Universal Studios of Japan!

Yesterday was an extremely busy, exciting day.
Tomo and I woke up early and rushed to the train station just in time to catch one to Osaka.
I was so surpised at how crowded it was. We had to stand up and there was hardly enough room to turn around.
After changing to 3 different trains, we made it to Osaka, the second largest city in Japan.
As soon as we left the station, we walked into Universal Studios of Japan.
It was huge! Tomo said they tried to make it look like different parts of America- Hollywood, NYC, Amity Harbor,etc.
The first show we saw was a 4-D Shrek show. Our seats moved around, we were splashed with water, and sharp bursts of air were supposed to be mimicing baby spider crawling up our legs...ahhh.
Next, we went to ride the famous ET ride. We walked down a path inside of a building (although it was impossible to tell because it looked like a forest), to get on a suspended cart with bikes on it. We hoped on the bikes and set off with ET throught the forest and up, up, into the sky!

After that, Tomo convinced me to do the Spider Man ride, scarier than any ride I have ever done.
The attraction line was coiled through a mock Daily Bugle news room-it was really cool!
The ride was 3D and we were spun, tossed, turned, thrown, and dropped !
I had fun but it was time for something more my style...
That is when we wne to 'The Land of Oz'
I was so excited to see one of my favorite movies as a theme park attraction.
Tomo and I rode the Merry-Go- Round, strolled along the yellow brick road, and visited the Munchkin Market!
We were able to see the last viewing of Wicked, the musical about pre-Dorothy oz.
It was really well done and since I knew most of the songs, it was easy for me to understand even though they spoke entirely in Japanese.

Other attractions we saw...
-Monster Rock Show
-Back to the Future 3D
-JAWS
-Snoopy World

We grabbed some rice balls to eat for dinner as we set back off to Nara.
When we got back home, Nahomi had watermelon and edamame for us to eat ;)