We had a terrific day today! We had set our alarm for 6am to try and get out to see the sunrise but we didn't manage to get up in time for that. Instead we were up and ready to go by 9am. Just a few hours later. We hired bikes from the hostel and set out towards the river. I was pretty rusty on riding a bike and we had to spend a while practising in an empty carpark before we could go any further. Luckily Shannon was a patient teacher. For breakfast we had so...

Merry Christmas! We had a superb day! We awoke at around 8am and showered and dressed. Unfortunately this hostel does not have a breakfast service so we ventured out straight away to head to the amusement park and hopefully find some food on the walk to the station. When we got to the station we ended up having a small breakfast of maple scrolls and caramel cappuccino before hopping on the train. The theme park, Fuji-Q Highland, was only one stop away so it...

Today was a bit of a nothing day whilst we moved from Yudanaka to Kawaguchiko. We started out with breakfast at Shimaya and our normal routine of having a bath. We then packed up our things and went down to check out. Yumoto-san asked to get a photo of us with him and his wife before we left which I guess is something he does with all of his guests so that was nice. We also got given a five yen good luck ribbon to tie to our bags. His daughter then gave us a li...