Fuji Safari!

Last weekend, Dave and I drove to a place called Fuji-Safari! It was the most awesome place I've ever been! It was like a Jurassic Park, except no dinosaurs. That's about the only thing this place was missing, though! It is located at the base of Mt. Fuji, about 45 km away, but 2 hours by car due to traffic. We drove our car through the park, taking time to stop for pictures. Then we were able to park and do a petting-zoo type of experience. The interesting thing, apart from the fact that I was three feet from a full grown lion, was that there was also a House of Cats and a House of Dogs. It wasn't like the zoos in the states where house of cats means lions, cheetahs, and panthers. No, this was a house. Like a cottage. It was full of cats. Like house cats. Except each breed of house cat was labeled. The house had about 20 cats just hanging out. For 500Yen, or roughly $5, one can spend as much time as you'd like just hanging out with these house cats. The sad part was, they were so bombarded with human affection all the time that it no longer phased them. And they were super skinny. So between their lank bodies and their hatred of humans, I was thoroughly depressed after entering.