Tokyo 4 days trip - Day 3 (Red leaves in Kawaguchiko 河口湖の紅葉)

5th November 2011 - One Day in Kawaguchiko

We woke up really early to catch the earliest train to Shinjuku 新宿 from Musashi Kosugi 武蔵小杉. This was due to the very early 6am bus ticket to Kawaguchiko that we bought. Everybody was like a dead fish. We slept on the train couch. After we found the bus stop and board the Kawaguchiko bound bus, we again slept on the bus. It was so nice to sleep!

We reached there quite early  morning and greeted by beautiful red leaves! We boarded the shuttle bus to go around the Kawaguchiko. When we passed the lake, we were awed by the view of the lake with Mt. Fuji 富士山. So, before we reached the destination, we decided to get down the bus and walked there while surrounded by the beautiful view. There was a Red Leaves Festival 紅葉祭り. There were stalls selling food stuffs. One stall owner offered us his home-made alcohol after learning that we came from Malaysia, I drank a little bit and it tasted like fermented yeast, I couldn't take it but my friends later bought cups of the alcohol from that stall owner.

Kawaguchiko 河口湖

Red leaves Festival 紅葉まつり

beautiful toned red leaves

a corridor with lots of red leaves

corridor もみじ回廊

assortments of colour

the colour of autumn (maple)

the colour of autumn (Ginkgo)

we were awed by the red leaves

it smelled like vomit at the area, my friend said that it was due to Ginkyo

so beautiful that it took my breath away!

beautiful view

yellow Ginkgo leaves

chilli red maple leaves

not all the leaves were red yet!

a sculpture srrounded by maple and Ginkgo 

different angle

so beautiful!

there were 7 god small temples around the Lake Kawaguhi

After red leaves, it was the Mt. Fuji 富士山 time, it was so awesome looking at it! Only volcanic mountain could have that cone shape. 

Mt. Fuji 富士山

Mt. Fuji 富士山

Mt. Fuji from different side of the lake

After that, we took bus to a cultural village, Iyashi no Sato to see thatched-roof houses茅葺き屋根. It was quite different from the other Japan style traditional houses, quite refreshing to see that. 

entrance to the Iyashi no Sato

the thatched-roof house

row of thatched roof houses

it houses souvenir shops

cutie!

another cutie!

wasabi flavour ice cream

The buildings in the centre of the town were European styled, also beautiful!

kawaguchiko

Kawaguchiko

Kawaguchiko

street in Kawaguchiko

After all that, we went to Kawaguchiko Station to take bus back Tokyo. However, the road back was so long due to heavy rain and the road jammed. We reached Tokyo quite late, so we just had dinner at the station and later back to our accommodation.