Of course, the top of Mt. Fuji has some vending machines
It's about 1:30 in the morning now
We all just woke up recently
I didn't sleep super well
I didn't sleep much at all
We're getting ready to head for the summit
Lions to greet us
and a gate
1...2...boom
That makes it official; Good morning!
I'm really happy I made it up here
It's ridiculously beautiful
Found the party hut
They're just jamming to some party music and dacing right over there
Sex on the beach and tequila
sweet
So as I said, since July 10th, there's wi-fi
Now we're starting our descent to the 8th station and then hopefully soon, the fifth station
so I can give Kris all this video
How are you feeling?
Tired, pretty tired
The way down was...
The way down was simple
The way down was over quick
Was soo much nicer
Bye bye!!
You took it (photo/video)???!!!
We're just about finished
How do you feel?
Glad to reach the end finally
Now, I have to find a computer so I can upload the movie files
so Kris can edit
We made a stop by an onsen
I don't think anyone's taking a bath though
There's just too much sunburn going on
This is the first time in my life that I'm turning down an onsen
Bye bye!
It was fun!
See ya!
There she is. / I'm so sunburnt.
Omg, your nose
Yea, you should see my shoulders and everything
You look so tired
We arrived just as the festival ended
But why was it important for us to come, Kris?
Because the Sumida River Firework Matsuri is the first video we did together, last year
It's the anniversary of TheUwagaPies
Yeah, it's one year of TheUwagaPies
The festival just ended
So we can reuse some of last year's footage
to show you how this looks
About a million people come out every year to watch the fireworks
And what they do is they cue up along the river
which is behind the building over there
It's kind of huge and epic as fireworks go
Look at that one!
amazing!
The whole area here in Asakusa is closed for cars
And there's lots and lots of people who come here to see the fireworks display
And the event is called Sumida River Fireworks
With Sumida River being one of the main rivers in Tokyo
As with many other matsuri
You can find a lot of people wearing yukatas here
People say it's like a summer kimono
and it's a bit simpler, there is only one layer to it
plus the ribbon that you put on
so it's much more comfortable to wear in the summer
There's a funny thing about foreigners wearing yukatas
Many foreigners feel like they're doing something wrong when they do it
like they're appropriating the culture or disrespecting the Japanese
but I don't think anybody in Japan thinks about it this way
Japanese people are quite happy that you try to do their....um, try their customs
This shows Japan in a funny way
The traffic here is closed
on this big huge crossing
but people are still waiting for the green light
they're not crossing the street
let's go