Back to Kyoto on the Shinkansen
Each time I see Fuji
It appears changed
And I feel I view it
Ever for the first time.
How shall I describe Fuji
To those who have not seen it?
It is never seen twice alike
And I know no one way
Of describing the sight.
Date Masamune (1565-1636), from Zen and Japanese Culture, Daisetz T. Suzuki, Princeton University Press, NJ, 1959.
On the way back to Kyoto from Tokyo I finally saw Mount Fuji! I made a little Quick Time movie from the train window with my stills camera, which is posted below. Click on the highlighted text Mt Fuji @ 270 mph and then click on the text that appears subsequently, and it should load in a just a few moments, as I’ve kept it small.