Tokyo Page 2
Wandering through Tokyo by foot was fun, but tiring! Sheesh, the city is so big. I tried to make it down to Tokyo Tower, but got lost along the way.The bus trip to Mt. Fuji was really fun. It was an English-speaking tour, and the tour guide was HILARIOUS! For example, while talking about the projected death rate for the next big Tokyo earthquake at over 15,000 people , he would chuckle his cute old man's laugh. Tadashi-san was also very political, rambling on about the workforce, Koizumi, political corruption, and so forth. Definitely the most politically charged Japanese person I've met. . . ever!
The views of Mt. Fuji were varied and beautiful, though we never really got to stay in one place too long. Up close though (from the fourth station), it wasn't very impressive. But from afar, it is gorgeous. We also went to Hakone, a resort town on a lake, where we learned about the famous trick boxes and a famous hotel that John Lennon and Charlie Chaplin loved. Alas, it was too windy to ride the cable car up to one last view of Mt. Fuji.
Two blasts from the past: 1) I met someone from North Dakota who was studying Chinese at TaiDa; 2) I met my favorite robotic toy, though Nancy was nowhere to be found!
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