And today was another travel day to get back to Tokyo. Check-out and walked over to the train station.
We stopped for coffee and donuts at Mister Donut at the station. I had a coffee, angel cream donut, and a honey churro. It was good, and the churro was reminiscent of one, but with a honey glaze.
We looked around for the station stamp, but it seemed we were inside the gates with the stamp station just outside. Oh, well. We grabbed snacks and headed to the platform for the shinkansen.
I was able to sit on the Mount Fuji side of the train, but unfortunately, I had the aisle seat. I kind of got to see Fuji. It was disappointing that the top third was covered by clouds, but it was also impressive that it was that far up into the clouds. No picture, though. I didn’t want to be “that American” bugging the Japanese women sitting at the window asking to invade her space for the photo. I saw Fuji, whether you believe me or not.
Once we got to Tokyo Station, we found our way out for a short walk to a smaller station to catch a direct line to Asakusa Station and made our way to the hotel from there. This hotel was not the same chain as the previous ones. We got to pick our own pillow and proceed up to our rooms. Somehow, this one was smaller than the others. I have to put the suitcase on the bed to open it up because there was no floor space. The bathroom also has the faucet set up so that it serves the sink and the tub/shower. Very efficient society, to say the least.
After a short break, we ventured through the adjacent temple grounds over to a conveyor belt sushi place. It was interesting how that worked. You order up to 4 plates (2-3 pieces of sushi) at a time, and then they show up on the top conveyor lane next to you. The lower lane rotating conveyor part was just used for advertisements and condiments. Beer was delivered the same way.
As you can imagine, we stopped off at the local konbini for overnight/morning supplies before heading back to the hotel to rest for the last full day in Japan.
Steps this day: 10,083
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