Hardly comparable, but one of my fondest memories in Japan was a sudden trip to climb Mt Fuji with 2 other crazy gaijin.. Totally unprepared, massive storm, absolutely no knowledge of how cold it would be (about 20 degrees Centigrade difference bottom and top..). We weathered it out outside with rain in our face all night, wearing only 500 yen convinience store rain jackets, ate a massively overpriced cup noodle once the small mountain huts opened up. Was it terrible? Pretty. Was it worth it? https://farm1.staticflickr.com/144/320147593_cc5c8e82ed_z.jp... yes.