Earlier this month, my son and I went on a short trip to Tokyo, Japan. One of the things we did there was take a tour to Mt. Fuji, and while the weather was fairly disagreeable it was still an interesting experience. After meeting with the rest of the group and getting on our bus, we drove straight to the mountain. To pass the time the tour guide told us a lot of interesting Japanese factoids, though to be entirely honest it was clear she was struggling with her english. The effort was appreciated, though, as I learned a lot of things. Once we got to the mountain we couldn't actually see the peak because of the cloudy weather, so instead we went to a nearby shrine and drew fortunes. My son got Uncertain Luck (what does that even mean?) and I got Excellent Luck, though I pulled from the machine marked for tourists so maybe it was biased.

After stopping for a small but delicious lunch at the hotel, we set off for the Hakone Lake, also known as Lake Ashi, to go on a ferry. Out of topics to talk about, the tour guide moved to quizzing us about details of Japan that most of us didn't know. When we arrived we had to wait at a gift shop for the boat to come in, so we got some snacks. They were delicious!

The boat was modeled after a Japanese pirate ship, so it was fairly interesting to look at. Unfortunately the ferry itself was rather boring, as the scenery was mostly an endless wave of trees. Halfway through we started seeing some golf courses and other aspects of civilization on one side of the lake, at least. We were supposed to have been able to see Mt. Fuji from the ferry, but none of the surrounding mountains seemed tall enough. The provided real-time map didn't seem to have Mt. Fuji on it either, so we had no idea where we were supposed to be looking. But once we got off, we were told to look behind us; it turns out that we couldn't see the mountain because of heavy cloud cover. But it miraculously cleared up at the tail end of the ferry, so we could see the peak.

The tour was an interesting experience!
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