For 7 months now, I've taken the train to work and home every school day. Today was the first time that I saw Mt. Fuji in the distance. It was such a surprise - I was shocked but it was an awesome sight and took my breath away. It's funny, most of the time I am in my routines and not conscience that I am living in Japan but once in a while something like this jars me back into that reality. The same thing was true in Papua New Guinea (mountains, flora, butterflies, rain storms) and Northern Ireland (verdant hills), and Los Angeles (mountains, Hollywood sign) and Chicago (Sears Tower) for that matter.Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Fuji-san
For 7 months now, I've taken the train to work and home every school day. Today was the first time that I saw Mt. Fuji in the distance. It was such a surprise - I was shocked but it was an awesome sight and took my breath away. It's funny, most of the time I am in my routines and not conscience that I am living in Japan but once in a while something like this jars me back into that reality. The same thing was true in Papua New Guinea (mountains, flora, butterflies, rain storms) and Northern Ireland (verdant hills), and Los Angeles (mountains, Hollywood sign) and Chicago (Sears Tower) for that matter.
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Visiting the Mt. Fuji base camp was one of the highlights of our trip to Japan...someday we hope to go back and climb the mountain. I hear that it is one of the least difficult mountains to climb to the top.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been there yet but I hope to climb it too. It's actually not supposed to be a very pleasant climb, although I think you're right that it's not terribly strenuous for climbing a volcano. I remember that my Lonely Planet guidebook said something like, "many climb Mt. Fuji once, only a fool climbs it twice."
ReplyDeleteBrian, I really enjoyed your post on Fuji-San & the two posts you did last month on life in Japan. I definitely could relate. I loved the vending machines & 100 Yen stores. Have you had any hot beverages out of the vending machines (as I recall they usually only have them in the cool months)? I wish our $1 stores were as nice as their 100 Yen stores - especially with the stationery. The one I frequented (in Okinawa) had great papers, etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gretch! Glad you like the posts. I do like the hot lemon tea from vending machines on occasion.
ReplyDeleteYour choices for clemens don't include the most plausable to me.
ReplyDeleteI think he did it but he is innocent until proven guilty. His story is, prove it. There is no tangible proof of anything. Only he said...he said.
I don't recall any liberal being refered to as a lying, cheating bastard. (Blue dress, lying to congress etc.)
I'm not quite sure how you got from YOUR OPINION of whether or not Clemens cheated to Bill Clinton. I didn't ask whether he'd be convicted of anything, only if YOU THOUGHT he used steroids. Man, you Republicans *are* obsessed with the Clintons! That's why Obama can win but Hillary will lose against McCain.
ReplyDeleteWhich is more important: presidents lying or baseball?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: The President, that's why Bush is currently under indictment for war crimes, and a host of other, oh wait, that hasn't happened. I guess baseball was the right answer.
Now, if Clinton had obtained that little blue pill for his dalliances, then we'd have a performance enhancing drug scandal in the White House worthy of the attention.
As for Clemens, he is probably guilty. Pettitte testified against him, and they were as close as Barak and Teddy. Of course, evidence is tricky. We had no evidence that Saddam had WMD but we attacked him anyway, because we KNEW they were ther...wait, he didn't have them, okay. Would it kill my fact checkers to start earlier on this stuff? Maybe these guys aren't so guilty. The testimony against them is bad though.
Well said, Ben.
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