You climbed Mount Fuji at night? All night long. There are six ascending trails to the summit of Mount Fuji. The Kawaguchiko Trail is the most popular. Along the way, we stopped and took a nap. We did not get done until the next afternoon.

Why did you do it at night? That is what we were told to do. I don't know. Maybe the temperature; maybe it was too hot. People do it for spiritual reasons, but we did it just to say that we had done it. That's something no one can take away from us - the fact that we climbed it. Not many people in the world have climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.

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What Taye digs about Tokyo

Lodging

Park Hyatt Tokyo, 011-81-35-32-21-234

Urayasu Brighton Hotel, 011-81-47-35-57-777

Dining

Capricciosa, Italian, moderate to expensive, 011-81-42-22-17-881

Kitazawa Club, Japanese, expensive, 011-81-35-33-37-732

Maduro, Japanese, Grand Hyatt Tokyo, expensive to ­very expensive, 011-81-34-33-31-234

Morimoto, Japanese, expensive, 011-81-33-47-90-065

Naru, Japanese, moderate, 011-81-33-40-67-337

ATTRACTIONS

The Great Buddha, Kamakura, about an hour from Tokyo

Miyazaki Ocean Dome, 011-81-98-52-11-177

Oedo Onsen Monogatari, 011-81-35-50-01-126

Tobu/Metropolitan Plaza, 011-81-33-98-12-211

Tokyo Disney Resort, 011-81-47-35-40-001

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, 011-81-35-32-07-890

Tokyo National Museum, 011-81-33-82-21-111

Tsukiji fish market, 011-81-33-54-21-111

Ueno Park, 011-81-35-68-51-181

Nightlife

Blue Note Tokyo, 011-81-35-48-50-088

Harlem, www.harlem.co.jp