Woke up to beautiful sunny day and had brief breakfast in hotel restaurant. There was a drunken man ordering his third beer at 9:30 am. An unusual sight not only for the time of day but also for Japan. After breakfast we set off for the cable cars to go up Mt Bizan, Robin having decided that he could conquer his fear long enough to cope with the six minute ride. The building from which we took the cable car was also home to a very nice souvenir shop and the Awa Odori dance theatre. We had a cable car to ourselves and were behind two very excited, giggling japanese girls who took our photo from their cable car in front of us. Robin did well to survive this terrifying experience and seemed to control his fear by gripping my right hand and wrist. Seems unlikely that I will ever be able to write again. He did evntually manage to open his eyes long enough to glimpse the absolutely stunning panoramic views across Tokushima and out to sea. We arrived safely at the top and were very glad that we braved the scary ride because the views were magnificent. As the sun was shining across the city we took some good photos. We walked all around the top of the mountain taking in fabulous views in all directions. It was possible to see many of the rivers coming into the city from the sea - we managed to count seven from one viewing point. We set off to walk back down to ground level and picked the first path we saw. It was extremely steep at the top and in some places there was even a rope to hold on to. Some of the path went down by what would be waterfalls. It levelled out a bit more towards the bottom and we ended up in some sort of very old cemetery where some stones had been up-endd by tree roots. After the cemetery we went into a temple which had the mot exquisite gardens complete with moss gardens, raked gravel, carp ponds and blossms . Walked back to the town centre and got a big supply of delicious cakes from a patisserie and then stopped for lunch in a student cafe. We had cheese and potato pizzas and coffee. We walked around the shopping arcades and bought som souvenirs and then walked round to the castle gardens. We checked our mails at a cafe near the station. In the evening we went to see the Awa Ododi dance display at the theatre which was very colourful and noisy but we decided against getting up on stage and joining in ourselves.