Gondola Sky Shuttle (ゴンドラスカイシャトル)
View entering Yomiuriland (よみうりランド) from the Gondola Sky Shuttle
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Yomiuriland roller coaster
Today’s photo of Ryan was my view as the Japanese ride operators waived goodbye to us on the Bandit Roller Coaster at Yomiuri Land. Moments later we could see all of Tokyo before plunging into the abyss.
Yomiuri Land’s Wave Swinger
Ellie on the swing ride at Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド)
In posting this photo I looked up the name of the swing ride at Yomiuri Land. Turns out the name is Wave Swinger (ウェーブスウィンガー) which is a bit of a pun I suppose since Ellie is waving while swinging.
Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド)
Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド)
This will likely be my last blog entry for a few days and my last one on Japan for about a couple months. Well, maybe I will sneak one or two in about Japan, but, for the most part, this blog will change gears to Scandinavia until sometime in August when your regularly scheduled Japan stuff will return.
I board a plane tomorrow morning for Copenhagen. I’ll be in that region until July 31. I will for sure be going to Amsterdam (at the end of my travels), Sweden, and Norway. I hope to squeeze in a few days in Germany too, but that depends on whether Mastodon secures me a press pass to their performance at the Roskilde Festival or not. Not and I go to Germany. Yes and I go to the Roskilde Festival instead. I already have a press photo pass for the Getaway Rock Festival in Gävle, Sweden so that should be a blast. Count on some up-close photos of Death Angel and Opeth with my Nikon D7000.
Today’s photo, by the way, is from Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド) in Tokyo.
Bandit at Yomiuri Land
For over a year (back in the late 1980s) the Bandit Roller Coaster (バンデットローラーコースター) at Yomiuri Land (よみうりランド) was the world’s tallest and fastest roller coaster. Many are now faster and/or taller, but this is still a great ride. Ryan (on the right) and Ellie (in the black and white) rode it about seven times last Sunday.
There is a sign saying that you can now see Tokyo’s Sky Tree from it on a clear day. Spot the Sky Tree and you are supposed to have good luck. I don’t see it in the above picture, but I still feel lucky.