What a terrific couple of days we had at Mt Fuji. We got there late afternoon in very low cloud and wasn't even sure if we would see this iconic mountain. What made us laugh was the last part of this long journey was by the Thomas Train, great fun. That evening we wondered around this dormant town called Gekkoji and wondered what we were doing here, but we brought a beer and some food and headed back to the hostel. Micheal's hostel is straight down from the station so real easy to find with basic facilities.
The next day we caught the train up to Kawaguchiko where we should see fantastic views over the lakes but no we didn't. We got the two day ticket for the sight seeing bus so we could easily hop on and off as we liked. The bus went firstly around Lake Kawaguchiko which is the largest and below Mt.Fuji. We then got off at Fugaku Fuketsu the lava cave which was interesting but only took 5 minutes to walk around. Next was the Narusawa ice cave which was as boring as the lava cave but we are on the tourist bus so let's be tourists. We boarded the bus again for a few more stops then got off to walk for abit around Lake Saiko. While walking the sun started to shine and the low cloud started to move away so we got back onto the next bus and headed back to Lake Kawaguchiko where we would be able to see Mt.Fuji.
And yes what a sight it was to see this stand alone perfect cone shaped mountain, we remained until the sun set and headed back to the hostel with smiles on our faces. We decided that if it was nice the next day we would catch a later train for Nagano. The next day brought a beautiful blue sky with no sight of any clouds in the sky so we packed our bags and left them at the hostel to pick up later.
Before we headed back to the lakes we went to see the Yamanokami-Jinja Temple and I'm glad we did. It was a very peaceful place in amongst the massive tall pine trees and not a tourist stall or food stand insight. If you only visit one temple in Japan it has to be this one.
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