Japan -Tokyo – (Mt. Fuji. Oshino Hakkai) 2018

My #Japan #Tokyo Travel (Part 20) #Mt.#Fuji. #Oshino #Hakkai

Our planning visit attractions Oshino Hakkai, a small village in the Fuji Five Lake region, located between Lake Kawaguchiko and Lake Yamanakako on the site of a former sixth lake that dried out several hundred years ago. However, some springs water that receives from Mt. Fuji that is become today’s Oshino.

On the Kawaguchiko station, visitors can get sightseeing bus “Fujikko-go” and get off at Oshino Hakkai entrance stop. You also can choose get on the bus bound and get off at “Oshino Hakkai” stop. With save of transport cost, so we decide take bus bound and go to the number 6 bus stop for wait the bus. If you afraid take the wrong bus, you can determine the destination you want to reach at the bus stop signage there.

Make sure get off the bus on the “Oshino Hakkai” bus stop and not be confused with the most distant “Oshino Iriguchi” bus stop; the transport fees around 680 yen (you also can use Pasmo Card). NOTE: the only few round bus going to Oshino, it would be better for check the timetable.

See, a beautiful Mt.Fuji

The fish is so fat and big, but remember can`t feed them

 

Selfie at cool weather

A traditional Japanese House

Corn in winter time

Water springs from Wakuike (8 meters depth)

Walk on the Oshino, we are past a Ninja Village. Ninjas are famous worldwide for being the silent assassins of Sengoku period Japan, it also is one of the most interesting cultural features of mystical Japan. The Ninja Village is called Shinobi no Sato, a small park area that takes you back to the times of ninja and samurai and of old Japanese houses with hidden doors and traps. You can learn about ninja life, eat ninja food and even learn to throw a shuriken! Ninja village also have souvenir shop for sell ninja souvenir. Because of 1 day trip, we haven’t visited it, and only take the photo around the village.

Walk a few minutes, we arrived Oshino Hakkai, is known for the spring water from Mt.Fuji. Hakkai literally means “eight seas” but it’s actually eight ponds! Snow water from Mt.Fuji flows through the ground filtered through lava for over ten years and feeds these ponds with clear, fresh spring water. It was ranked among the 100 best waters of Japan in 1985 and designated as a World Heritage site together with Mt.Fuji in 2013.

A Ninja Village

Some part at Ninja Village

Snow and shoes

 

Challenge for 1 minute

One of the tourist main attractions here is the water springs from Wakuike (8 meters depth). It has a spring pool decorated with dragons and the cool spring water can be drink. Now I know why they call sea even they are pond, because of the clearly water with deep of ponds, it have interesting freshwater plant life and large fish that make it look like the illusion that we are in the deep blue sea.

We breathe the fresh air of nature over here and walk around beautiful natural environment. Although the building houses here are not very modern, they still maintain the traditional Japanese architecture form and beautiful nature as the background to form another kind of beauty.

We love snow so much

A deep pond

We also visited a small outdoor museum called “Hazelwood Museum” and the admission price was 300 yen. It not only is a museum, it also is another different natural environment with largest pond. Museum contains the oldest thatched Watanabe house built in the village of Oshino in the late 18th century. The museum displays a variety of farm tools, furniture, and household items that show the Tokugawa period weapons such as samurai, armor, weapons and important documents, etc. We have captured a lot of photo, the harmony of Mt. Fuji and the nature environment of village.

Oshino Hakkai has many restaurants, souvenir shop and foods vendors around the ponds. Look! Here got our favorite food -sweet potato .Wah! Hot and delicious! With Oshino’s clear water, a Soba noodle is one of the popular for their delicious taste. Because of, we got plan for visit another destination, so we decide eat our lunch at Kawaguchiko. Go to the bus stop and wait for our bus.

To be continued …….

Bus stop at Mt.Fuji

Duck duck swim at pond

 

A beautiful Mt.Fuji background with Watanabe house

Mt.Fuji everywhere

See from Mt.Fuji from second floor

 

This is house call Watanabe house

A part of  Watanabe house

Delicious sweet potato

House at Mt.Fuji

日本 – 东京 （富士山。河口湖） 2018

在日本东京必须做的清单之一，很多人会说去参观富士山。富士山高3776米，是日本最高的山，位于静冈县和山梨县两个县的边界。富士山是富士箱根伊豆国家公园（1936年）的主要特色，而在2013年它被指定为联合国教科文组织世界遗产。
凭借无与伦比的辉煌和美丽的圆锥形状，已成为世界闻名，被认为是日本的神圣象征。富士山是被富士五湖包围; 。这五个湖泊分别是河口湖，山中湖，西湖，本栖湖，精進湖，统称富士五湖。

有点结冰的河口湖。。。。

富士山的街景

仰望着窗外的富士山。

我们好爱这风景哦，夕阳下的富士山。

我想我疯了，在冬季下穿成这样。

当天的气温度数。

河口湖的巴士站

五湖各有不一样的景点，随着参加不一样的活动中可以体验到富士山不一样的美。这是一个繁荣的旅游区，您可以在悠闲的步伐享受美丽的自然环境如探索周围湖泊，温泉中浸泡和购物。而有些游客喜欢在这过夜并享受温泉露天温泉浴池让身心放松。
而今日的富士山是也是一座深受攀山者欢迎的登山山峰，可是攀登季节顶仅有两个月那就是7月及8月。在攀登之前，他们必须参拜富士浅间神社，因为日本人相信富士山是一座与神牢固相连的神圣山峰。爬上山峰，人们最喜爱在山顶看名为的（ご来光日出)。

跟随我们的脚步，我们将会游览富士山的其中两个景点美妙一日游。抵达富士山山坡的最简单方法是乘坐高速公路巴士或轨道交通。在节省交通费用的情况下，我们选择乘坐巴士是因为巴士价格便宜，但也许会面临道路交通堵塞的问题。

由于高速公路巴士座位有限，我们担心如果直接去巴士车站购买我指定的时间的巴士票会售罄所以我们决定在我们出发前往富士山的一星期在线预订上购买新宿直达河口湖“高速公路巴士票”。“高速公路巴士”从新宿每小时运行一次，从涩谷大约每两小时运行一次。

“高速公路巴士”票每个成人单程1750日元，而我们购买的是往返车程价格为一人3500日元。注意：在网上付款后，巴士站公司会要求您的电子邮件地址，公司会通过电子邮件向您发送确认信息，您必须点击链接，它有一个单据。记住，必须打印出来，因为它是你的巴士车票。

    当到达新宿站时，您必须直接前往南门，并乘坐自动扶梯到四楼。只要按照指示牌; 您将抵达新宿高速公路客运总站。我们买的车票时间为06：45，等巴士来后，把从电子邮件打印出来的车票给工作人员，就能上车了。

     车程的时间大约要1小时45分钟，中途高速公路巴士将停留在涩谷让乘客上车然后直接前往富士地区。请记住，到了富士边境，巴士首先停在富士急高原乐园（刺激的主题公园），不要下车，因为它不是我们要去的目的地。巴士最后会直接停在河口湖。河口湖位于富士箱根伊豆国家公园的边界内，只要乘坐铁轨交通和高速公路巴士非常容易到达富士五湖。

在巴士上自拍

在河口湖的大部分地区，特别是在北部海岸的湖面上可看到富士山。有各种旅游景点温泉度假小镇的河口湖是富士五湖中游客最受欢迎的。在游玩了我们的规划旅游目的地（稍后会解释）后，我们在河口湖享用午餐和晚餐。

我们在一间传统的日本餐厅享用了我们的午餐，一个只需550日元的套餐午餐及拉面。虽然价格只是550日元午餐套餐让我震惊的可是它的分量及材料一点都不偷工减料。其中里头就有烤鱼而且还很大一条，日式沙拉，豆腐，腌菜，味增汤及白饭。、日本的传统餐厅非常坚持他们的食物，我们想要在鱼上添加酱料，他们会阻止你。虽然这些食物是没任何添加调味料，只是原汁原味但却非常美味可口。

非常划算的午餐套餐，大家猜猜多少钱？

日式咖喱饭

日式拉面

我的晚餐

一个传统的参观，我们在这享用我们的午餐。

享用晚餐的餐馆。

而我们的晚餐，我们选择了位于河口湖巴士站对面的楼上餐厅。上楼梯后，我们走进一家带有一面很大的落地窗户的现代化餐厅，这面很大的落地窗户可以清楚地看到富士风光。坐在窗户旁边; 我们正在一边享受我们美味的日式咖喱饭和丼饭，一边欣赏富士山的美景。

未完待续…..

#日本
#东京
#富士山。#河口湖
我的 #东京 #省钱 #交通 之旅
#冬季之旅

Japan Tokyo (Mt. Fuji. Kawaguchiko Lake) 2018

My #Japan #Tokyo Travel (Part 19) #Mt.#Fuji. #Kawaguchiko #Lake 

Bus station at Mt.Fuji, Kawaguchiko Lake

One of the must do list in Tokyo, Japan, many people would say visit Mt.Fuji. Mt. Fuji is 3776 meters high, the highest mountain in Japan and situated at the border of two prefectures, Shizuoka and Yamanashi. The mountain is the major feature of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (1936), and it is at the Centre of a UNESCO World Heritage site designated in 2013. 

With unrivaled magnificence and a beautiful cone shape, has become world-famous and is considered the sacred symbol of Japan. Mt. Fuji area is surrounded by Five Lakes of Fuji. All spots in the entire lakeside area of the Five Lakes of Fuji are different and high recommended; these five lakes are Lake Kawaguchi-ko, Lake Yamanaka-ko, Lake Motosu-ko, Lake Sai-ko and Lake Shoji-ko.

You can see the Mt.Fuji everywhere

The restaurant we having our dinner

Japanese Curry Rice

I am crazy wear like this at winter time and take the photo

a street at Fuji

A traditional  restaurant we have our lunch

A very value set lunch. Guess how much for this lunch set?

The Fuji Five Lakes are collectively referred to as the different beauty of Mount Fuji when they participate in different activities. It all a prosperous tourist area such as exploring activity the surrounding lakes, soaking in a hot spring and shopping , you can enjoy more leisurely pace and from a nice natural surroundings. Tourists love to stay overnight to enjoy hot spring and relaxing in an open air hot spring bath.
 Besides that, you can climb to the summit on the climbing season lasts for only two month, from July to August. Today, it is a popular mountain to climb, before climbing they must visit the Murayama Sengen Jinja temple because Japanese people believe that Mt Fuji is a sacred mountain firmly connected to God. On the summit, people like to watch the sunrise called Goraiko from the top.

Beautiful lake at Fuji

We love this scenery so much, Mt Fuji sunset.

 

Haha, this is the degree at that day

Just follow our step, we will show you a wonderful one day trip in two different environments scenery for view Mt.Fuji. The easiest option for reaching the slopes of Mt.Fuji is either by Expressway bus or train. With saving the transport fees, we choose bus because bus is cheaper but maybe you would face traffic jam on the road.
Because of Expressway bus is limited to the regular services, we worry that direct go to Bus Station buy a ticket on the date of departed and the ticket of our planning time is sold out. So we decide buy the Highway bus ticket on the online reservation from Shinjuku to Kawaguchiko before one week ago visit Mt.Fuji. Expressway buses run once an hour from Shinjuku and approximately once every two hours from Shibuya.
     Highway bus ticket cost 1750 yen one way per adult; we buy round trip with price 3500 yen. NOTE: After pay the payment on the online, Bus Station Company would request your email address, the company would email confirmation to you, you must click on link, it has a slip. REMEMBER, must print it out because it is your bus ticket.

When arrive Shinjuku station, you must go straight to the South Gate and take an escalator to the 4th floor. Just follow the signboard; you will be arrival Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal. Our ticket departed on 06:45, wait for bus coming, direct take the slip that print from email to the driver and walk into bus.
The journey takes 1 hour and 45 minutes on average, the expressway bus would stop on Shibuya to take passenger and direct go to the border Fuji area. REMEMBER, at border Fuji, the bus first would stop at the Fuji-Q Highland (the theme park for thrill-seekers), don’t go out because it is not our planning destination. Bus will direct stop at Kawaguchiko. Kawaguchiko Lake is within the border of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National park and the most easily accessible of the Fuji Five Lake with train and expressway bus.

Selfie at bus

We eat our lunch in a traditional Japan restaurant with set lunch at 550 yen and a bowl of ramen. Shocked by the dishes of set lunch is big and variety even the price only 550 yen. It including a grilled fish and there is big one, Japanese salad, tofu, pickles, miso soup and rice. Japanese traditional restaurant very insistent on their food, we want add on the sauce on the fish, they would deter you. Although the food is cook on original but it is very delicious.
Our dinner, we choose on an upstairs restaurant which is opposite of the Kawaguchiko Station. After walk up on ladder, we are walk into a modern of restaurant with a big window that can clearly view the Mt. Fuji scenery. Sit beside of the window; we are enjoying our delicious Japanese style Curry rice and Don with view the gorgeous of Mt.Fuji.

To Be Continued…..

We having our lunch at this traditional restaurant

 

My lunch “Ramen”

This is the restaurant we having our dinner

You can keep your luggage at here

#Japan
#Tokyo
#Mt.#Fuji. #Kawaguchiko #Lake
My #Tokyo #Save #TransportCost #Trip
#Winter time

如何在日本退税？

踏入上野旁边的御徒町一间外观漆上紫色外观为特征的建筑物，名为多庆屋免税店。多庆屋是日本一间历史永久的折扣店。在高7楼的建筑里售卖着：食品，药品，护肤品，化妆品，保健食品，家居用品，电子产品，手表，时上配饰，时尚服装和家具等等。多庆屋最吸引人的地方在于琳琅满目及价廉优美的产品。

多庆屋不仅为当地人所熟的同时也是国外旅客的购物天堂，特别是像我们这样的背包客。除了价廉优美之外，让我们（外国旅客）喜欢多庆屋的原因是它能扣税及拥有多个外语广播。我们享受购物的好时光，找到非常优惠的产品。在大大折扣后，我们买了想要买的产品，最重要的是只要总购买金额超过5000日元，我们可以退税。

现在看看如何退税。只要你是外国旅客，如果他们的店门外持着退税牌（例如百货公司，家电商店，折扣店等）按照特定程序享受购物，可以享受退税。只要购买的商品是被带出日本时，而且是属于个人消费并不是商业目的，就可以适用免税条例。

一般情况下，只要同一天在同间店面上购买的商品的总购买金额必须为5000日元或更多，不含税就能享有退税。商品被消耗品和一般商品划分，两者能合拼并退税。(注：最新消息：两者能合拼）一般商品为电器，服装，饰品，鞋子等，购买的商品只要购买超过5000日元就能免税。消耗品是食品，饮料，药品，化妆品和烟草，购买的商品必须超过5000日元并且少于50万日元。

有两种不同类型的免税程序，具体取决于商店。其一付款时出示护照，并在在购入者誓约书上签字，直接支付减去消费税的商品金额。其二，支付全价（包括税），在去免税柜台，并出示您的收据以获得退税金额。

只要在你购买的地方，去免税柜台，出示您的护照（记得护照必须原件不复印件）。如果购物时使用的是信用卡，还需要出示申请退税的本人的信用卡。同样的商家也会请你在购入者誓约书上签字。两者商家都会贴一张退税明细单在护照上，出境时会由日本海关工作人员撕回，

在出境前，贴上护照的购买记录单不能撕下。但是消耗品必须用专用封袋(能看出是否开封过的用封缄封好的袋子)包装，切记：在带出日本国之前不允许开封。

#日本
#东京
#Stamina #Taro太郎 & #多庆屋
我的 #东京 #省钱 #交通 之旅

How to refund Tax at Japan

Walk into “Purple Building”, name as Takeya general duty-free store located in Okachimachi, next to Ueno. Takeya is the oldest discount store in Japan. With the 7 floor of the store, it sell food, medicine, cosmetics, health food, household goods, electronics, watches, accessories, designer fashion, clothing and furniture. The most alluring part of Takeya is hands down its wide array of good-quality products and low prices.

The store not just well known by the locals though, it’s can be said to be a shopping paradise for Foreign travelers especially for backpack like us. Except of discount prices, the reason for us (Foreign travelers) like the Takeya are having multi foreign-language interpreters and a Refund-Tax counter. We enjoy a great time for shopping to find extremely discount product. With huge discounts, we are buy everything we want and total purchase amount more than 5000 yen, we can have tax refund. 

Now we teach you how to refund the tax. As a Foreign travelers are eligible to get your taxed refund while enjoying shopping if they follow certain procedures at licensed tax refund agencies (such as department stores, home appliance stores, discount stores and other). Tax exemption can applies when the purchased goods are brought out of Japan and consumption for individuals, not used for business purposes.

In general, the total purchase amount of wares bought in the SAME SHOP on the SAME DAY must be 5000 yen or more, tax excluded. They are divided by commodities and consumable items, that both can combine for tax-refund.(Note:For the latest news update both can combine). Commodities are electric appliances, clothing, accessories, shoes and etc, item purchase must be more than 5000 yen, tax-refund. Consumable items are food, drinks, medicines, cosmetics and tobacco, item purchase must be more than 5000 yen and less than 500,000 yen.

There are two different types of tax exemption procedures, depending on the store. First, pay for your wares with the tax already being deduced. Second, pay for full price (including the tax), go to tax-free counter, and present your receipt to get a tax refund and cash rebate. 

At store, go to tax-free desk, show your passport (REMEMBER Passport must original not photocopy). If you are using a credit card on payment, credit card holder must present for the refund tax. The staff will be take the slip attached to your passport. 

NOTE: not to remove it, it will be taken by the airport’s customs official when you leave Japan. However, goods are wrapped in special disposable bags that are sealed upon the purchase. REMEMBER: They should not be opened before leaving Japan.

#Japan
#Tokyo
#Stamina Taro & #Takeya
My #Tokyo #Save #TransportCost #Trip