To Tokyo and Don’t Spare the Horses

We spent the full day before yesterday travelling from Hiroshima to Tokyo by Shinkansen. Fabulous. And arrived at our Tokyo digs in good order and with enough juice in the tank to go out and find the supermarket (get lost a bit on the way back in the dark) and cook a light meal. After spending a bit of time getting to know our new fabulous upmarket Airbnb, we retired early because we were booked to go to Mt Fuji for Johanna’s special birthday.

Assi, our Uzbek driver and guide, arrived on time at 9am and before we knew it, we were speeding out of Tokyo towards the magnificent hinterland and its famous volcano. Mt Fuji does not, could not, disappoint. All day, despite clouds wandering in from stage right and left, Mt Fuji showed us its impressive face. Assi assured us that we were very lucky and that often day visitors are not so lucky. I think it was because it was Johanna’s birthday and Mt Fuji was on best behaviour welcoming her and wanting her to have the best day.

But this was only the first of the delights Assi had in store for us. Next he took us to the Mt Fujisan World Heritage Centre, followed by a recreated village that was now an open air museum. Too many good images not to share so will save them for the next post.Weiterlesen