Actually...

So my previous post was spent reflecting on how it's pretty rare for Tokyo folks to pause just to admire the sky...twice in one week, no less.

But that wasn't the last of it, in the end.  Monday was the typhoon.  Wednesday was the eclipse.  And Friday...well, that was one of the most spectacular sunsets we've seen in a while.  I'm lucky I happened to look out my window at just the right time.  Grabbed my camera and headed up to the roof of my building to capture these shots:

We almost never see colors like this without some explanation (like a typhoon)...and the next day at work, it was a hot topic: "Did you see that sunset?!"

And then, the very next Monday evening, another typhoon.  (To paraphrase a local weather reporter: typhoon season sure started quietly, but decided to go out with a bang.)  I wanted some daytime shots, so took my camera with me to work the next morning and got these shots from the window of the train:

Pretty blue...and even the moon was visible

Now here's where we get to test your powers of observation.  Take a look at just one last picture below.  Doesn't look like much does it?  Can you figure out why it's special?  Look closely!  (I was very excited to get this shot.)

See it yet?

Need a hint?  Take a very careful look at the background.

I'll give you a few more seconds.

You got it, right?


 ......


It's Mt. Fuji!  The mountain that has for so long refused to allow me to photograph it.  It took an actual act of God--a typhoon--to make that mountain visible on a day I had my camera with me.  Seriously, I've seen the mountain lots of times.  But never, ever, with camera in hand.  And when I'm prepared, it's usually hidden behind clouds.

Me: 1, Fuji-san: 251.  But I'll take my wins whenever I can get them.