We went hiking today. We first went by train to Nishi-Agano (Seibu Ikebukuro line) and climbed the mountain from there (which is unusual for the Citibank hiking club, all the other times we had an hour-long taxi ride first). There was a surprisingly large Buddhist temple halfway up the top, but the monks were out, so I could not get their seal. The top of Takayama Fudo was 771 metres above sea level.

In order to accomodate the iChat crowd, I signed up for an AOL Instant Messenger account (of course, I will still be available via both ICQ and MSN Messenger). When choosing a screen name I had to find out (in horror) that both Thilosopher and the German equivalent Thilosoph were already taken. Enter the Thilorist.