So today we done an organised tour which we had booked with our honeymoon fund. It was a trip to Mount Fuji, a traditional Japanese lunch, a boat trip on Lake Ashai, a cable car up a mountain on lake Ashai then the bullet train back to Tokyo. This was a truly awesome day. Firstly due to such clear weather we were able to go up the 5th stage of Mt Fuji. This is about 2030 metres and it was freezing!!! It was quite something though and the views were stunning. We...

After a good night’s rest we meet Yukio at 9.30am and started our second day of exploring. Today we took the train to Kamakura which is about an hour or so outside of Tokyo. This region has many temples and shrines which date back to about 1000 years ago. Our first stop was in Mase where we visited a famous Temple with a big gold Budda whilst there we tried a hot rice wine. It was like a watery ambrosia creamed rice - not unpleasant but I couldn’t drink a ...