Today's awesomeness started with driving to Mount Fuji.  After we parked the bus, we had 45 minutes to hike as far up as we could.  There were a couple kids on the trip that made it higher than me, but I made it higher than any of the adults.  My goal was to make it to cloud level... to where I was surrounded by the clouds.  I accomplished that goal!  The thing that really drains you when you're climbing up is house thick the gravel can be.  It's obviously steep, bu...

Today we finally headed out from Tokyo. We hopped on a bus and headed towards the Fuji-Hokone-Izu region.   On the way, we took a trip to see the Great Buddha of Kamakura.   I have to say that it is a well named Buddha… it was huge!   After exploring the shrine at this location, we walked around Kamakura a good bit.   I finally had my first sushi in Japan, and it didn’t disappoint.   I would describe what I had, but I don’t know what it was&helli...