Love and Lots of Sugar

This is a view of the Yoshida Trail shortly before reaching the Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station (where most people’s hikes up Fuji begin and end.)  The thought that was going through my head when I took this picture was, “We’re back in The Shire!”  The top of Mt Fuji is, as I’d expect most volcanic mountains are, a wasteland of red and black volcanic rock - very much like Mount Doom.  In fact, the thought that got me through the hardest parts of the climb, when all I wanted to do was lie down and go to sleep, was “If Frodo and Sam can walk all the way to Mordor AND THEN climb Mount Doom, then I can do this.”  YES THEY’RE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS.  SO WHAT.

Literal Yoga: Mountain Pose at the top of Mt. Fuji.
Note: nobody looks good at the top of Mt. Fuji, ever. No exceptions. 

Literal Yoga: Gate Pose at the Thousand Gates, Kyoto.

Oh, McDonald’s shrimp burger, yes, you do indeed taste like happiness.

Anyone who’s thinking of trying this, let me warn you: when they say “white chocolate pudding”, they don’t mean American, Snack Pack, Jello Pudding.  It’s much more gelatinous than that.  I don’t regret trying it, but I definitely won’t be getting it again.

Japan, wtf??

Dog t-shirts at Home’s.  So many colors…

I’m on a diet right now, and sticking to my 100-calorie Short Nonfat Caramel Steamer (with half a packet of decaf Italian Roast Via - they don’t have decaf in Japan). But one of these days I’ll skip breakfast AND my morning snack, so that I can afford the calories to try this out. I’ve been told that it’s gross to suck pudding through a straw, and I’m sure it is, but it can’t be as bad as the one with coffee jelly. No WAY you’ll get me to try that.

“Nooooo, don’t cut on me!!!!”