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Japan Winter 2019 - Part 10 Mt. Fuji And Lake Kawaguchi


It was a great day to go to the grand Mt. Fuji when we went. The sky was clear blue and the air was nice and cool. For this day trip, we hired Yokoji-san and his car to take us around. Yokoji-san is surprisingly exactly the same age as my dad! He is very friendly and fit. He has visited Indonesia several times and he seems to work with the embassies quite a bit. When he picked us up, he brought a little translation device to communicate with us but I snatched this opportunity to practice my Japanese instead. 

We were picked up from the hotel in the morning, and Yokoji-san drove us towards the famous mountain. We originally didn't think we could go up as it was in December and it's not usually good weather around that time. However, on that day, the weather was very nice and the Mt. Fuji 5th station was open! So up we went!



We all had proper winter gear on, but up on the mountain there was windchill. And it was FREEZING! We quickly took a group picture outside and Oma and Opa immediately went indoors away from the harsh wind. The youngsters stayed a bit longer outside for more pictures. The iconic mountain is quite a sight. We were really glad to have been able to see it up close that day.

















We didn't spend too much time up on the 5th station but it was worth it. Next, we drove down to Lake Kawaguchi (Kawaguchiko). We had wanted to take the cable car up to get a view of the lake and mountain, but unfortunately, it was closed that day. Instead, we took pictures around the lake and Miss Kiki went with Tan and Uncle N to ride on a duck boat.























It was around noon and we set out to have lunch at Yougan Onsen. There we had steak lunch sets grilled on hot lava stone. I think it's a popular tourist dining spot :) It was good food, though!














This was half of our private tour that day. Coming next, the Chureito Pagoda!

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