Well, only Yokohama, that evening. The train from Kamakura to Yokohama was fun: some of the cars, including the one we rode in, were double-deckers. Only...I think they might have been reserved cars because the half of our group that went upstairs got shooed out into the next car, but they left us alone on the bottom level.
*shrug* I got a small nap in a very comfortable seat, in any case.
Since it was getting on towards evening, we didn't have much time for a lot of wandering around all over town, so we pretty much headed straight to the Minato Mirai 21 area.
This is the Canon Cats Theater...which is exclusively for the musical CATS, which has been produced here since 1983.
Yokohama manhole captured!
I'm not sure, it was just in front of an enormous Toyota lot
Below is the Nippon Maru Training Ship, the Yokohama Port Museum, sail-less
Hard Rock Cafe and an small outdoor stadium (with fire-eaters) in or near Queen's Square
Adventures in Yokohama Cosmo World
Just across from Queen's Square and down the street from the Nippon Maru is Cosmo World, a small but cute amusement park boasting Cosmo Clock 21, one of the world's largest Ferris wheels, and...the world's largest clock. The sail-shaped building to its left is the Pacifico Yokohama, which contains the Conference Center and Grand InterContinental Hall of Yokohama.
There's no entrance fee for the whole amusement parks, just each ride/attraction has a different price. You get your tickets for a certain amount from nearby vending machines--which, by the by, several restaurants in Japan have you order food this way. Sun Young and I paired up to ride on one of the spinny, centrifugal rides, and Momo-chan joined us for a walk through Dr. Edgar's Haunted House.
It was cheesy but fun--somehow I still find maize mazes a bit scarier. And they give you these electric candles which you're supposed to keep upright throughout the walk through, and then they gauge your points at the end of the trip. I didn't really pay attention to what level I got on my candle, because I didn't realize the point of it until afterward.
Also, laughing is just as bad as jumping and screaming for keeping things like electric candles upright.
A couple of shots I managed with the night setting on my keitai camera
The ride's short, especially when compared to the wait, but I'd say it's fun enough that it's worth riding at least once.
We managed to eat dinner at the food court of the mall across the street from Cosmo World, even though most of their restaurants were closing down. I also found a Hello Kitty vendor and bought my Yokohama souvenir charm: a little Hello Kitty hugging a glow-in-the-dark mushroom...I realize it doesn't mean anything with relation to Yokohama, but it struck me funny. Plus, glow-in-the-dark. Way cool.
Then we returned to the guesthouse, and I packed so I could get up early and leave to do some adventuring on me ownsome Wednesday.
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