Kawaguchiko without Mt. Fuji
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Posted 2 years, 6 months ago at 9:47 pm. 2 comments
The jist of this post is, on a sunny day I went to Kawaguchiko, one of the five lakes surrounding the great Mt. Fuji, but a big cloud decided to ruin my trip by covering the mountain top. The following is one of the very few photos showing Mt. Fuji. If you are still interested, read on.
オルゴールã®æ£® (Orugouru no mori)
Similar to Huis Ten Bosch in Kyuushuu, Orugouru no mori is a random European-themed garden with lots of flowers and macro opportunities. It is way smaller in scale, but it does not have god awful rides and a huge debt like HTB. It was a gorgeous day to use my new macro lens.
西湖ã„ã‚„ã—ã®é‡Œæ ¹å ´ (Iyashi no sato NENBA)
Sato nenba is a “restored” Japanese village that was destroyed by typhoon. I got to see lots of traditional
pottery, paper goods, samurai outfits…etc., but not Mt. Fuji. No, I am not bitter.
This is how Nenba should look like. This was how it looked without Mt. Fuji.
富岳風穴
There are a few interesting lava caves in the Kawaguchiko area. I picked the one with icicles called 富岳風穴 (I have no idea how to say it). I had really low expectation before I went in. There was no one there except me and the old guy collecting the 280 yen admission at the gate.
This was the very first time I felt scared traveling on my own. It was really cold and dark down there. The ground was very uneven and slippery and there was freezing water dripping down my neck all the time. It seemed to take forever to walk to the end of the cave and the bamboo handrail was wobbly at best. The whole time I was thinking, “I can get murdered down here and no one would even smell the body”, “Please don’t slip, please don’t slip”, “Oh no, my dslr is gonna get wet”.
It was a really nice day trip despite the stupid cloud. The three hour bus ride from Tokyo station to Kawaguchiko was well worth it. Check out the rest of the photos here.
P.S. The updated Flickr slideshow interface is pretty awesome. I think I will get rid of my photos page and link to Flickr from now on.
Great photos, Shirley! :) Your Nenba is much better, but I guess it could be even better… with a certain landmark…..
I’m more than a little jealous of your macro lens! What is HTB?
Travelling alone can be scary… but fun and relaxing too! :)
HTB = Huis Ten Bosch
Japan is pretty much the only place I can feel safe traveling alone. That’s why I keep going back. :blush_kao: