Musings

The Samuel Cocking Garden is a short walk from the end of the third escalator, and alongside the Sea Candle – the lighthouse and observation tower in Enoshima – seems to be the central focal point of any visit to

The first three days of our 18 day trip saw fabulous weather: sunny with clear blue skies. The weather became considerably more overcast and cloudy on Day 04 when we’d relocated to Tokyo for the second leg of our itinerary,

During our 2019 visit to Tokyo, we visited just one winter illumination spot in the city. This trip, we made a more conscious effort to find out where the winter illumination light-ups were and populated our evening itinerary with as

Takeshita-dori Street is Tokyo’s center of teen culture and fashion styles. No, we’re not in the target demographic, but since we had this much time on our second visit to Tokyo, we needed itinerary fillers! We reached the area at

Just before leaving Kawaguchiko today for a relocation to Tokyo for our next segment of this trip, we were treated to an amazing red-sky sunrise. This was at about 6:30AM when we were already up and getting ready for check-out.

Finding suitable accommodation at Kawaguchiko for us really wasn’t easy, and it was largely an issue of pricing again: it seems to pretty much be a seller’s market for Kawaguchiko accommodations, and per night rates easily cost from SGD350 per

We spent almost 4 hours at Lake Yamanaka, then took the loop bus to our last stop for the day – Nagaike Water Park – that’s situated on the opposite bank of the lake. The Nagaike side of the lake

After descending the Panorama-Dai lookout, we hopped onto the loop bus that brought us to what looks like a main stretch of Lake Yamanaka with numerous restaurants and activities centered around and at the lake. The lake is apparently the

So far, we’ve been blessed with weather in Kawaguchiko that’s as good as it gets. We’ve been able to observe Mt. Fuji in the clear, and the weather has been sunny throughout. The weather is a little chilly but otherwise

Our 3-day pass included the price of the bus ride to visit the Fuji-Subaru Line 5th Station. This station is an immensely popular spot as it’s the mid-point of the Yoshida Trail: a popular hiking trail to climb Mt. Fuji,

Many visitors upon descending from the ropeway observation deck would next go on the boat that takes visitors around Lake Kawaguchi for a different view of Mt. Fuji. Tickets for the Lake Kawaguchi Sightseeing Boat Ride were already included in

We observed that many hotels in the area offer shuttle bus services that bring guests from Kawaguchiko Station to their property. In fact, there’s even a bus bay – specifically Bay 10 – that is a designated pick-up spot for