So, the weekend after Nagoya, Alaina, Kim and I road-tripped to Shizuoka (Kim drove). Shizuoka is a city on the East coast of Japan...sorta near Tokyo, but not really. Anyway, there is ocean in Shizuoka, which is nice, and you can also access Mt Fuji from Shizuoka, though we did not do that this trip. What did we go to do, you may wonder? Well, to see the Real Grade Gundam, of course! I do not know much about Gundam, but they are robots and there is a tv series. Alaina knows a lot more about Gundam and she wanted to go, and I figured "why not...could be fun!" so I went along, too. Anyway... apparently in honor of the 30th anniversary of Gundam, they built a life-size model. Last year it was in Tokyo and this year it's in Shizuoka. And thus...I present to you... Real Grade Gundam!!! (and some other randoms)
Here it is from the train station!!!
It is 18m tall.
Tourist shot!
This is from the prefectural office observatory. You can see Mt Fuji on a clear day.
Too bad Japan does not ever have clear days. Its back there somewhere. In the clouds. grrrrr.
Driving home, it poured on us. But then we got to see a rainbow! It was declared by Kim to be "a real rainbow."
This is at "Obasute" which is a well-known rest stop off the high way. It has a-mazing views. Unfortunately, the rain clouds were still lingering, but it is still pretty.
And... I just never get sick of mountains and clouds, so just another picture of nice scenery. This is what I see every day. Mountains, clouds, and rice fields.
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