The Ultimate Land of Cute

One of the most profitable entertainment industries in Japan has to be Disney—in the land of all things cutesy, it’s no wonder that there’s more than one of the famed amusement parks within Tokyo. Being more “adult,” we decided to spend an evening at DisneySea (the Land with less kiddies and more booze). Basically, it’s got all the same attractions as California’s Disney Land, it’s just all in Japanese. Imagine Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones shouting at you in Japanese from the Temple of the Crystal Skull and you’ll start to get a picture… Of course we couldn’t snap too many shots on the actual rides, but we can tell you that the view of Tokyo from the top in the Tower of Terror is magnificent—even if it’s only visible two or three seconds before you free-fall 8 storeys into the pitch black tower to your assumed doom. Terrrah!

The DisneySea Halloween advertising campaign was just too colourful to resist.

So we rounded up the troops (M&K-san, with Satomi and Taichi in tow)

It was kinda Halloweeny…

We’re not exactly sure why “renaissance masquerade” is Halloweeny, though.

The wait times for the rides were proof that we’d come on a busy day (really, you don’t get much else in Tokyo)

To wait, we all posed in front of the massive harbour

…and posed

This is Fawnda’s Stitch impersonation—the Japanese love Stitch, he’s very “kimu kawaii” (so heinous he’s cute)

More posing in Jules Verne Land—you can see the 20 000 Leagues attraction behind Ken and M-san.

…and in front of the very girly Mermaid’s Lagoon

Our first ride, and one with no line, was the carousel in the Arabian Nights area.

…slow enough for more and more posing!

Though the lines are long, they do have ways to keep you entertained.

Especially with cute story boards along the walls.

Fortunately, you can smoke in DisneySea (not in Disney Land, ha!)

After much toiling and waiting, we felt it was a good time for an old fashioned human sacrifice.

But instead, we went on a gondola ride around the park. So lovely!