14th July - To climb or not to climb?



As Kat and I only have 3 weekends left in Japan, we decided to allocate this weekend to climb Mount Fuji. HOWEVER... after telling various teachers and students our plans, we were advised not to go this weekend because there was due to be a typhoon. At first, we thought a little bit of wind and rain might just make it a bit more interesting (especially as we were planning on climbing through the night to make it to the top for sunrise at 4.30am) but after a friend of a friend was refused access to the starting point on Friday night (being told it was too dangerous to climb) we had no choice but to postpone our trip.

So - Kat and I spent saturday night trying to break our personal best karaoke record (4 hours) and sang into the night for a good solid 6 hours. Yes, we sang karaoke for a whole 6 hours with the help of a couple of Brits Matt and Charlie. We were well and truly exhasuted afterwards but my croaky voice was well worth it!