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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!
... sure why the pirates were in a lake 1000m up in the mountains!
We landed at Hakone-Machi and walked along an avenue lined with cedar trees which was built in the 1600’s on the orders of the shogun to provide shade for the travellers.
A little way out of the town was a reconstructed checkpoint from the 1600’s which was used to safe guard Edo (Tokyo) - it was used to stop arms coming into the area and women going out (why the women all wanted to ...
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)
Day 2: Izu Skyline
All I can say is, you MUST ride this, and any/everywhere on the Izu Peninsula at some point in your life. You must do this especially if you consider yourself a keen moto tourer. The scenery and corner carving cahoonery is OSM (panorama). OSM. Sometimes when you read moto magazines they talk about an ear to ear grin when riding a bike. I had one of these. A lot. It was OSM. I felt so ecstatic because here I was, a total newbie to ...
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