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My longest blog in ths trip so far
... wind. Mark was wearing shorts. Will be zero at the Mt? We are now in the bus going there, will see.
Arrived at Mt Fuji, the 5th step (total of 9 steps). very foggy, windy and cold. Sooo foggy that the top of the Mt was fully covered. So we walked around in the shops, the food was good though, corn and Mt Fuji cake (must try).
Taxi heading for onzen now, FujiYama Onzen. About 1000¥ taxi from the train station. The price for this Onzen (1800¥) ...
Trains, Cable Cars and Pirate Ships!
... 8217;m not sure!)- it had been quite well reconstructed and we had some good views of Mt Fuji there whilst eating ice creams - David had a black sesame seed ice cream which tasted very nice but looked horribly grey!
Finally we got on a local bus and drove over some wonderfully bendy mountain roads back to our hotel and the familiar sushi picnic in our room as we still cannot find any where open to get dinner from apart from the hotel restaurant which is way beyond our ...
Tokyo to Izu Oshima
... as you enter, put on house slippers for the corridors, and enter the bedroom with bare feet only. You even have to have special toilet slippers for the loos.
Dinner was served at six. The inn had sorted out a veggie meal for us of vegetable tempura, pickled lettice, shredded daikon radish, spinach, seaweed soup, cooked pumpkin and rice. It brought back good memories for Joan.
Next is a formal bath and then bed.
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The Elusive Mt Fuji
... good views of Mount Fuji. We also have a slight problem with clothes and shoes for tomorrow as we have left our fleeces in the suitcases which are now on their way to Tokyo and I get the feeling it may be cold as we go higher up; also our walking boots are still soaking wet from Sunday’s expedition to Nara in the typhoon (we’ve had to put plastic bags on our feet to keep our feet and socks dry when we put them on to travel in ...
Japan moto trip (Izu Skyline)
... I drew up in OSRM with the help of Gaijin Riders forum members. But no matter, I happened upon the bus station in the centre of town and they sent me round the corner to the tourist info place, where a couple of little old ladies lined me up with a Y4500 guesthouse.
I learned a valuable lesson for touring Japan out of this. Always head to the town’s transport hub and you’ll find someone nearby who can direct you to accommodation. Every town ...