Kawaguchiko and Fuji-Q

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Breakfast at the hostel Back to Lake Kawaguchi With better weather, we head back to the lake to get better photos.           Click for full size         Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park  Situated near Mt Fuji, the park opened in 1968 and has since modernized with facial recognitionRead more

Kawaguchiko and Fuji

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To Fuji We travel by train towards Tokyo then divert by bus to head up the mountains to Kawaguchiko. The whole journey takes over 5 hours.   The town is named for Lake Kawaguchi, one of the 5 lakes surrounding Mt Fuji. While this lake is surrounded by lodges and other tourist attractions, we are visitingRead more