Fujikawaguchiko-machi

I think I mightve accidentally picked one of the best days of the entire year to see Mount Fuji, it was the first clear blue sky in almost 2 weeks and the cherry blossoms were still in full flower! The scene was picture perfect the only problem was that every other person in Japan decided to come to Mt Fuji with me which meant the buses in the Mt Fuji town were so full and delayed they were essentially useless, the queue to get a photo at the iconic Pagoda spot went for miles and the train from Tokyo was so full I had to sit on the floor again like in Germany. I did my best to capture the perfect Mt Fuji day but a sad reality of travelling in this post spencer world is that all my pictures suck and apparently no one understands how angles work (I was supposed to be taking a bite out of a Fuji apple smh). I went to a Shrine near Mt Fuji that was very quiet and had lots of lovely tall trees like that part of caves road near Red gate. I think it mightve been the highlight of the day :).  I stayed in a capsule hotel for one night at which was actually sensational, so much more comfortable than the hostels I've been in, I strongly recommend!

The following day I went to shuzenji onsen, which is a small village known for inventing wasabi and having a bunch of natural warm springs (onsen). The village had a very calming quality to it, it was surrounded by hilly forests and had a beautiful stream running down the middle which made light water noises that you can hear everywhere you go. For lunch I went to a restaurant that served wasabi soda! Wasabi soda is literally just soda water with a clump of wasabi floating in the middle that you stir through, it tasted pretty bad but there was something to it which was a bit morish. After lunch I went to an onsen and sat naked in a warm bath with a bunch of other dudes which was actually way more chill than I expected, but I stayed in too long trying to get my moneys worth and now i feel like I'm sunburnt but I haven't been in the sun. In the afternoon I started to go on a nature walk but almost stepped on a snake so I went back and just read at a spot overlooking the village instead (which is what I wanted to do anyway I just felt obligated to do the walk because it was there ahaha).

Today I caught a bullet train to Kyoto! It was very cool, especially when we passed another bullet train going the other way because it would push us to the side a bit and tilt the train. I spent most of the ride wondering what would happen if a person jumped and then two bullet trains passed at exactly the same time on either side, I reckon they'd spin so hard they'd turn into a long thin tube ahaha.Read more