Bucket list trip....

Saw this tour and found it ticked all the boxes including two bucket list items to tick off, Mt Fuji and the Shinkansen. It was a bit of a hoof to the pick up point for us but thats no problem. The tour staff were friendly and helpful and explained everything we needed to know before boarding the coach. Our driver Mr Kato was pleasant as was Take, our knowledgeable tour guide. It started off a clear day, and we could see Mt Fuji from the highway before we left Tokyo. Take gave us lots of interesting and relevant facts and through in a little humour too. We had enough pee stops and photo stops as the clouds started to creep in but we got great views of Mt Fuji, the 5th station was closed due to snow but that was fine the 4th station had great views too. We drove to our lunch stop and had the traditional menu. There was heaps of delicious food and we didn’t even bother with dinner after the tour we were so full. We had the Drive to Hakone and lake Ashi and again Take gave us lots of relevant information as to the area and the hot springs. It was quite cloudy by now and we had our trip on the lake to the cable car. The mountain was really cloudy and you couldn’t see the top but what the hell. We got to the top we couldn’t see much and it was blowing a gale and snowing but we were rugged up and managed to get to the shrine and have a prayer of thanks. We made it to terra firma without incident and headed to the station and our trip to Tokyo station on the Shinkansen. This was another bucket list item to tick off. It was a fabulous end to a great day. We got to Tokyo station and can’t the subway to Shinjuku without incident thanks to Take’s instructions. What a great trip. #tokyo #fyp #awesomepic #themeparks#nationalpark#lakes#beaches#infinitypool