It was my 7th day here in Japan so it was also time say goodbye to the JR pass, but not before my last trip on it to the big city, Tokyo. For the next 5 days I’ll be spending it here in Tokyo before fling back to Vancouver. This was hardly enough time but this should give me enough time to at least soak my hands. The morning couldn’t have been any better and whether cold or snowy, this is the land of the rising sun! Caught some extra sleep before purchasing coffee from the vending machine and making my way to the station. While waiting for the train I saw first hand the speed of the fastest bullet train in Japan. The Nozomi ripped through the station going so fast I couldn’t even catch the front in focus. I read the Nozomi reaches top speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph) and is able to cover a 515km trip from Tokyo and Osaka in only 2.5 hours. It’s to bad the Nozomi is the only JR daytime train service not covered by the Japan Rail Pass *sad face*.
So today’s schedule didn’t go according plan. I was suppose to arrive in Tokyo, lock up the luggage and make way to Kawaguchi lake. Imagine Shinjuku, the busiest station in Tokyo have all 350 lockers filled up and to that extent I wasn’t the only one experiencing this problem. I decided to depart for Kawaguchi with my luggage and hopefully find any unoccupied lockers there instead. Because of my late departure in the morning time was also the enemy. By the time I arrived at my last transfer to the lake the sun was already making it’s way over the horizon. I had to call off the trip and save it for another occasion in the next 5 days. The great lakes around Mt.Fuji was marked down as a priority for me and so others must be cut to make room.
