New Year’s Eve guided tour to Mount Fuji, Lake Ashi cruise, Tokyo station anime and Ramen street.

Today was a bucket list item on a bucket list trip!

We are going to visit Mount Fuji!!

We’ve booked this tour with ‪@japanpanoramictourschannel9946‬ and the day started super early as we were picked up at Gina for a 2 hour trip to Mt Fuji 5th station.

We were told that this area was closed by this time last year so we are so lucky as this is the highest part of Fuji accessible by vehicle.

It was absolutely freezing at minus 13 degrees Celsius. The views were breathtaking and something we will never forget! At the 5th station was a few gift shops and a shrine so we took our photos, got a stamp from the shrine, a hot drink from the shop and headed back to the bus.

The guide then took us to our next stop which was lunch at Oshino ninja village. The food was great but the dining room was compact so we didn’t film but we took time to explore the amazing grounds and get even more photos of Fuji.

We then headed off to the Hakone doorway and lake Ashi cruise. Unfortunately the ropeway was closed due to high wind so we had a bit of free time to explore before our pirate chip cruise across lake Ashi.

When boarding we were given the choice of upgrading to 1st class for the equivalent of £3 each so we jumped at that as they said it was the same amount of space but with less people and there was free water.

The cruise itself was lovely with great views!

Once of the cruise we headed into the gift shop before the guide took us to the Shinkansen station at odawara. The train was included in the package and only took 30 mins to get back to Tokyo station.

In Tokyo station we Anime shops before heading to Ramen street. This place was so busy and we didn’t have a clue which was best so we chose one with a line and weren’t disappointed. The Ramen was amazing and such great value.

We then headed back to the hotel for a much needed rest ahead of exploring team labs on New Year’s Day.

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