came out to visit Buzz Lightyear's Shop followed by Stitch and then to the Cookie store. Was feeling sick again from the headache.
Went for lunch outside of the themepark to Universal Studio's own little town. Can you believe that? We had ramen and the restaurant that we went to had superb ramen! Tasted so good even though I went to purge the second time before taking in the food. Popped ponstan and travel medication together. Sometimes I've always wondered whether I have been abusing drugs over the years.
After returning to the themepark walked around again to visit Hello Kitty shop and was feeling to horrible to do anything else by then. So we sat down by a cafe with Auntie Shirley and Uncle Sunny. They said that such themeparks do not interest them that much. Which was a good thing if not I would have felt really bad because we already arranged that both families go together throughout this outing.
Time to go. So I slept in the bus and woke up so much better. The rich lady named Aunty Lilian said it's maybe due to lack of sleep and the change in weather.
We reached Kansai city in the evening and had dinner at a restaurant serving yakitori (DIY grill)in Jusco. Get a load of that. All the way to Japan to visit Jusco. Please know that Jusco is not regarded popular unlike in Malaysia.
I guess after all the terrible time I had earlier my appetite caught up and I was eating like mad. I even ate ice cream! Walked around a bit and found myself a colourful belt.
Finally we were taken to our last hotel named Ramada Hotel. Not as cramped as the previous hotel thank goodness so we repacked all our stuffs and all three of us just realised that we did not buy much goodies. Shucks!
So we went to sleep and just reflecting on the places that we have visited so far.
Like to know more:
Ramada Hotel Kansai @ http://www.ramada-kix.co.jp/
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