Yesterday we travelled to Tokyo, taking the Hida Wide View Express from Takayama to Nagoya through picturesque valleys.
Hard to see but there are fisherman in the photo above, with almost comically long poles, longer than fly fishing poles.
Then in Nagoya we changed to shinkansen, which zipped by Fujisan though it wasnt even partially visible.
Arrived in Tokyo. Very busy here! Comparisons to NYC or Paris are apt. Pace is faster and my phrasebook-japanese is barely getting me by.
Outside our hotel (Coco Grand) is Ueno park, which has a lake where you can rent swan pedal boats:
It was rainy the next day, but we felt a small earthquake so we thought maybe we should get going…
Out and About 