{"id":34447,"date":"2023-12-11T19:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=34447"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:57:26","slug":"day-04-kawaguchiko-to-tokyo-shin-okubo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2023\/12\/11\/day-04-kawaguchiko-to-tokyo-shin-okubo\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 04 @ Kawaguchiko to Tokyo \u2013 Shin Okubo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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. The last time I saw one of these sunrises was exactly to the day 5 years ago in Cingjing, a sight I blogged about here<\/a> too. The photos here are about what one would have seen with the naked eye. The red-sky morning lasted for just a few minutes, then faded away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A panoramic view of the red morning sunrise from our hotel balcony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The red sky was most fiery on the far left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Quite a memorable sight to take away from our 3 days in Kawaguchiko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our journey back from Kawaguchiko to Tokyo was uneventful: we’d reserved seats for the 8:10AM express bus to Shinjuku Bus Terminal, and upon arrival, we made our way to our Tokyo place of stay: Toggle Hotel Suidobashi Tokyo to drop off our luggage, then headed back to Shinjuku Station to explore a couple of areas: firstly, Shin Okubo<\/strong>, also known as Tokyo’s Koreatown. The daughter was of course over the moon about its inclusion in our itinerary, she being the huge K-pop fan she is! Not much by way of commentary here since I’m not a follower of all things Korean, except for the odd K-drama like Squid Game haha!<\/p>\n

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K-Pop boy band on the street?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Onto Takeshita-dori Street next!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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