Steel Dragon 2000 and Viking Breakfast

My second trip of the break was to Mie Prefecture to see Nagashima Spaland. It's not as brothelly as it sounds, though. It's an amusement park. It's home to 10 roller coasters, including Steel Dragon 2000, the longest roller coaster in the world, and White Cyclone, the largest wooden coaster in Asia. I went with Japanese friends, so it was very amusing. Japanese girls yelling "I'm going to to die" is somehow adorable. Maybe your very first rollercoaster shouldn't be the worlds longest... Just a thought. Pictures of Adventure Monday too.

Also: Japanese amusement parks serve fried noodles, octopus dumplings, and curry rice. They still have 6 dollar churros, though.

And: Japanese hotel viking breakfast is awesome. 5 Pumpernickel rolls, 3 bowls of rice, 2 packages of seaweed, natto, 12 sausage patties, egg salad, and a stomach ache.

And: Texas toast with a fried egg, a salad made from homegrown white radish and carrots, corn soup with croutons, and a glass of milk.

And: Yakisoba (think Chow Mein) wrapped in a thin omelet with sweet soy sauce and egg rolls filled with spicy rice.

And: Soy sauce ramen and oyakodon (rice topped with chicken, scrambled egg, and onion).

And: Game over. Over wins.

Camel Rides and Pear Museums.

New updates. This week was spring break and I went on a couple of trips during my free time. The first destination was Tottori city in Tottori prefecture. We rode camels in the morning and climbed a mountain in the afternoon. At the top were some castle ruins and Japanese Keanu Reeves. The next day was a total bust. Our intended destination took 3 hours to reach, so we decided to change the plans. We first stopped at the pear museum (the only one in Japan), which turned out to be closed. Then we went to a see a temple on the side of a cliff, a national treasure, which turned out to be closed. Then we wanted to go to a hot spring, but it turned out to be right next to the highway and full of naked dudes and radon. The Japanese style hotel was awesome though. Amazing Japanese breakfast. Pictures.

Also: 7 for 33.

And: Several types of sashimi, rice, boiled tofu, lotus root salad with citrus, shoyumame (basically big edamame, shelled, roasted, and soaked in sweet sauce), mirin boshi (sweet pomfret jerky lightly fried with sesame seeds), and sake.

And: Spicy ramen with egg and pork belly topping, a fried rice ball with dried seaweed, kimchi pickles, and rooibos tea.

And: Soba noodles with wasabi tsuyu dipping sauce and green onion, a fried pork cutlet bowl with sweet red miso sauce and cabbage, and green tea.