Ninja Warrior!!!

OK folks...hold onto your hats, because you are in for a real treat. Curtis, Avery and I all went into Tokyo to Muscle Park for Curtis to try his hand at Sasuke or Ninja Warrior.

Some of you may already know that one of my favorite TV shows to watch in the states was Ninja Warrior on the G4 channel. It is a Japanese show where people race against a clock going through many tough obstacles that tests your strength. I had said that I wanted to go see it being filmed once we came over to Japan. Well, it turns out that only participant's families can attend and the location of Mt. Madoriyama is a secret to cut down on spectators. So, the next best thing is a place called Muscle Park in Tokyo that has 4 of the obstacles set up where you can try your ability to compete against the clock.

This is the Hand Bike.....
This is the Cliff Hanger....

This is the Salmon Ladder...

This is the Pipe Slider...
So....here he is.....our personal "Ninja Worrier" CURTIS BREWER! See the link to YouTube and watch him go!

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=0yMQgh7EIE0

After the excitement of Muscle Park, we started to walk around the outside of the mall that it was at and saw a street entertainer. But not just any street entertainer, this one had a red faced baboon. It was quite cute and talented. See the pics below.

Then we were off on our walk back towards the train station and you'll never guess what we saw... the Statue Of Liberty!!! In Tokyo?!?! It was actually a large replica of course but it sure is strange that I had to come all the way to Japan to see Lady Liberty.

Here is a really cool building that Curtis had to have a picture of. It is the TBS building (Tokyo Broadcasting Station).

This building is actually about 40 stories tall, although it probably doesn't seem to be...