What I found in a Mini-Stop parking lot

Saturday morning we arrived in the vicinity of Hansharo at 7 am, 2 hours before we needed to be there. We had spent the night in the Gotemba Kogen parking lot and woken up to a sour smelling vehicle because of DH's very American attitude toward all-u-can-drink. That morning was probably the best look-at-Fuji morning of the last 5 years, and we took advantage of this. We looked at Fuji alot. Then we looked some more as we drove toward Hansharo.

Anyways, arriving near Hansharo 2 hours early, we did what anyone would do and parked at a Mini-Stop. Before Miyuki had completely pulled into the space, my alcohol-o-meter started going crazy. I pointed out the window. "That's a full bottle of whiskey!" Indicating with my finger the bottle of brownish liquor abandoned near the dumpster. I sprang out of the car to retrieve my prize. Sure enough, it was a full bottle of Suntory Special Reserve Whisky, seal intact. This baby had not been opened. I posed for a picture then strutted inside the store to find out just how much my new booze went for these days.

Interesting thing, Mini-stop does not sell Suntory Special Reserve Whisky, so how did this bottle end up next to a dumpster with the seal unbroken? That question is one for the ages. We'll probably never know the answer and it's maybe better that way. A perfect ending to this story would be if I took that whisky and chugged it in the next two hours then commenced brewing at Hansharo blitzed out of my mind, threw up in the mash tun, pissed in the whirlpool, and defecated in the fermentor. Well, I didn't do that. In fact, I never opened the bottle and don't have any plans to. I would rather gaze upon it and ponder the road this booze must have travelled on its way to me. That, and I generally don't drink cheap ass whiskey.

Here you can see Mt. Fuji on that glorious day, sandwiched between the Mini-Stop and the mysterious Suntory bottle.