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My longest blog in ths trip so far
... 2-3 hrs there to use there beautiful ladies only rest area (no additional charge). The restaurant looks nice too, not sure about the taste. The spa area, ladies only, looks very professional, however the price seems to be higher than the Canadians' hotel spa. I do recommend this onzen. BTW, no pictures were taken, except at the entrance of the building.
Had a burger with onion at the Fuji train station while waiting for our train, MOS Burger, it was ...
Trains, Cable Cars and Pirate Ships!
... car we went down to Togendai which is on the shores of Lake Ashi. The mists were starting to come in now and there was only the occasional glimpse of Mt Fuji amongst the clouds. There was no snow on it (like in all the photos you usually see) but it is still unmistakable because of it’s shape.
From Togendai we caught a local bus to Sengoku-Kogen where there is a famous hillside (Sengokuhara Heights) covered in Japanese pampas grass which is at its best at ...
Tokyo to Izu Oshima
... You could buy almost anything including cigarettes and beer and an isotonic drink named Pocari Sweat. In Tokyo we saw cigarette vending machines and soft drinks machines, but no beer ones. We wondered if they had been banned. However much to Kevin's delight, Joan identified a beer machine which Kevin had to test.
Back at the inn, we had to negotiate all the rules about what footwear one has to use. Take outdoor ...
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 riding a bike here, and I’d found one of the most wicked routes to ride in my life. It’s a skyline for sure, you get views from the ridgeline across the peninsular east and west and it’s fun just to sit and chill at a look out, watching other motorcyclists cruise by, or ogle the other parked bikes. Basically there’s not a straight section of road from the Toyo Tires Turnpike (closed when I went so I had to take Hwy 1) all the way ...
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