In episode 4 of Top Gear season 11, Jeremy Clarkson raced a Nissan GT-R against the Shinkansen across Japan. The goal was Mt. Nokogiri in Chiba, where they met at a Buddha dedicated to road safety. So this weekend, we decided to follow Jeremy's track from Tokyo to Chiba and see that Buddha - but not with a GT-R ;-)
Mt. Nokogiri is 330 meters above sea level and has a mountain surface that resembles the edge of a saw, or "nokogiri" in Japanese from which its name derives. At the top you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the Tokyo Bay. Mt. Nokogiri also hosts the largest statue of the Buddha Daibutsu in Japan. There are quite a lot of steps to climb so I understand why they were all exhausted.
