In and around Tokyo

 We caught the hop on hop off bus on a rainy windy cold day. Tokyo is huuuge!

Not much traffic as maybe it's to expensive to garage and park a car.


Took a bus tour to Mt Fuji ( covered in cloud) and some sulfur vents in a local volcano. A pirate ship on Lake Ashinoko was fun.

Before leaving Tokyo we went ( window) shopping. Their department stores are huge and sell everything. One floor was all food (but no where to sit and eat).





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