Fuji tour... go 🏍️ 💨

I was up early again and remembered I needed a wall adapter for my laptop. The nearby Don Quijote discount store is open 24/7! At 6am I walked over and was amazed at the seven floors of EVERYTHING! The 5th floor had electronic items including adult toys 😂 I asked for assistance to locate the travel plugs. There was only one on the shelf! Yahoo!

Breakfast in the hotel was more traditional Japanese: green salad, miso soup, stir fry noodles, okra salad, rice, and more. I stuck to the delicious coffee and mini croissants.

It was a 10 minute walk over to the motorcycle rental store. In short order nine bikes were rolling and the tour started! The quickest way out of the city of 41 million are tolled motorways, which include a lot of underground tunnels! Long, dark, boring tunnels 👻 At least the traffic was flowing and it took just over an hour. We stopped at a large rest-stop convenience store for a snack and bathroom break.

Japan is a very modern culture, but has a lot of rules. It is just the way 🙃 So, farther along the bikes jammed up a toll gate receiver. Thus forcing two bikes to take an alternative route as they were not allowed to skip past the arm, even after taking to the remote agent on the intercom 🔊

It was finally nice to see less city, more greenery, and smaller roads. We passed by a huge amusement park and its massive roller-coaster. We stopped for a delicious ramen noodle lunch.

Next, it was up the toll road into Mount Fuji! It is a wide sweeping road up through the forests to the Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station Lounge (2200m). The clouds were hugging the peak and even around the parking area. No epic views for us today 🏔️ 😌 Thankfully there was very little traffic and we had the road all to ourselves!

We zipped down to Lake Yamanaka and our accommodation at the Fujiyamanakako hotel. Our rooms were traditional tatami mats. Instructions were provided on how to make our own beds with the pads, sheets and duvet.

The rain rolled in. It was a light and warm mist. This resort town didn't seem to be completely open for the season. The first restaurant we tried was full and the second one also not taking guests. Luckily back at the hotel we were able to get served the only meal option, Japanese chicken curry 🐔😋. The couple from Israel joined us, and we had the whole dining/lobby area to ourselves.

I settled into bed enjoying the sound of rain drops from the roof onto a metal shed outside my window. Let's see what adventures tomorrow rings 👀👍Baca lagi