Japan Trip 210309-270309 (iv)
17/05 better finish adding pics to these posts otherwise they will never get posted ...
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Day 5
thats the view from our hotel room!
(we were lucky to have nice views from our rooms throughout our trip ...
except for our last day ...)
i thought that was mount fuji ...
(lol ... fat hope)
love this hotel ... service was very good!
every morning the whole bunch of us will souvenir shop at our 'new' hotel ...
& this morning i bought 1 hellokitty fabric mirror! JPY648 (approx SGD10.30)
(afer discount ... there was some complimentary voucher ... have forgotten to bring it down but they gave me the discount anyway! )
after shopping xiao li told us its snowing!
photo credit to ms kuah
all of us rushed out like excited little kids ...
that was my first experience with snow!!!
tried to capture it on camera but couldnt ...
cos they were small and fluffy and foam like ...
(luckyily ms kuah video-ed it ... the super hilarious video)
our first stop was supposed to be mount fuji ...
(supposed because weather was bad ... and we couldnt ascend even the first station T.T)
the rest did experience the woah toilets at the entrance though ...
(lol)
off we went to the visitors centre for a video to show how mount fuji was formed from the eruption of 2 volcanoes ...
the more i watched the more disappointed i got ...
but xiao li was very nice to buy us each a mount fuji postcard ...
(i wanted the real thing though!)
souvenirs to console myself:
mount fuji clarinet hp charm JPY370 (approx SGD5.90)
hello kitty lucky charm JPY580 (approx SGD9.20)
lunch was at a restaurant near lake ashi i think ...
it was raining & freezing cold! look at the mist ...
enjoyed my porku lunch!
hotpot ... meatballs .... fried fish ... udon and rice ...
bought mount fuji postcards at the souvenir shop JPY200 for 2 (approx SGD3.20)
next stop hakone peace park ...
was still raining ...
walking up the hill was good excercise ...
we were panting midway ...
(lol)
the summit looked heaven-like to me ...
must be the mist ...
this park was built by the father who lost his son during war ...
(i think)
last stop for the day was gotenba factory outlet ...
this place reminds me of McArthur Glen at Troyes ...
didnt get anything except for a thermo flask ...
(lol i know)
at least ms kuah got a coach bag ...
i think they said timberland was reasonably priced ...
our hotel for the day!
loved our room! the decor and the view outside (river + streets + buildings + sakura trees that finished blooming?)
this is the only hotel that didnt allow us to borrow an adapter -_-
the recep actually told us to buy one from the vending machine ...
JPY800 (approx SGD12.70) for 1 adapter ... siao ...
our tour mates told us they bought theirs for SGD2 at ntuc so they helped us charge our cams instead ...
(so nice (: )
dinner was at the shopping centre next to our hotel ...
xiao li recommended this ...
found my porku abit tough ...
ms kuah's cheese one was nice!
there was free flow cabbage but we couldnt even finish our first portion ...
lots of food outlets in that area ...
my sanrio shop closed before i could step foot inside ...
loots from JPY105 (approx SGD1.70) shop:
an eye mask and a baking tin for my sis (mamee says she has seen that in daiso ... oops ... still abit cheaper la ...)
supermarket shopping was fun ... bought lots of random stuff ...
monkey toy JPY300 (approx SGD4.80)
chocolates JPY298 (approx SGD4.80) + JPY258 (approx SGD4.10)
(once again should have bought more! the chocs were nice! dont know why i want to hold on to all the cash -_-)
8:18 AM