Ed did his usual, ate and then went up on the deck and
reserved a couple of lounge chairs. Barb
followed soon afterwards and we stayed on deck in a beautiful sun for the rest
of the morning.
At about t 11am as we were approaching the port, the
Captain came on the speaker system and announced that we could see Mt. Fuji in
the distance on the left side of the ship.
There was a huge rush of people at that time.
We went up one deck where you could see better and when
Mt. Fuji came into our view it was another “Oh My Gosh” moments like when we first
saw the Great Wall.
Mt. Fuji was right there in front of us and it looked
exactly like the pictures you have seen forever. It was huge and a perfect crown of snow at
the top. The Captain said it was one of
the few times that the sky was clear enough to see the mountain.
We ate lunch and cleaned up as the ship docked and then
waited for a couple of hours to leave the ship.
Basically, the only reason to be in this port is to see
or go to Mt. Fuji and we found nothing interesting in town.
We had been fairly close to Mt. Fuji when we were
arriving so we saw no need to take a bus to a viewing area 4 miles closer.
We came back to the ship just in time for Geisha
performance of music, dance and song. It
was pretty neat to see. These were local
Geisha and very authentic.
We had met a lady of Korean descent at blackjack and she
was a very good player. She is of Korean
origin and she and her husband live in Vancouver, Canada. In the afternoon, she had asked us to have
dinner with them so we ate with them in the specialty restaurant, The Olympic
and dinner was quite good.
Maitreya and her husband Edward live in Vancouver,
B.C.and travel all over buying and selling antiques and so we had a lot of fun
at dinner talking to them. They may join
us on the Black Sea cruise next October.
Then we went to the evening show and it was one that we
have seen before about Broadway and it was very good.
Since the casino is not open, we went back to the room to
finish the blog and plan our day tomorrow when we land at Yokohama. We don’t know yet whether we will go into
Tokyo or stay in the port city.
Night
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| Trimming trees with small scissors |
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| Maitreya - our blackjack friend |
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| Mt. Fuji
Mt. Fuji - what a sight
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