First glimpse of Fuji-san!
The evasive beauty.
Shibazakura Festival / moss phlox
Fuji-san is a different kind of beauty from what I've seen before
and seeing it in person was definitely one of the highlights of the trip for me.
Like a scene I've dreamt of.
Broiled trout at the festival site.
Found a cute coffee truck enroute to the lake.
Lake Kawaguchi
VISIT:
Shibazakura Festival ― This annual moss phlox festival take place in April - May, but dates will change depending on blooming date, check their site to be sure! There are many food stalls at the festival site and the houtou I had there was so comforting to eat. Mount Fuji also looked extra surreal amidst the background of all the moss and trees.
Lake Kawaguchi ― If you bother to walk long and far you can probably get a good view of Fuji-san (again, on good days) but we didn't. Nonetheless, I think it's a place I can stay at the home day, just staring at the light reflecting off the water.
Plot your day trip to Hakone/Fuji areas better by checking the Fuji webcams so that you'll be catching Fuji-san in its full glory, instead of feeling disappointed after making a long journey there and seeing only gloomy clouds:
Fuji Five Lakes: http://www.fujigoko.tv/english/
Hakone: http://www.hakone.or.jp/en/web-camera/camera_window5.html
This obviously means that you cannot book any tours or tickets in advance. If you do, it's really by luck! The weather is super unpredictable; it can be super sunny one day and rainy the entire of the day after. Our itinerary for Tokyo was quite flexible so what I did was to check the webcam for the five lakes in the morning and we went to Kawaguchiko on the day that Mount Fuji was clear. After not seeing the magnificent beauty in Hakone, I really couldn't afford to waste this trip!
That said, Mount Fuji's visibility is still pretty hard to predict throughout the day. Many times when I looked at the webcam (I know, I was obsessed!), it was visible in the morning and couldn't be seen by noon. So do check the weather forecast and go on an absolute clear, sunny day, without a hint of rain!
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