Kawaguchiko and Fuji-Q
Breakfast at the hostel
Back to Lake Kawaguchi
With better weather, we head back to the lake to get better photos.
Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park
Situated near Mt Fuji, the park opened in 1968 and has since modernized with facial recognition ticketing, augmented reality haunted attractions, and some of the most epic roller coasters in the world. Lines were pretty long, but I managed to ride:
Takabisha, opened on 16 July 2011, contains a 121° freefall, as well as seven major inversions over 3000 feet of track, and a drop of 241 feet. As of December 2016, Takabisha holds the world record for the steepest roller coaster in the world.
Fujiyama, 260 feet tall, 80 km/h, opened in 1996 and was once the world’s tallest roller coaster. As of 2007 it is the world’s 8th tallest, 5th longest, and 10th fastest roller coaster.
The only way I was able to ride these in the limited time we had was to go to a kiosk and pay about $20 for a pass that allowed me to skip in in line. T
hat’s $20 per coaster. It was worth it, not only for the ride experience, but the breathtaking views of Fuji from atop the coaster’s peaks.
We at at Korean burger chain Mos Burger. Their signature burger has a thick cut tomato and an onion ketchup sauce. Not bad.
That evening we headed back to Tokyo by train.
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