Sunday, November 05, 2006

Japan Day 2 & 3

Weather: Cool and Cloudy
Places visited: Mount Fuji & Hakone

We had our first breakfast at the hotel. Breakfast comprises of very saltish salmon, bread, sausages, tofu, miso soup, some kind of condiments and salad, jelly cocktain and of course coffee. We left the hotel early to board the bus headed for Mount Fuji. Luckily, we managed to catch the breath-taking view of Mount Fuji in the morning before the mist took over around lunch time. It was probably about 12-13 degrees when we were at the 5th Station at Mount Fuji. We were actually all shivering in our trench coats and scarves, but happy that we finally got the chance to put them on.

A clear view of Mount Fuji from
the 5th station. Noticed the foliage is an interesting blend of green, yellow,
orange and red!

By noon, a mist took over and the view of Mount Fuji becomes unclear.

The pace of this trip is relaxed and slow as it's a packaged tour with the Sunrise Tours, which we signed up for at Takashimaya in Singapore . The general weather is probably about 16-17 degrees which is very nice. We also took a cruise to Hakone and went up one of the hills on a cable car to take in more breath-taking views. After that we headed to our Hakone hotel for our one night stay. Our hotel is lake facing, so we actually get a lakeview. But it was really too dark to see anything! Also, the shops here close really really early, like 7.30pm. So we really have no place to go after dinner!

This is us! Walking around Hakone at about 8pm, desparate for any shop to be
open. But too bad there's really none.

Dinner at one of the local restaurants
recommended by the reception. We had sashimi, different types of fried fish,
unagi and sake.

The next day, its free and easy at Hakone. We were provided with a map and paid transportation so that we can easily move about on our own. We headed to the Pampas (Japanese name Susuki) field-cum-hill for lots of photo taking! It is very very nice to see a field of beige/white Pampas. Hakone is a very pretty but sleepy town......so we didnt do much but just sight-seeing and eating. The highlight of the end of the day is taking the Shinkansen (bullet train) back to Tokyo. We were really awed by the speed of the train!

Pampas field!

This is the Pampas plant, or
Susuki.

This is how the sleepy town
looks like.

Labels: Japan, Trip

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