Day 8 - Mount Fuji (Fujiyoshida + Fuji-Q Highland)

After the good rest yesterday, I felt pretty much fully recovered from the climb. As we had to check out from Ashiwada Hotel by 9+, we started the day early. I felt a little bit sad that this was our last day in Fujigoko as I really liked the quaint, surreal feeling this place gives me. The small town feel and picturesque surroundings really made me feel like I was in a far, far away place from Singapore. Yet strangely, there is a tinge of familiarity I can't explain. I love Fujigoko. Below is the road outside our hotel:



Needless to say, our 1 kit kat and 1 instant noodles dinner last night didn't really sustain us so food was the first things on our minds this morning.

We went to Fujiyoshida, the other main area in the Fujigoko region besides Kawaguchiko. Fujiyoshida is famous for their udon as it is made with water found in this region. An interesting fact is that most of the udon shops are operated on the premises of people's homes.



We went in search of a Musashi Udon, a place rated highly by a bunch of ang mohs on the internet who ate at almost all the udon shops found in this area. As expected, the place really looked like an extension of the living room of someone's home.
Porn included. The place had a stack of porn magazines for you to browse through while you wait to be served.



It started to rain and we took refuge at Musashi's for awhile but the place closes at 2pm so we have to leave soon. Our next stop was Fuji Q Highland but as we were walking there, it started to rain HAIL! We had no choice but to take refuge outside an office. The weather change was drastic as it started to get really cold. We were stuck here for awhile before the weather allowed us to quickly run to a cafe nearby for some warmth.

Anyway, the rain finally stopped. The bad thing was that the rain made us run wayyy behind schedule (we were suppose to be at Fuji Q much much earlier) but the good thing was that Mount Fuji appeared even more beautiful after the rain coz the clouds were cleared.





The best view of Mount Fuji is none other than at the top of Fujiyama, a roller coaster ride in Fuji Q Highland. The ride treats you to a supreme view of Fujisan and then plunges you right down at XXX km/h.



Fuji Q also had a new ride called Eejanaika, a 3-D ride which I assume is related to the fact that your seat actually turns 360 degrees mid air.



We took the local train back to Kawaguchiko for dinner and check out how kawaii the train is! Why can't SMRT learn a thing or two? If there is one thing we can learn from the Japanese, it is that sometimes we can take ourselves less seriously and afford to be more outrageous.



We had MOS burger for dinner (strangely it was like 'connected' to a ramen shop, so it was only a half MOS shop) and yes, it is definitely better than Singapore's. I guess in Japan, they just have better ingredients. The taste was very fresh. We had a clam chowder, a yakiniku rice burger and a MOS special burger. It was all good except that the rice burger was juz plain ordinary. Hmm, it even looks ordinary.



We left Kawaguchiko on a Fujikyu bus at 830 pm. Like I said, I was sad to leave but we are just about to begin on our next leg of our trip so I was getting excited about Kansai as well. But it was goodbye to the most memorable traffic light theme song I ever heard in my life. I will remember this tune forever. I'm obsessed with it (And yes, I got it recorded. haha.)

I'll be definitely come back to Kawaguchiko!