Date: 27 Feb 2009 Friday
This is our pre-booked Mt. Fuji-Hakone 1 day Tour:
Hilton Tokyo Hotel 
Ashigara Mt. Fuji 2nd Station Hakone Lake Hotel
Private Boat Cruise on Lake Ashi Hakone Sky Gondola Owakudani Valley Hilton T Hotel
08:10 AM Pick up
We were expected to be waiting in the hotel lobby for the tour pick up at 08:10 AM and we were escorted to Hyatt Regency Tokyo, just opposite our hotel, on foot. It was 4 degree Celsius, a very cold morning.
Velvet stickers were given to us, indicating the tour group that we were taking. We were brought to Dai-Ichi Hotel Tokyo where we were split up to the 3 different tour groups – the Mt. Fuji & Hakone tour, the Tokyo tour or the Talk of the Town tour. Once on board our Mt. Fuji & Hakone coach, we were required to choose the package so that arrangements can be made. There are 4 types of packages available.
- Return by coach, excluding lunch – 11,000 Yen (S$180.40)
- Return by coach, including lunch – 13,000 Yen (S$213.20)
- Return by Shinkansen, excluding lunch – 14,000 Yen (S$229.60)
- Return by Shinkansen, including lunch – 16,000 Yen (S$246.00)
The lunch mentioned above is fixed – western style Grilled Chicken. We won’t want to have western food in Japan! We could order our own meals from the restaurant. The menu of the restaurant was available on the coach. After calculating, we took up the 11,000 Yen package.
Hilton T Hotel Ashigara Mt. Fuji 2nd Station Hakone Lake Hotel
Private Boat Cruise on Lake Ashi Hakone Sky Gondola Owakudani Valley Hilton T Hotel
10:30 AM Ashigara 足柄
Toilet break…
Free beverages
Drinking my free cup of ocha (green tea).
Our Onigiri
Drove pass the temperature board. It was 0 degree Celsius.
It started snowing.
Everything covered with snow.
Hilton T Hotel Ashigara Mt. Fuji 2nd Station Hakone Lake Hotel
Private Boat Cruise on Lake Ashi Hakone Sky Gondola Owakudani Valley Hilton T Hotel
11:30 AM Tomei Expressway – Fuji Skyline 2nd Station
We were taken up to Mt. Fuji 2nd station as the 5th station was closed due to the heavy snow 🙁 .
JR & my foot prints…
We couldn’t see Mt. Fuji due to the heavy snow and fog….
Let’s take a photo with the Mt. Fuji poster as a substitute.
Ice stuck to my shoes.
Playing with the snow.
We rushed back onto the coach as it was freezing cold out there. Bought a Mt. Fuji t-shirt there for Alice.
11:50 AM Back onto the coach
The tour guide taught us origami on our way towards our next destination.
Our paper Mt. Fuji!
Hilton T Hotel Ashigara Mt. Fuji 2nd Station Hakone Lake Hotel
Private Boat Cruise on Lake Ashi Hakone Sky Gondola Owakudani Valley Hilton T Hotel
13:00 PM Lunch at Hakone Lake Hotel
The menu
JR’s Tempura lunch set at 1,470 Yen.
Total: 11,000 + 1,470 = 12,470 Yen, which is cheaper than the 13,000 Yen package!
My Sashimi lunch set at 1,680 Yen.
Total: 11,000 + 1,680 = 12,680 Yen, which is also cheaper! We saved 850 Yen (S$13.90).
Chawanmushi
Mozuko Su (Vinegar Seaweed) – delicious…
Our coach waiting outside the hotel.
