Look at these until I'm ready to write something!

I spent this weekend in Yokohoma with some classmates and their friends. Our first stop on this trip was Chinatown (entrance pictured above), where our main goal was to eat some chinese food, drink some bubble tea, and just generally take in the sights of "Japan's Biggest Chinatown."

From there, we walked down to the boardwalk (Yokohama is a port city) where I snapped these shots of one of the better developed areas in Yokohoma. It seemed to be a trend in this area for people to dress up there dogs in clothing and then bring them to the park. Which was unfortunate, because none of the dogs seemed too happy with the idea.

Around the ferris wheel was a very large shopping center featuring almost any brand you could think up. Also the Christmas lights in this area for extra nice. After a bit of shopping, we all returned to our friends' house and the Japanese girls who had accompanied us for the day cooked dinner for us lazy foreigners. It was especially nice of them because they live in Yokohama, so the fact that they rode the train 1 hour just to cook us dinner and then go home was a real nice gesture.
Once they left, we all threw on pajamas, watched movies til the early morning, made a few VoIP phone calls, and then called it a night.

On Monday (school holiday) we went to Fuji-Q, an amusement park located at the base of Mt. Fuji. Our assumption was that many people wouldn't be there because it was a holiday, but unfortunately it was also raining just heavy enough for the rollercoasters to be closed all morning. In the end things worked out though, and everything opened up (including the sky) and the trip became that much brighter.


And lastly, here are two of the three main rollercoasters at the park. Once is a 4thDimension coaster (your seats rotate) and the other is one of those pressure launch ones. I've probably never enjoyed a coaster as much as I did after riding the red one, and if you watch the video you can probably understand where all the adrenaline comes from. The high-speed launch one was also nice, especially with the great view of Mt. Fuji while you ride.