It seems the easiest way to climb Mount Fuji is to get someone to give you a lift!
I've not had a chance to take many pictures of Tokyo that I'm ready to post, so rather than not posting for ages like I'm prone to do, I'm posting one....
Just out of shot is a great big spinning lantern with three contestants and a large crowd clapping like....
I liked these lanterns - guess there isn't much more I can say. The repeated patterns and colours...
Needless to say I'm a lot happier with this shot compared to yesterday's. After starting the long gruelling road signposted "house hunting", three of us took a trip to the Yutenji (a temple/shrine)...
This is clearly not a photo I'd normally post. I don't particularly like it in any way, shape or form. It is also all nothing to write home about. Wait. That is exactly what I'm using....