Pandamonia!
Hello fine people! A busy last few days it has been, with my friend Perry visiting from Wellington for a week, I've been doing a bit of touring around and showcasing Tokyo and the surrounding region, which has given me an excuse to look at some places I haven't yet had the chance to! Perry had indicated he wanted to get outside of the city and do some outdoorsy things, so I thought a trip to Kawaguchiko would be in order. This is the town that is at the base of Mt Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, and is a popular launching spot for climbing expeditions up the mountain. Being only the start of spring, the mountain is still covered in snow and is off limits (being 3776m high I would not want to be up there at the moment). However Kawaguchiko affords some good views of the mountain, as well as being full of places for adventure. We took a bus from Shinjuku early in the morning, going for an hour and a bit, watching the skyscrapers become urban sprawl, urban spral become rural villa...