Aussie Wendy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2008
Sounds like some mad expedition we'd do - and fail! At least you got to see it a bit! I've had friends get great (distant) pics from the bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo. We didn't even try!
Oh man, sorry you didn't get a great view of Fuji! There are a lot of places to see it, but it really depends on the weather. (I actually saw it from Disneyland last week! First time that happened. ) Once I was in Fujinomiya, right by the mountain, and we couldn't see it. My friend's dad (Japanese), said that the mountain was embarrassed because such beautiful women were there, so it was hiding from us. XD
Oh what a fun trip so far! Well, except for the 5 hour trip to Mt Fiji...Looking forward to more (meanwhile I am busily planning MY trip to Vancouver for my DCL cruise!).
5 hours?! Woof that sounds frustrating! I'm sorry the day didn't turn out exactly as planned and that you didn't get the best view of Mt. Fuji. But it sounds like you made the best out of it! And that little girl sounds adorable!!
Sounds like some mad expedition we'd do - and fail! At least you got to see it a bit! I've had friends get great (distant) pics from the bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo. We didn't even try!
Sorry to hear your Mt. Fuji day did not turn out to be what you hoped for! When you mentioned about going to Mt. Fuji, I assumed you were joining one of those tours that would take you to the viewing spot by bus. So you just took the regular bus to Kawaguhiko? That did not take you to the Kawaguchiko train station? I think Kawaguchiko train station itself is a tourist-y place, with gift shops, tour busses, and all. They say you can view the mountain from the station, and also I thought the lake is very close. I have not done a lot of research about Mt.Fuji myself, but reading your experience, I think I should do more research when I go!
What an exciting day you had. So sorry about the phone but glad it wasn't wet and able to be fixed.
Five hours to get to Mount Fuji is crazy! What determination you had. I think I would have given up. Thank goodness the clouds parted and you finally got to see it and take a few pictures.
I love that the pictures of the food market also had prices in U.S. dollars. I think that is so cool.
Totally following! I was in Japan around the same time as you..wish I could have stayed longer though! I have a TR going too...link in my signature. We didn't do any "nature sightseeing" because we were so pressed for time. I'll just live vicariously through your photos.
The dog statue's name is Hachi btw!
I'm curious as to how Air BnB works...if Dante wasn't yet home when you guys arrived, how did you get in? Do they mail you a key beforehand? Or was it one of those electronic numeric code locks?
The market looks so cool! And glad you were able to find a good sushi place!
The rain sounds like a bummer but you got some beautiful pictures.
Glad you were able to fix your phone, I would've been freaking out! Those sticky pics are adorable, something I definitely would like haha
They were super cool, definitely one of the things I was most excited about!!The fortunes sound really cool! And I'm glad you found a good ramen place. I can imagine how tired you guys were!
That crowd at Asakusa looks bad...making a note to myself never to go there on weekends!
The medium fortune basically tells to be careful with everything! Good for you that you got a good fortune. I am too chicken to try it!
That ramen looks pretty good, you are making me hungry!
I'm still here and enjoying the ride
Just wanted to say good on you for getting off the tourist track and trying some authentic local cuisine. Reminds me of one of our trips to Thailand. We were in this little town with hardly any other westerners, and barely anyone could speak English. We found this little local restaurant which was pretty full so we thought it must be reasonable. The lady there couldn't speak a single word of English. She motioned to us to sit down and cleared the table for us, gestured two (as in, 2 meals?). We gestured yes, and pointed to a bottle of coke. We had no idea what she was whipping up for us out the back, but she came back to us with the absolute best fried rice I've ever eaten, full of delicious flavour and heaps of juicy prawns. Sounds pretty basic, but it was easily the best meal I've eaten in Thailand, and one of my favourite travel memories!
We had a similar experience in Osaka before heading out to the airport to meet our daughter - yum! We never made it to Senso-ji - it was some hol when we were there too and it was so crowded at the entrance to the touristy bit leading to the temple we didn't even try! but we had by then seen similar temples in Kyoto and elsewhere.
How exciting getting your first glimpses of Tokyo Disney! So many pretty pictures!
Awesome photos! I can feel your excitement reading this TR!
I felt the same as you about the Disneyland hotel and Miracosta... I was wowed by the beauty of Disneyland hotel, but not as much as I expected by Miracosta. I think I over-expected because everyone says how grand and beautiful the hotel is.
So what happened to your dancing photo? I took DD's dancing photo there. I love those silly photos.