On my first trip to Tokyo, about five days after I saw Fuji for the first time, I went to meet Andre in his part of town- Ilabashi. We walked around and visited some temples, and he took me to his local Buddhist temple. I said some prayers there and on my way home to Sydney, three months later, it was the place I said my last prayers too. On both of those occasions I don't remember seeing a golden Fuji in front of the box where you chuck in your coins so I was completely surprised when I went to say my prayers on my first day in Tokyo, on this second trip, that I was facing a very large golden Fuji.
You weren't blind, but it is the way of things Japanese, that it is not overt, and sometimes just waiting a bit allows the truth to shine for you. Be happy that you didn't get to realise this till now, I am happy for you. It isn't about immediate gratification, it's about the slower more fulfilling lifelong song that you are singing.
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