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My longest blog in ths trip so far
This is the longest blog so far in this trip, cause a lot of time spent on trains
Took JR, train and train again to get to Fuji train station, total of about 2 something hours.
I have to make a comment, the worst washroom I went to China was still better than the one in Fuji train station :(
I forgot to chk the weather for Fuji, the weather at the Mt is 10 degree lower than the station. It was cold in the station, probably mid teens ...
Trains, Cable Cars and Pirate Ships!
... Owakudani - which is also known as Greater Boiling Valley. It’s the crater of a volcano and as soon as you got off the cable car you could smell the sulphurous fumes - disgusting (well that’s what I think anyway - David seems to like the smell). We walked a little way from the cable car station to a small shop which sold Black Eggs - they are hard boiled eggs which have been boiled in the sulphurous hot pools and seemed to be regarded as quite a delicacy by ...
Tokyo to Izu Oshima
... black landscape, beneath the volcano. This is where the cult monster films, Godzilla, are filmed.
Back on the road, we headed to the south east corner to see Habuminato, a bay made out of a flooded caldera with only an ancient volcanic plug sticking out of the sea.
Further around we came across Chisu Setsu Danmen, a roadside cutting with a geological cross-section that bears witness to at least 100 ...
The Elusive Mt Fuji
We’ve had quite a lazy day today (for once). First we took the train from Kyoto to Odawara (going east) - with the obligatory box of sushi for lunch on the train. Just before Odawara we got a glimpse of what we think was Mount Fuji - but it was only momentary! Then we got two local trains - each one climbing higher up into the mountains - the last one going up a series of switchbacks. We finally arrived at Myanoshita, a small ...
Japan moto trip (Izu Skyline)
... at the peninsular tip. After the skyline I rode along the coast into Shimoda, which is also really beautiful. I love riding along the coast, you get all the little picturesque seaside fishing villages on one side and some nice mountain views on the other. There are always plenty of places to stop and lots of fishing paraphernalia to check out. It was the same situation with accommodation in Shimoda – honestly this trip wasn’t really planned beyond ...
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