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2 days at Tokyo make me feel bored. i told my travel partners that i really want to go somewhere else.
lets go to Fujiyama tomorrow! now go to sleep! we need to wake up at 5 in the morning and take the earliest train at 6.00am~ thats what i said.
going to sleep early is one of my biggest lie.
i fell asleep at 3.00am while 9gagging and woke up at 6.30am. well i did woke up to my alarm at 5.30am but i snoozed the alarm and my travel partner's alarm went off at 6.00am but she didnt woke up to the alarm and the alarm went snoozing by itself for 3 times and finally she woke up and i woke up and another one of us woke up; shower and head to Fujiyama straight away at 7.30am.
as written in my previous entry, just use google maps. but i actually got some tips from a
blog. well it says there that the easiest way to go to Fujiyama from Tokyo is by bus at Shinjuku; and she went for Fujiyama trip with an
agent.
but somehow, WE went to Fujiyama by train, by referring to google maps!
say it with me again.
google maps!
however, there are quite a lot of transfers between train stations needed, so you will need to be careful of which station you are heading to.
by counting hours there are route to choose. one is 3 hours +- and another is 8 hours +-.
so guess which route did we take?
4.5 hours.
we initially took the 3 hours route, of course; but we...
got lost;
because of the station transfers.
but luckily, one of the train pilot; wait, do we call the people who drive the train "pilot"?
whatever. the pilot and the station manager (?) were very helpful to guide us on where we wanted to go, even if they are not really fluent in English.
it was very kind of them to ask "doko iku no?" and say "follow me" and showed me the routes or explaining where should we go for example "kaidan (stairs), up, mukou (go further behind)" or "koko (here), matsu (name of a place), here, same."
so we finally got to the last station named Kawaguchiko; which if you already book for a tour then maybe the tour guide will wait for you there; or you can just go inside and ask for a ticket for sightseeing bus for JPY1200. you can stop at any point of attraction in the map; which is given together with your ticket. when you are done with the particular point of attraction then you can just wait at the bus stop, show the bus
pilot driver your ticket and you can just hop on to go to another point of attraction.
we initially wanted to go up to Fujiyama but it was already - unexpectedly for us - snowing outside, so there will be no trip to Fujiyama. sobs.
we went on the sightseeing bus and stopped at a place called Saiko Wild Bird Park but there was nothing to be found there but pure white... and some sculptures; and a small building with no one inside.
yesterday was quite cold enough for us, even for me who always, constantly had the aircond in my room in the office at below 18 Degree Celcius which everyone else complains "it is very cold in here" whenever they come in. note that Malaysia is hot. really.
we were discussing that we wouldnt want to go to a snowy place because it would be too cold; but we ended up playing with the snow instead.
it is our first time seeing snow live in front of our eyes and it was not just snow, it is snowing by the time we arrive.
and seeing how 9gaggers react to snow, and seeing the Dude vs Wild
Arctic Edition by Jap-Higa, i was wondering what it would be like to walk in the snow and feel the snow with my bare hand and catching the snow with my tongue and "do you want to build a snowman~?"
dance! dance~ dance! dance~ dancing in the snow! argh!
slippery! i cant get up! damn it!
and we were like "when is the next bus coming to pick us up~ we're freezing~ (TT_TT)"
well, snow is cool, at first but it gets really annoying when it gets too cold and too thick. it even got into my uggs~ *gasp* im wearing uggs~
put that aside, when we are done playing with the snow, we hopped on the sightseeing bus and the bus driver kept on stopping and asking pedestrians either if they wanted to hop on or where are they heading.
and yes, we had our first help without asking from an old lady at Tawaramachi Station who showed us the way to Taito Ryokan.
Malaysians?
no.
not even me.
i am not helpful.
or kind.
or going to sleep early tonight.
it is already near midnight.
i am sleepy, i fell asleep for a brief moment in the train on our way back to our room.
but i am not so sure if i can really sleep right after i am done with this entry.
alright. i am done.
done,
now.
publish.
ok~ lets brush our teeth, and oh, what is that notification on my phone?
9gag misses me~ awww~ thats so sweet~
i missed you too~
ok i lied. i wouldnt receive any notification because i was with it all the time in the train.
i just need an excuse.
just...
