Between Living and Death

Fujikyu (Click for more pics)

I could not imagine I would go on two world record rollercoasters in the same day. But yup, I did in Tokyo, Fujikyo Highland. As a big fun of rollercoaster, I think it is an amazing place. It is certainly the one of the best places I have been to in Japan and highly recommanded to you if you ever come to Tokyo.

From Fujikyu

First rollercoaster is called Fujiyama, the highest rollercoaster in the world, 79m above the ground. As the conveyor belt gradually delievered me to the top (79m), I could feel the air became thinner and thinner. I heard less and less outside noises, and my heart beats became clear.....I counted to 3 and held a deep breath as I reach the peak...then ....I freed my hands.....Next thing I know was rolling down the track at 130 km/h almost like a free fall, I could felt the gravitational accelertion forced all my blood into my head. It challenged every single cell in my body to the limit. Perhaps this is the closest point to death......30 seconds ride felt a lot longer than 30 seconds (Perhaps it confirms Einstein's theory of relativity, joking haha).....

From Fujikyu

Ok, the next one. It just opened this summer. It is what they called 4th dimension rollercoaster. on top of the 3-dimensional rollercoaster, rotating seat adds the 4th dimension. It holds the world record of max number of inversions ( a total of 14 inversions ). The coolest part is that when rolling down the deepest slope (almost vertical to the ground, you can see a picture of it from my photo album), my seat turned my face downward and facing the ground, almost like watching myself falling and crashing into the ground (I could hardly keep my eyes open). My legs were hanging outside the seat as well. Although it is shorter, it is certainly more scary than the first one.

After these two rides, I felt like being reborned. My soul was refreshed under the G-force.