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Mt. Fuji as seen from my room

me and Mt Fuji

traditional Japanese breakfast

The beauty of Mt. Fuji was just too much! I was at awe upon the sight of it during my ride in the bullet train from Kyoto to Mishima station. Upon arrival, we went through our Hakone tour, going around Lake Ashi, the Ropeway and the Owakudani Boiling Valley where the delicacy was to eat a hardboiled egg cooked in the hot springs. The area really spelled of sulfur so I didn’t stay that long and ate ice cream with my titas.
We stayed in Hotel Mifuen which had the view of Mt. Fuji in all its rooms, it was also my first stay in a traditional tatami room, all hard floors but we had a futon and lots a very thick duvet to cover our bodies since, again, it was very cold. We were also treated to a traditional Japanese dinner and breakfast, sat Lotus style, had a tray infront of us with tons of small dishes together with the best rice, grilled fish and more sidings. Breakfast was an egg cooked in a metal pot with a burn and heat proof paper doused with soy sauce, grilled salmon slice and more siding….delicious and authetic. The whole family got to reach the 4th level station of the mountain and there was snow, so we played around and threw snow balls. I fell thrice while climbing up, due to the melted ice, getting old….just like some of you reading this. Enjoyed the sights….seeing and being near Mt. Fuji was like reaching the Great Wall of China when I was in Beijing, it was awesome, too happy to realize that I was there. The best when you are with the most important people in your lives.

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