Coasting In Japan 2024 - Part 7

[@Paneeks1960]

Wow. What a nice shot of Regina at the 2:44 mark. I appreciate your stance on no visible tattoos aat Tobu. I personally do not understand it. But I guess that I can see their point. Sort of. Great to hear that Regina regeemed itself. {smile} Good play on words Sean & Vince. Fantastic slo-mo shots. Really cool to see that Tobu did so many things to make the park better~ Comment one of two~ Rob/Boston

[@SeanFlaharty]

The reason for the tattoo bad is because of the Japanese mafia. A lot of the mafia has tattoos apparently. So by banning tattoos they bad the tattoo wearing mafia. Regina was much better. Still a big rough but kind of the perfect amount of roughness. Still a LOT better than when I rode it in 2005

[@mmocken]

Fun! Thanks!

[@SeanFlaharty]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Paneeks1960]

Comment Two of two: "The Dolphin brought the thunder". Well said Anthony. Seriously. What an amazing design on Dolphin. Also if I may add. One of the best loading platforms for hyping up the riders. Love the enthusiasm on the workers. Wow again Sean. One heck of a shot of Thunder Dolphin. I may be way off base in saying this. But I cannot think of another coaster that was built right in the middle of the city. Another huge nod to the slo-mo footage. Fantastic. Thank you for taking us to some of the best shots of that incredible coaster. I forgot/did not remember that you were vegetarian. I stopped eating meat in 2003. Around there anyways. I stopped counting. I tried it in the eighties. Right around the time that Meat is Murder by The Smiths was released. But at that time I was doing it for silly reasons. Boy is that city beautiful. The colors alone during the nighttime hours are super. I can tell why you like it so much . Hope you all had a nice meal at Shake Shack. Another stupendous part in the CIJ Series. Thanks Sean~ Rob/Boston

[@SeanFlaharty]

While the workers on Thunder Dolphin are incredibly enthusiastic, the operations on that ride are pretty terrible. It usually takes a long while to dispatch a train. Sometimes over ten minutes. It's a fantastic ride and worth the hassle to ride it, if it's busy. Yep, I have been a vegetation since 1997. I used to get sick from eating meat so I stopped it all. I am not a vegas as I still eat eggs and drink milk. It's more difficult to eat in Japan, being a vegetarian, than it was in 2005. I still managed but it can be hard to find something that doesn't have meat.

[@michael7054]

Great Vlog! Tobu Zoo looked fun! Its great to see you all having a good time!

[@SeanFlaharty]

Thanks! Tobu Zoo was a lot of fun this trip. The previous three visits weren't so great. It was good to finally have a great day there.

[@michael7054]

That's great to hear!​@@SeanFlaharty

[@KentuckianaCoasters]

Awesome vlog, Dude! And my 2 year old Son, Zander, now recognizes your face and says, “Sean!” when you come on the screen.

[@SeanFlaharty]

What? That's hilarious. Thanks fro watching, Ted!

[@thatcoastergeek]

Great vlog Sean!

[@SeanFlaharty]

Thanks for watching!

[@markylon]

One of the reasons that Japan bans tattoos in public places is they want to technically ban the Yakuza (mafia) who all have tattoos, so to get round the banning of the Yakuza, they just ban anyone with a Tattoo which then also bans the Yakuza by default. So they just have an outright ban on Tattoos.

[@SeanFlaharty]

I remember reading a sign while visiting Hamanako Pal Pal saying pretty much the same thing about tattoos. Luckily, nobody said anything to me about my tattoos while there. I thought it was a bold sign and wondered if it was true. Sounds like it was.