We decided to take a day off from the bus rides and QuietVoxes (headphones we wear to listen to the guide babble on about some building or monument). So we walked to the Ferris wheel and rode it. that gave us a view of the city.
This was the car on the wheel.
It was an interesting view from the top. That is our ship. It wasn’t very far from the wheel.
We did see Mount Fuji from the city. The sky was blue but lots of smog and or fog. I could have provided a beautiful blue sky photo from the web.
There is a large pine forest near the beach. To me the best part of the forest was the way the trees grow. Some were more or less straight. But even more were like the one in the center of the photo. And the branches are all over the place. It was fun.
When we returned to the dock there was a market. One of the shops sold kimonos and Samurai outfits. But they let people try them on for a few minutes. These are two of our favorite (we have many favorites by now) servers, Nelson and Rosalie.
The evening before while sailing to Shimizu we had a surprise dessert for dinner. Jan, the passenger lady in the photo, had a cake and a bottle of champagne delivered to her stateroom with a note wishing her a Happy Birthday. The best part of that is that her birthday is November 18th not May 2. How did that mistake happen? In Hong Kong the Guest Services had to type out Landing Cards for every guest. They had our Passports with all of the information. But somehow they made a mistake on her records on the landing card and therefore in their computer database records. So she got the cake. We enjoyed it with her. Notice the server!
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