Frank's first rollercoaster ride.

Needless to say, after Frank and I arrived in Osaka we were beyond exhausted. We slept until about 1:00 in the afternoon, woke up, and decided to go to Universal Studios Japan (or USJ as it is known in these parts). I hopped downstairs to take a shower, only to discover that our jobless friend with whom we were staying had not paid his gas bill. So no hot water. I pulled a Mexican shower with my Old Spice deodorant stick. Yup, the ladies would be hot after me on this day.

We made it to the park at 2:00, and after a few shenanigans we arrived at the ticket booth. The all day pass was 5500 yen, but a "twilight" after 3:00 pass was only 3000. So we bought the cheaper pass and used our savings to buy overpriced but delicious burgers from the Hard Rock Cafe near the park. Oh, I also took this touristy looking photo...



While eating lunch, Frank revealed that he had never been to an amusement park before. He was a little skeptical about how fun this was actually going to be. It did not help that the first ride we came to was E.T. (and the 30 minute wait was definitely NOT worth it). Frank was unenthused. This photo is evidence that sarcasm is apparently alive and well in Kenya...



Next we came to Spider Man, which rocked of course. Frank disavowed anything bad he had ever said about amusement parks. He thought that the automatic photo that they take at the end of the ride was the greatest thing ever, and purchased it immediately after the ride. He also bought the photo after the Jurassic park ride as well. That one was particularly awesome, hopefully I can get it scanned in soon. Until then, here are some of us that are slightly less awesome...but still good...




We ended up hitting every single ride at USJ (except for the big roller coaster which was broken...which was fine by me because I am a scared little girl when it comes to those super big drops, Jurassic Parks' blind 85 foot drop almost made me crap my pants). Not bad for 3000 yen. We would then head back into the city, to experience the craziest Christmas eve/Christmas morning that I have ever been a part of....