Monday in Tokyo - Japan New Year 2010


Monday in Tokyo



Monday 28th December 2009

Lunch with Tanaka-san and his kids, followed by an afternoon spent working from my hotel room whilst watching a glorious sunset over Mt. Fuji. In the evening met up with a couple of Chie's university friends.

Japan New Year 2010
09:11:05 A rather misty start to the day!13:36:42 Lunch with Tanaka-san and his kids in a "family restaurant" in Shibuya.13:36:50
15:29:17 Spent the afternoon working from our hotel room, and enjoying the views out across Tokyo towrds Mt. Fuji.15:29:30 15:30:21
15:30:49 15:31:01 15:31:24
15:33:34 15:33:40 15:33:55
15:49:15 Sun is starting to set now...15:49:25 15:49:40
16:17:22 The mountainous bit over on the horizon there contains Mt. Fuji, but you can't quite see it because of the clouds... yet.16:22:17 16:23:00
16:23:08 16:29:32 16:29:51 The clouds are definitely lifting now...
16:34:39 16:34:54 16:36:06
16:41:47 First (almost!) clear view of Fuji-san...16:42:03 16:42:16
16:42:25 16:47:05 Only a corner of one cloud covering a tiny bit of the summit of Fuji here.16:47:31
16:47:47 16:48:24 16:52:03 Can clearly make out the silhouette of Fuji now...
16:52:13 16:52:24 16:53:09
16:53:18 16:55:10 16:55:19
17:01:36 Unmistakablly Fuji here!17:01:50 17:02:14
17:02:27 17:03:02 17:03:42
17:03:59 17:04:17 17:07:48
17:08:46 17:09:47 17:15:43
17:16:09 17:16:43 Possibly the best of the lot?17:17:23
19:23:21 The night view from our hotel room a bit later on - can't see Fuji any more!21:00:58 At an Izakaya in Shubya with two of Chie's friends from university: Hide-san and Masashi-san.21:01:04 Same again!
21:02:30 Some grilled things on skewers: shiitake, shishito (mild peppers) and ginko nuts.