By the time we got up mum, dad, grandma and grandad had been up for sometime. It looked as though we were off today which was a shame, as we were both liking it here. Haruki went with mum and grandad to the beach whereas Yuto stayed with dad and grandma and continued to pack. We all left around 10am.
Mum drove the same way we had driven yesterday. It looked as though we were going all the way back to Tateyama however, once off the highway we turned up a giant mountain. We all got out into the boiling heat. Both Yuto and Haruki had no idea why we were walking in the heat however, after a short downward walk we ended up at a massive Buddha. Mount Nokogri housed this massive Buddha for good health. It was certainly impressive.
Dad seemed to have other things on his mind. One of his favourite shows called ‘Top Gear’ came here apparently to see the Buddha for road safety. Dad went off on his own for a little while. He came back looking really hot and quite unwell. Apparently he had climbed the height of the mountain but failed to find the Buddha. He didn’t look well and his clothes were wet through. He was quite disappointed.
Once back in the car grandad drove up to the second car park and dad spent a lot of time in front of the air conditioning. He looked much better. To our surprise mum and dad went off again. Apparently they went wrong again, climbed more stairs but eventually found the Buddha. Both mum and dad agreed it was worth it however, due to the heat Yuto and Haruki agreed it was better in the car.
Grandad drove to our lunch stop where we had ramen. Dad, who was feeling much better after drinking lots of drinks and eating chocolate and a salty meal, took over after that and drove through Tokyo. We were both looking forward to seeing Tokyo however, once over the bridge and tunnel we went through two days ago to get to Chiba, we just stayed in a tunnel full of traffic. It was really boring.
After an age we surfaced and entered a city called kawagoe. This city, according to my dad’s guidebook was meant to be ‘a mini edo’ with a lot of old buildings however … there were none. After checking into the Prince Hotel mum, dad, grandma, Haruki and Yuto went out into Kawagoe and, after a 10 minute walk, found the old buildings. It was 8pm now and so it was a little cooler. We walked the whole street. It was very pretty with a lot of lanterns lighting the side of the road. There were a lot of shops mum wanted to visit but all sadly closed. When they open, it’ll be really hot so they wondered about driving a long the road tomorrow. That sounds like a good idea to us.
We returned to the hotel with something called yakitori and some donuts from Mr donuts. It was a nice light dinner.
So no real plan for tomorrow … let’s just see what will happen. It is very hot here.
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