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Day 3: Kamakura, Odawara, Atami
Quick stop to Tokyo Bay then to Kamakura to see: Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-Gu and the Daibutsu (Great Buddha). Then on to Atami whose New Akao Hotel is embedded to the side of a seaside cliff. The hotel and Atami itself is a resort destination for the Japanese and natural hot springs. Along with great views, the New Akao has a maze of rooms …
Mt. Fuji
For our last day in Tokyo we splashed out and did a day trip to Mt Fuji. We packed up our backpacks, left our little hotel and made our way across town - during rush hour. Pretty difficult with a giant bag! We stored our bags in a locker at the station and got a bus to Mt fuji. It took around two hours but just after half an hour after leaving Tokyo you are travelling through the hills which are beautiful. When we arrived we ...
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¥) ...
More shrines, temples and Chinatown
Another train ride this morning, this time to Kamakura -- a hamlet by Japan standards of only 175,000 residents. The city is located on Sagami Bay not far from the thriving port city, Yokohama. Kamakura is the location of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. The ten minute walk to the shrine was along a pathway that was constructed in 1190. This would be a fantastic place to visit in the springtime when ...
Tokyo to Izu Oshima
... is the island, is the world's third most active volcano after Stromboli and Kilauea (allegedly), though on the plane over we read an article which claimed a volcano in Indonesia was the second most active. How do you define such things?
On the crossing we saw a strange black and white structure and a submarine cruising along.
We arrived at Okata Port on the northside of the island. We searched the internet ...