Day 88. Our last full day! Flying back to London tomorrow! Well it had to happen sometime …
We rode the Shinkansen back from Hiroshima to Tokyo. The elusive Mount Fuji should be visible from the train on this route. We weren’t sure exactly when to look out of the window, but the sight of several people craning their heads excitedly on one side of the train as we pulled into Odawarra about an hour out of Tokyo was a give-away. Alas, the weather had turned cold and misty, and Fuji remained cloaked from view.
Now that we’re “locals” in Tokyo, we checked into our favourite hotel in Asakusa then returned to our favourite baby eel restaurant next door.
We were a bit slow on the uptake. Although we realised that a volcano had erupted in Iceland, we didn’t quite realise the effect it was having on air traffic. UK airspace is closed today, though apparently our flight is still scheduled to leave tomorrow We shall see …
After tucking into a bowl of baby eels, Safe ponders whether we'll be flying home tomorrow