My mother often tells me that I should get some work done, but hey, haven't i got the rest of my life to work?
so keeping this in mind, Tokyo dome was our destination. Our intention, FUN :D
Tokyo Dome City is basically a big complex of fun stuff to do! You can go bowling, roller skating, karaoke, shopping and even ride a big-ass roller coaster!
They were even holding an Oktoberfest on the last day of November, (maybe they didn't get the hint on when to hold it). This meant we saw a bunch of people in lederhosen casually strutting their stuff in the chilling autumn air.
Ok before I tell you about my day I want to talk a little about my lunch, because it was served in a super awesome way! I ordered tomato risotto (yummage), but instead of coming on a boring normal plate, it instead had its own little fiery stove underneath, to keep my rice toasty warm. Yes, I did burn my mouth.
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| clever clever fire stovery |
Also, look at this parfait:
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| I don't have anything to say about this, I just wanted to make you all jealous :D |
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| pretty city theme park! |
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| zoom, get out the way wall! |
Sadly, after looking closely, it seemed my large western (and sexily curvaceous) body would in fact too large to fit in the roller coaster, as the seats seemed to be ergonomically suited to the frame of an 8 year old child.... so I didn't even try to ride it. Luckily there was plenty of other rides around too and I very much enjoyed going on the pirate ship. Was like being a child at flamingo land again. :) yey boats!
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| wheeeee!!! there's me in the middle!!! |
The highlight of the day was however, the haunted house!!! *insert spoooooky ghost noise and lightning strike here* I was very excited to go to this part, as horror mazes are one of my favourite things to do, as well as actually a part of traditional Japanese culture. *citation needed*
Currently around Japan there are over 50 haunted houses or 'obakeyashiki' and currently two of the longest and voted scariest of these spooky attractions are located in Japan! The one at Tokyo Dome however is just a baby cousin of these monstrously horrific mazes but was still really creepy!
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| us still alive after the horror! |
Increasingly horror houses in Japan give you a mission to complete while getting to the exit! The one we went in was called 'love letters from the spirit world', and the storey was as follows:
Once a man fell in love with a witch and she in turn sent him love letters, the man's wife however found out about this and hid the letters before the man could ever receive them! In anger the witch came through to the mortal world and viciously murdered the man's wife and children and vengefully concealed the bodies, just as the wife had hidden the witches notes of affection. She then wrote one last letter....
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| The gaps are the locations where the bodies are hidden, you have to find them and complete the letter! |
As you may imagine the house was horrific, if you add up all the distance that I jumped and was in the air during that time, you could probably reach Saturn.
The worst part was probably the fact that all the doors in the house were closed and you had to open them yourself in order to continue forward. This meant you couldn't see what was in the next room or even predict when something would jump out in your face, as such my progression through the rooms full of faceless dolls and flickering TV screens was extremely cautious, but this approach was not wise and bit me square in the bum.
The reason? As I was so tentative in my wanderings I managed to set off the same motion sensor three times...... It went a little like this...
You know the saying:
fool me once, shame on you,
fool me twice, shame on me,
fool me thrice.... there isn't even a phrase for this line, I must just be an idiot. *sob*
I also managed to stuff up completing the love letter due to the fact that writing Japanese in a LIFE OR DEATH situation when dead children's bodies are falling on you willy nilly is surprisingly very difficult.
So instead of writing 'behind the mirror' [かがみ - kagami] I accidentally wrote 'involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding' [はがみ - hagami]
- and, instead of a 'in a well' [いど - ido], I wrote 'in my intention' [いと - ito]
- and, for 'inside the cupboard', I just wrote [こばーど - kobaado], which isn't even a real word.
So sorry dude, you put the responsibility of avenging your family in my hands, but it looks like the bodies of your wife and children will never be found. As when the police find the letter and take it in as evidence they will think it was written by either an incompetent and illiterate moron or an insane child.
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