Day trips out of Tokyo
May 10th 2005 Well, Ive been in tokyo now for a few days and have used the time to take one-day excursions to some fantastic sites.
First up was Mt. Fuji. It is about a 2 hour bus ride from Tokyo to Shimodo-Yoshida where there is good viewing of the mountain. I grabbed a Japanesse pastry and a bottle of water and boarded the bus. I had the entire back area to myself with the nearest passenger 8 rows in fr
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