Name: A Road Trip to Find Little Fuji (Mt Tsukuba) | Life in Japan 108
Uploaded: 2021-05-21T19:25:08.000Z
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A bunch of ice cream?! We're on a mission today, huh?

We're going to go to the little Mount Fuji to see if we can find some ice cream.

Beautiful Momma chan behind the wheel today.

Today we're crossing Tokyo to nearby Ibaraki prefecture to see a mountain they compare to Mt Fuji,

saying “Mt Fuji in the west and Mt Tsukuba in the East.”

The highways that go through downtown Tokyo, Shibuya, Shinjuku are so cool

Because they're elevated, so you're like 5, 6, 7 stories off the ground

Flying through the air, it's a cool way to go through Tokyo.

Shibuya is one of those really big crossings where tons of people go across.

You know that's right over there, behind those buildings there.

Then up ahead of us is Ginza and a bunch of stuff like that.

This trip is perfect to do today because there is little traffic in Tokyo.

Otherwise this 2-hour drive would take at least twice as long in normal traffic.

OK we haven't started the time yet. We take turns playing the Switch, right?

Set the time for 20 minutes. Whose turn is it? Anna's?

We fly past Tokyo and head out north towards Skytree.

Along the way we'll go through 5 different prefectures: Kanagawa, Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki.

One of the super challenging things for foreigners driving through Tokyo is paying attention to all of the exits.

And all of the different directions you can go.

Because there's several exits sometimes at the same place

And you gotta figure out which way to go and it's all in Kanji

And so there's been times when I messed up and took the wrong exit

And literally it cost us 20, 30 minutes to recuperate from that error.

And then you also end up paying like 1,000 Yen in tolls

And it can be very bad to make a blunder with an exit.

And way off in the distance you can see Mt Tsukuba.

That's the mountain we're going to, guys. There's the mountain we're going to way up ahead.

The rest area is a happening place today.

But we got our drinks. Hand a little rest.

One of our favorite pastimes on long road trips is listening to audio books while the landscape passes by.

Today we're listening to the Chronicle of Narnia, Prince Caspian.

Do you have a favorite pastime while traveling?

It sure helps time go by, and with kids that's invaluable!

Sometimes that best thing to do is be the first to spot something unusual.

Parachute-thingy over there. Oh look guys!

There's some, what do you call it? Parasailing?

Oh there's another guy! Yea yea, there's another one.

And I am never going to be a hiking family.

Sarah, you don't want to be a hiking family?

She said she would never be a hiking family.

I'm going to be a hiking family. Oh you are?

Me too. We're going to be a camping family some day. Well, yeah.

You don't have to be a hiker, Sarah. She wants to be a camping family.

This is an old building area. Look at these!

Tiny little road weaving up the mountain side.

Makes sure you don't crush the steering wheel with your hands.

Dear Jesus... I don't like this! You're doing great, Honey.

Good job Momma chan! That was quite the road.

We're getting to the main road, but the main road still looks like Spaghetti.

Ok we're going to buy our tickets for the Ropeway.

They're going to closet his door. The guy's going to stand right there and talk.

Look, you can see all the rice fields down there! You see them?

Oh right now we're at the same height as Tokyo Skytree Tower!

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