Day 2: Osaka

Day 2 was spent primarily at Universal Studios Japan. It was a Sunday, so we were expecting it to be crowded, but even then the size of the crowd was simply amazing. The park opens at 9am officially, but there were so many people that it opened at 8.50am. Dan suggested heading to the roller coaster first, and already the line was 80 minutes long.

We couldn't help but recall one of the Sunday sermons where the speaker told us that as Christians, we are favoured by God, because wherever we went, 3 things happened:
1) We spent less time in queue than what was stated
2) The line grew once we came out (we bring business)
3) We got to all the fun rides usually with queue times of only about 30 mins

Weather that day was pretty ok, windy in the day but got really cold in the night, so much so that it felt like winter all over again. We were watching the Peter Pan show at night, and wishing that it would end faster so that we could go home, haha.

Ok, time for more photos:
















Daniel enjoying his futon at our hotel in Osaka.















Just part of the crowd that was already waiting when we got to the park before 9am.
















Just as any good Singaporean would do, OCX and Daniel faithfully join the queue for the 'Hollywood Dream' roller coaster ride.
















Part of the interior of the park.

















A shop selling plush toys of Sesame Street characters, Shrek ears etc etc
















The Spiderman 4-D ride. Possibly the best ride in the entire park. Too bad for the guys, all the speech was in Japanese, haha.
















Agents 002.5 and 006.667 could never understand why they weren't selected for any missions.
















The Shrek float from a procession of floats that went through the park during noon.
















The Peanuts float. Snoopy is apparently very popular in Japan, though not many people read the actual strips themselves.
















A carpark of sorts for baby cars. One thing for sure, the park is family and disabled friendly.
















A Hello Kitty car that was driving around the park.
















Part of the cast of the Waterworld show prepares for the show by filling buckets of water to toss at the audience. No kidding, they have specially coloured seats for areas that are certain to get wet. The fellow above, in the pre-show segment, started off by asking us to clap, then tossing water at the audience because we weren't loud enough.















Outside the 4-D theater, where we watched the Sesame Street 4-D show. Quite entertaining, and interesting to hear all your favourite characters speak Japanese. Too bad the Shrek show had ended by then.















Towards the evening, we had run out of rides and while waiting for the Peter Pan show to start, we wandered into the Peanuts area, meant for kids. Colourful and full of interactive things.

Further updates may be slow, now that I'm working, but I'll try to get the remaining photos up as soon as I can. If anyone can tell me how to upload quicktime video clips, I'll be very grateful. Next up: Kyoto and the Ninja museums pics.