My gift from Mount Fuji

Mariko Kitakubo took us to the Prince Hotel at Hakone. The day was mostly overcast, but that could not stop me from trying to photograph the charming tourist boats on the lake. All afternoon we kept looking in the direction that everyone said was where Mount Fuji was, but all we saw were white clouds. Then just at sunset (I was taking a nap) the phone rang. It was Mariko on the tramline calling to tell me the clouds had parted and one could see Fuji. I was so excited I forgot to take a photo, but Mariko did and even got someone at the desk to print photos.

When we arrived back in Tokyo the next day I downloaded my photos and found that though we could not see Mount Fuji in the afternoon the camera did!