Day 4 July 9

Today has been a very wet and messy day. At 9:00, we all went to a mountain called Gozaisho-dake. We then traveled up over the 1,200 meter mountain on a gondola, screaming and imagining what it would be like if the gondola fell over! After about ten minutes, we were at the peak of the mountain. We sighed for relief when we noticed that the gondola hadn't fallen. After that, we explored the mountain, jumping from rock to rock and trying not to hit the ground, playing London Bridge is Falling Down and other games on a wooden platform, and even searching in between boulders for yen. Sadly, it was very misty at the top of the mountain, and so many of these games were very hard to play. Luckily, nobody got hurt.
When we were done, we coasted down the mountain in another gondola as we looked outside and threw out water and watched it fall.
Next, we went to eat lunch at a place that is now in my opinion the coolest restaurant in Japan. I say that for a number of reasons. First, the foods came by your tables in conveyer belts in small portions on plates, second, if you ate from five plates, you would have a chance to play a game on a screen that was at your table, and third, if you won the game, you would get a yo-yo. Everyone at my table was addicted to this game, and the six of us ate from over 50 plates! Unfortunately, it cost 1 dollar for each plate, so when we found out we stopped eating altogether. No worries, though, Eric paid!
After lunch, we all went to get some ice cream. It was very fun and relaxing, even though Keziah spilled some of her ice-cream while we were eating.
When we finished eating, we rode back home. As soon as we got home, Astrid and Samantha made a bet that Jack Black was in the movie Balls of Fury. Astrid thought that Jack Black was not in the movie, and Samantha thought he was, so they bet that the winner could pour cold water on the loser. I honestly knew nothing about the movie, but when I learned about the bet, I became excited and watched to see what would happen. They then looked on the computer and found out that Jack Black was not in the movie. Here's the video of Samantha getting soaked.


Like I said, today was a very fun day!!!
-Paul