On our last leg of the trip through the Hamburger prefectures, we arrive at the foot of Mount Takao. Many moons ago, I saw a video of someone going there and always wanted to check it out myself. As such, I take my wife, I take my kid, shove them into Japan’s steepest cable car and bring them up to Tokyo’s tallest mountain. And as per usual, shenanigans ensue. Who will win this time? The forces of capitalism of Mount Takao of which there are surprisingly plenty, or us and our sanity?

– Niko