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Disney Sea

19 Sep 2005 | Comments Off

Well, today was the last day of our Tokyo excursion… It’s sad to think that it’s off to work tomorrow. Oh, well… It’s been a great long weekend!

On our last day in Tokyo we decided to take a chance and visit Disney’s relatively new theme park, Disney Sea. It’s strange, but information on the park seems to be pretty scarce on the Internet and we didn’t know anybody who had been to Disney Sea before. As such, Azusa and I weren’t too sure what to expect from the park. We kinda thought that Disney Sea might be like Sea World or an aquarium or something, but we were way off there…

Disney Sea actually features famous seaports from around the world and throughout history. For example, you might be walking through a beautiful 15th century Mediterranean port and the next moment you find yourself on a busy New York City pier circa 1900. It’s an interesting experience and I we really enjoyed ourselves. The theme of Disney Sea seems to be the word “Dramatic” and that’s exactly what Disney Sea is… Dramatic.

Of course there are some silly Disney themed attractions, but overall the park felt otherworldly. It’s not like Disney Land at all where you are reminded every few seconds that you are in the magical kingdom… I mean, really… Azusa and I were only accosted by one costumed Disney character and it wasn’t even Mickey Mouse! Phew!

Anyways, Disney Sea is pretty hard to explain in words… Instead, why don’t you check out our new Disney Sea gallery by clicking here? I’ve also added the gallery to the links section at the bottom of this page for easy access. Enjoy!

Tokyo Game Show 2005

18 Sep 2005 | Comments (1)

Today Azusa and I went to the Tokyo Game Show 2005. The Tokyo Game Show is a huge event in the multi-billion dollar video game industry and I think we were lucky to go this year. Azusa and I spent most the morning waiting in line to play new game titles and get our first look at the XBox 360.

Some of the coolest games we played were Dead Rising, Ridge Racer 6 and Ninety-Nine Nights for Xbox 360 as well as Okami and Rouge Galaxy for Playstation 2. Very cool stuff indeed.

Overall, my impressions of the Xbox 360 were very, very good… Great, in fact! The games looked so awesome running in high definition and I’m interested in a lot of the launch titles. Oh, man… I guess I have to buy one now!

So much for saving money…

Tokyo

17 Sep 2005 | Comments Off

Well, Azusa and I have arrived safely in Tokyo. It was a really nice drive and it didn’t take nearly as long as we had expected. Anyways, this afternoon we visited Azusa’s high school friend and her new husband in Hachiouji. They took us to lunch at a very nice Italian restaurant and I think Azusa was happy to see her friend again…

After lunch, Azusa and I managed to get stuck for two hours in a bad Tokyo traffic jam on the way to our hotel. Oh, well… At least we got to see some of the city by car. It was actually quite a pleasant traffic jam if there is such a thing.

In the evening, Azusa and ate dinner at Outback Steakhouse near Makuhari Messe in Chiba. It was so yummy!!! Chiba is a really nice city right next to Tokyo. It seems like it would be a great place to live!

Anyways… I guess it’s just about bedtime now. It has been a pretty busy day and tomorrow will be the same. We have to get up early so we can go to the biggest video game event in the world, the 2005 Tokyo Game Show!

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