2011年2月8日 星期二

Japanese Geography Project


If someone ask me whether I went to Japan before, my answer is usually "just take it as I haven't been there before". But actually, I have been there once when I was in primary school. Since I was so young at that time and I joined the tour group, I don't remember the details of that trip. Many "memeories" of mine are actually created by the questions I asked my parents years after the trip. So, I don't have a clear idea of the location I went and thus I will talk more about the places I want to go in Japan in the future.

1) Fuji-Q Highland (I am not sure if it is the correct name, I only know the Chinese)

It is in Yamanashi Prefecture. It is the one of two places that I remember I visited in the last trip. There was one event that I remember the most in the whole trip and it happened in Fuji-Q Highland.



I didn't remember why I had that courage to ride the highest roller coaster in the park or the world (at that time), but still I did. However, before I had the ride, there was a staff member asked me something. At that time, I didn't understand what he was talking about, he slowed down his question and repeated it for many times, but I cannot get it. At last, he wrote something on the paper. At first, I didn't understand the words because it was written in capital letter(until now I cannot understand capital letter fast), but after a few second, I can read it. It was " HOW OLD ARE YOU?". It was shocked to know that he was speaking to me in English and I had no idea.

Finally, I can ride on that roller coaster successfully. But the ride was quite terrible for me. As it is the highest one, it was a very exciting facility. Plus, I was very thin or you may say skinny at that time, I doubted that the safety-belt was totally useless for me. So, that ride became too excited for me.


For now, I hope I can visit there in the future because I love riding roller coaster and that roller coaster is the most exciting one in my mind. So, I want to try it again. Also, I know there are more facilities there, I want to try it. Besides, the scenery there is really good, as it is near to the Mountain Fuji.




2) Tokyo Disneyland Park/DisneySea Park

It is in Chiba. It is another place that I remeber in the last trip. There wasn't any special event happened, I remembered it just because of kind of regrets.


I was very curious about DisneySea Park, it seemed like very mysterious for me at that time (and also now). However, the construction of the park didn't finish at that time, so it was one of the regrets.

Another regrets was about Tokyo Disneyland Park. As the day before I visited Disneyland, I visited Fuji-Q Highland. I was scared by that roller coaster, so, I was afraid of riding any roller coasters or playing any facilities in Disneyland. It was kind of waste and I regreted it after that day.




3)Hokkaido

I want to go to Hokkaido for mainly two reasons(or things?!), snow and lavender.


It is a common sense that there is no snow in Hong Kong, so I hope I can see or play the snow or even skiing and I know that Hokkaido is very famous about this.


For Lavender, it is because the talk between friends or people and also the beautiful photos on internet. Beside that, I love Lavender because it is very romantic and it is often used in many fictions as Lavender symbolizes waiting for love and devotion in the language of flowers.

Of course, I want to try the hot spring, but I think I can enjoy it in many places in Japan, not only in Hokkaido.


source of pictures:

Fuji-Q Highland: http://www.youyoutokyo.jp/doing/dc1136.html
Disneyland: http://www.traveljapan.co.nz/tours/stopover%20tours/stopovers.htm
Hokkaido: http://www.welcome2japan.hk/location/regional/hokkaido/furano.html