This hotel only 100metres away from the market
and it cost around RM250 per night. initially I also wanted to go to the tuna auction, but when found out close on my dates...i cancel the hotel booking loh....so sad jor

yaya...i'm still going there for breakfast

omg! i'm going this Thursday! Pray that the weather is better then

If you had googled around, you would have found out that June is a raining season. If you are ok with the rain, then should be no problem.

I'm going to Kyoto on 13th Jan, so really hope the weather will be ok. The crowd should be lesser on that week hor compare to yours...

sorry for my confusing post earlier. What I meant is once you buy the JR Pass, it is valid for 3 months. You can just buy it anytime from now on before you leave for Japan but better you buy it on early Feb. You can use credit card but they will charge 2% extra. And yes, I bought it from JTB, KL.

you didnt know?
I also maybe not going there for breakfast jor....my hubby wanna photoshoot Mt Fuji early morning....so we need to get to Gotemba as early as possible.....

overnight at shirakawa-go

haha...it's related because i have two days in Tokyo only. 1st day already plan somewhere else, 2nd day suppose to go eat sushi breakfast but then hubby suddenly say he wants to shoot Mt Fuji clearly so have to change location lor. Gotemba is not only about shopping....here's a spot to capture Mt Fuji Gotemba Peace Park

with no experience driving in snow conditions, I don't think it is safe to drive at night...

Malaysians can buy the JR pass. I just came back yesterday from Japan, 10days trip. No need visa. Buy the JR pass from JTB Malaysia in KL before you go to Japan.

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Mount Fuji on a very clear day....

Yeah, Gotemba is quite far from Tokyo, 2 1/2 hours train from Tokyo. We changed our itinerary at the last minute when we saw the clear skies on that day....we took shinkanshen train to Shin-Fuji station which was like 70minutes only and we saw these beautiful view right outside the station exit...

My hubby hands itchy and wanna take photo from another view so we took a taxi to the nearest park and my hubby shot this from inside the taxi.....

I just cannot believe it...when I woke up in the airplane...was back in KL d....

No troubles at all. I went to the information counter to get clearer directions and I just had to go down and wait at bus stop no. 11.

Immigration, very fast and smooth. Flight landed at 10.20pm and 10.45pm, we were outside waiting for bus d

RC, actually I didn't really enjoyed Tokyo. The best one was Takayama and Shirakawa-go, then Osaka followed by Kyoto.

Japanese cuisine...well they can be quite expensive in restaurants and I do agree that our local food actually tasted better...when we came back straight go eat bah kut teh jor

Takayama and Shirakawa-go..
The scenery there is just breathless, like out of a story book.
We also had open air bath onsen....damn perfect soaking in hotspring while watching the snow falling down and with the cool air......
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There are more photos...hehe...

Here is how my hubby protect his camera....you see the green plastic bag....haha

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There wasn't really any condensation because it was cold there all the time. even when we went back indoors, it was still ok. My hubby said no need wor, just use plastic bag/shower cap and a rubber band to protect the camera from snow can liao.

aiyo, kawaguchiko there no snow one la. plus, you can't go to top of mt fuji at this time
Really, plastic bag cukup liao, save the money to buy more things there....haha
It's just that you find a more prettier plastic bag loh...my hubby just take any plastic bag he saw that day...haha

btw, before you go mt fuji, check the weather forecast first one day before. And not just tokyo's weather but also Shizuoka's weather. If forecast is partly cloudy, then I can tell you, chances are very low to see the mountain liao. You can change to other days d. But this is only if your intention to go there to take photo of mt fuji la. If you have other sightseeing plans there then ok loh.

Another thing is, early morning like 7am - 8am have higher chances to view the mountain. Cos that day I went, eventhough forecast was sunny, around 10am I can see some clouds blocking the mountain d but little bit only la. So if you want perfect view with no clouds at all, early morning the best