We went to a hotel in a place called Kawaguchiko near Tokyo with an advertised view of Mt. Fuji. I've climbed the fucker but I wanted to see it from close up with snow on it. We got a nice welcome at the hotel with plenty of bowing. We handed over £200 for the privilege (including major dinner it must be said) only to be dropped off in a room with a view of mountains. Only not THE mountain we'd come to see. My girlfriend said, don't worry, we can go outside and see it. I said fuck it, and marched back downstairs, paid another £40 and got the view above.
Honestly, sometimes the Japanese have this barrier between them and common sense that goes beyond the intensely irritating. Who the fuck goes to a hotel right next to Mt. Fuji to get a room facing in the opposite direction? Only a drongo. They clearly thought we were drongoes. At £200 a night I expect to see Mt. Fuji wherever the fuck I am in Japan, and especially when it's a mile away from my hotel.
