Gotenba-at the foot of Mt Fuji (Day 5 of Tokyo 08)

Trip Start Apr 30, 2008
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Trip End May 05, 2008


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Sunday, May 4, 2008

Woke up early today to catch the bus to Gotenba. Took JR. Reached Tokyo station at 8:00am. Bought tix for 8:50AM and not a direct bus to the Premium Outlet Stores. It's been sold out. Then began our 4 hour trip on a jam-filled highway- this is the end of their Golden Week and thousands are leaving Tokyo- how lucky we are.

Reached Gotenba by 12:30pm We shopped selectively and looking only for things we think we want to buy. It is very crowded- Japanese really know how to shop- everyone has a dog and kids in tow. The Outlets are quite good in comparison to US ones. Em bought a handbag, a pair of shoes, a dress and a watch- me a Beams shirt. Success!!!! Imagine the long journey without any loot. We didn't even stopped for lunch- we bought hotdogs to munch. We decided to start our journey back coz we are now afraid that we may be jammed back to Tokyo. So at 4pm- we made our journey back. But we forfeited our bus- didn't like the idea of being stuck in a stuffy bus for hours again and we bought train tix back.

2 trains later, after about 2 hours- we are back in Shimbashi Station- alas and hungry- so we head towards Yamasana Beef that we passed by everyday. Ate in record time of maybe 15 minutes- so hungry. Yamasana Beef
Yamasana Beef
 Then we head back to our hotel to relax and planned to shop later at DonKi for last minute stuffs to buy back. Last minute shopping at DonK!
Last minute shopping at DonK!
 Going home soon:(
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