Tracking Fuji-san on the Keiyo Line

(Near Kasairinkaikoen Station.)

(The view from Kasairinakikoen Station, with Fuji-san in the background.)

The Keiyo Line (a.k.a. the train you take to get to Tokyo Disneyland) is notorious for its weakness against the elements. If it's windy or raining hard, you can count on the train line being late. But when it's nice and sunny, the views that come with each train stop can be captivating: Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Bay, Kasai Seaside Park, and the factories in Shin-kiba that stretch out around the Eda River. And on an especially clear morning, when the smoke from the factories hasn't yet created a layer of pollution in the sky, you can see Fuji-san (Mt. Fuji), appearing unexpectedly (to your left! to your right!) as the train moves in an arc on its way to Tokyo Station.

(To be Japanese is to wax poetic about how there are many mountains in the world, but goddammit if Fuji-san doesn't have the best shape.)