This is the first day to go on a Visit Japan Campaign.
In the morning, I have to gathered with other 3 winners which are Tum-sam from Thailand, Anas-san from Malaysia, and Alex from Indonesia at the hotel lobby. After we met and introduced each other, we headed to Shinjuku station to get on a train to Hamamatsucho station where we will have to take a Bus to Yamanashi prefecture. The bus was full of different countries of tourists. It took around almost 2 hours to get there.
Our first destination for today was Mt.Fuji 5th station but sadly that our bus couldn't go up to the 5th station on Fuji Subaru Line but only the 1st station only because the weather was very cold and the road is covered with snow.
1st station of Mt.Fuji
The temperature here was 3°C.
Then, we jumped back on the bus again to have Japanse style lunch set at MiharashiTei. The restaurant is located near one of Yamanashi's famous lake, Kawaguchi-Ko.
Houtou Hotpot, a famous dish of Yamanashi Prefecture.
A view from our seat.
I love this shingenmochi a lot. Another famous omiyake from Yamanashi prefecture.
After we filled our tummy with Japanese delicious food, we headed to Lake Ashi cruise in Hakone.
The weather today is very nice and clear.
There are seats inside the ship too but no one is sitting becase up on the observation deck we can feel the nice wind with 360 degrees viewing area.
We hopped on the bus again to HakoneYumoto Station. Here, we meet Mr.Kawasaki from JTB to check-in at Okada Hotel. We took a shuttle bus that located in front of Hakone Tourist Center.
Because there were so many people, we have to stand but it was fun and was't wake so long.
We checked-in and the hotel has welcome drink but it is a self-service.
All of us chose hot Yuzu drink which is so good♫
Then, we seperated into our own rooms to prepared for dinner.
Anas-san, who is always energitic Malaysia maa and Tum-san, a sweet and kind Thai woman.
Now, it is time for a dinner with Hakone Machi section member.
This is called “Enkai Ryori”. The picture above is the first set of it. More dishes will come after this one by one and end with dessert.
We exchanged a lot of opinions about our countries and learn more about Hakone Town.
A group photo before we finish the dinner. It really was a good time.
Our hotel has the Onsen which we had a free ticket! Therefore, we got back to the room and get ready for onsen(Japanese Hot Spring).
On the way to the onsen there is foot onsen so we decided to spare our time here a bit.
There was both indoor and open-air onsen places and ofcourse we went for the open-air bath but need to walk a little longer.
The entrance to open-air hot spring.
Tum-san and Me got so relaxed and really had a good sleep today.
< Today's course >
◉ Mt.Fuji
◉ Japanese style lunch near Yamanaka Lake
◉ Lake Ashi Cruise
◉ Japanese Enkai at Okada Hotel
◉ Hot Spring
< Information >
◉ Mt.Fuji
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6922.html
◉ Japanese style lunch near Yamanaka Lake
http://www.miharashitei.co.jp
◉ Lake Ashi Cruise
http://www.hakone-kankosen.co.jp/foreign/en/
◉ Japanese Enkai at Okada Hotel
http://www.hotel-okada.co.jp/eng/dishes/
◉ Hot Spring
http://www.hotel-okada.co.jp/eng/spa/lake ashi cruise
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