Spo-cha and Bikkuri Donki

This Sunday I went with some Japanese people I know a bit to a place called "Spo-cha" where you pay per hour (?) and get do to various sports and games etc, anything you want, within that time. Spo-cha's seem to be pretty normal in Japan because I've seen their buildings quite a few times, but since I'd never actually been there I didn't really know what to expect.

 We were 7 people in total and only one that I had never met before, but they were really nice and a total opposite of the stereotype that Japanese people are shy, lol.

We played basketball, football, tennis, volleyball, batting, etc (though you only play for 10 minutes each, and the area is very small compared to a real "arena"). I had lot's of fun but I totally suck at sports and I'm still afraid to even try to do well when it comes to sports, so as always I mostly just stood there and let the others "do the work". They didn't seem to mind though, cuz they are all really nice people ^^.

I also got the chance to try roller skating again, which reminded me of how fun it is, and also made me want to go slaloming. And after that we got to ride "mini bikes" (I'll show you what I mean in a picture below) and though I didn't do it right in the beginning and thus "lost" big, it was soo much fun and now I want one!

 Beautiful!

There was also a place with arcade games(?), that you usually have to put in money to use but since you pay by hour at Spo-cha you got to do them all for free. So I tried some shooting and car games, and if we would've had more time I'd have liked to play more.

All in all, I really liked Spo-cha, and I'd definitely go there again if someone wants to go with me (because you need to be atleast 2 people if you wanna play the sports).

When our time was up we went to a restaurant called "Bikkuri Donki" (you could translate that as "surprised donkey"). I have seen "Bikkuri Donki" buildings many times before but I never understood what it was, because it usually looks something like this: (Picture found on google)

Scary shit. And the inside isn't much better. But it seems popular and it's really just a normal hamburger restaurant with good food. If you get the chance, go there, just because it's weird.
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Dat face.. lol. Was fun though. Wanna play some more games!

Tried batting, which I've always sucked at. But baseball is really popular in Japan, so some people were really good!

Tennis is fun, even though I can't do it. =)

And as often happens in Japan you end the day with taking Purikura (which as always makes me look like an alien!)

Thanks guys, I had lot's of fun! =D

Fujikyuu Highland - Scariest amusement park in Japan

During the night on the 12 of September we took a busride up to Fujikyuu highland - which is said to be the scariest amusement park in Japan.

When we finally got there it was around 6.40 am and it was friggin' cold, the park hadn't opened yet and there was no place to get food or shelter in sight. For a brief moment there it felt pretty sucky to be there, but we walked around the park and food shops started popping up all over the place.
After eating we could finally get into the park, and as we got closer to daytime the cold started to wear off.

It was a lot of fun, though I was a bit disappointed in all the "scary" rides. They weren't scary (though that's not really something I want), and they weren't fun. It was just fast and unenjoyable for me. I guess I've learned that just because a rollercoaster has the lable "scary" doesn't mean that it will be fun. My friends seemed to like it though.

We were the til around 9.30 (they close at 8), and then went to eat again. Took a trip to Donki Hote to buy some clothes (because it got cold again) and then got back on the bus. At least this time I could sleep somewhat better there than when going up.
We got back to our dorm at around 7 in the morning, and I think pretty much all of us went to bed straight away. Sleeping at the bus is no fun.

All in all it was a great trip and even though the busride was long and the sleep short, it all went better than expected and I really enjoyed the trip.

Photos:

Before ending the day at Fujikyuu we took our chance for a horse ride as well, lol.

This rollercoaster is called "Takabishi" and was the only one I felt a bit scared to ride. I really didn't feel like doing it at the time, because, just look at that picture! That's looks friggin awful. And going up before the downfall it really felt awful. Buuut, turns out it wasn't that bad. It was actually a bit fun. Of all the big and scary rollercoasters we rode I liked this one the most.

This is the ghost house o.o I hate scary stuff so I did not want to go in there, plus, the waiting time was 3 hours! Me and another person went and rode Takabisha instead.

 This is "ee janai ka" which seemed fun but it wasn't really fun.

These ugly things are like the Power Rangers of Fujikyuu and you see them in lot's of the videos playing.

The gang for the Fujikyuu trip =) Thank you all! I had a great time!

 See Mt.Fuji behind there?

Entrance:

Inari Jinja - The Fox Shrine

These pictures are from a Shrine in Kyoto for the God Inari (?) which is represented by foxes, because the god uses foxes to run errands for them (?).
This is a big place that goes up and down a mountain - which means, a lot of walking upwards. But it was worth it, even in the warmth. I really liked this place.

 Of course they had some manga character there =P

 At the beginning there are some shops where you can buy a bunch of fox related products, like cakes and masks.

 You often see these foxmasks in anime and manga, but I am not completely sure what they stand for, and what kind of people wear them.

 When you walk up and down the mountain you are surrounded by there gates.

There are foxes to be seen everywhere. Though, they are all in stone.