Japan

Tokyo, revisited

Japan day 17 I paid the “Tokyo Photography museum” a visit, which had a decent collection of old and new photos by some of the big names. There was also a large special exhibition on birds, which I found somewhat less interesting as that’s not really my thing.  Next I visited a nearby cat café, with over a dozen cats lounging about in a quite small room. they were pretty cute, though only one of…

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Japan

Fujisan

Japan day 16 Slept remarkably well in my cabin, but got up at half past two in the night to start hiking up Mount Fuji. It was pitch black except for city lights far below thinly veiled by clouds and the stars above. Soon some lights far up the mountain came into view, which apparently were stations/huts. There you could take shelter in inclement weather, stay for the night and/or stack up on snacks and…

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