Buick put his mount at the head of the field as the three runners barely broke sweat for the first mile.

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For a private audience with Mount Fuji, head to Resort Pension Marine Blue, (81-558) 942-062, in Shizuoka prefecture, three hours southwest of Tokyo.

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