I climbed her! Miss Fuji! It wasn't very easy but after a night of climbing I was on top. The traditional japanese way to climb her is to start in the late afternoon, get some hours rest, and reach the summit just before sunrise, so ofcourse I had to do it the same way. I started at 5 pm from the 5th level (2400m altitude) and around 6 pm clouds came setting in with a nice blistering rain in my face. Around 7 pm I passed the 7th level mountain hut, trying to f...

Konnichiwa! I'm in a different world now compared to Fiji and the United states. Everything is different, the trees, the cars, the signs, the chopsticks, the people who bow all the time and the fact that NOBODY speaks English. After I met my parents and sister in Tokyo we've walked as many kilometres as possible to try to cover everything in Tokyo in 4 days. The Asakusa temple, the national museum, electric town Akihabara (an ipod is just 150 euros!), shopping h...