FINALLY: FUJI! Mt Fuji finally revealed itself to us! We woke this morning to this view: And then we went for a walk down to Lake Kawaguchi and saw this: Oh, and then we went up Mt Kachi-Kachi via the “ropeway” (i.e. cable […]
SPRING AT KAWAGUCHIKO Following yesterday’s snowfalls we were awarded some respite today, with no further precipitations from the heavens and a modicum of temperatures available (it got up to 4 degrees today!). The skies around us here in Fuji-kawaguchiko-machi remained overcast all day, which meant Fujisan failed to […]
FROZEN IN FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO-MACHI We like to map out our itineraries based on a things like what sights we want to see; the experiences we want to immerse ourselves into; foods we want to savour; and the weather we’re likely to experience in a place. Weather isn’t everything, but […]
A rainy visit to Hakone. After almost a week of clouds and drizzle, today was our first day of genuine rain. Big fat wet drops of summer rain. The up-side: the rain kept temperarures down to a very pleasant 21°C. The down-side: we had our tickets prebooked for […]
Wandering Soles 