03 08/09
00:01

Oxygen and Socks

Oxygen

Went looking for some hiking gear today at mont bell. Planning to climb Fuji san sometime in the very near future. ^^. I took a look at oxygen products. Figured I’ll probably just carry a can. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. But I just didn’t realize that it came in 3 different forms; solid, gaseous and liquid.

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23 03/09
21:42

On the road and Mt Fuji

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Mt Fuji from the car 1

Since some old buddies were in town and there was a long weekend, conveniently called a sanrenkyu (三連休) in Japanese, headed out of Tokyo for a Japanese holiday. I was told quite a few years ago by a Japanese friend in his late 30s that the perfect Japanese holiday is to visit the countryside, soak in an onsen ♨, spend one night at the ryokan, have breakfast and dinner in the room (部屋食, heyasyoku) and head back to work the next day. Was quite different from my idea of a holiday. ^^.

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