Trip Mengejar Sakura - Day 5 - From Shinjuku to Kawaguchiko

Day 5 - 10 April 2014

Akhirnye hari yg dinanti2 telah tiba... kite nak pegi tengok Fujisan!!! hahahah excited okehh... iyer ler kalau pegi jepun tak tengok gunung fuji, rase mcm tak lengkap gitu kan... tapi dlm excited tu pun, ade gak la rase risau sebabnye Fujisan ni org kate tak selalu muncul.. time winter je bleh tengok dengan clear.. so kitorang tak menaruh harapan yg tinggi la utk tengok fuji ni... tapi alhamdulillah luck was on our side ... berjaya tengok fujisan crystal clear kat depan mate :)

Ade banyak cara and banyak tempat utk tengok fujisan nih ... aku haritu dok berbelah bagi either nak pegi Hakone or Kawaguchiko ... aku tengok2 Hakone punye route, mcm tak kene dengan jiwa kitorang.. sebabnye banyak kene naik cable car lah, ropeway lah... haisshh... mak gayat okehh... pastu tengok Kawaguchiko route mcm lagik santai2 and best sebab dapat tengok fujisan sebesar2 alam kat tepi lake kawaguchi tu... so kitorang pilih Kawaguchiko ...

Nak pegi Kawaguchiko ni boleh naik train... tapi lepas wat kire2, rase mcm mahal plak ... jadiknye kitorang pilih utk naik bus ... boleh amik bas dari Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal ... memula tu kitorang pk nak beli tiket bas on the day itself...pastu aku bace2 blog ramai yg suggest suh book ticket earlier sebab biasenye tiket bus yg awal pagi cepat abis... okeh cuak kejap ... sebabnye kitorang plan nak pegi balik hari and nak bertolak seawal yg mungkin , so kalau lambat sampai sane, maknanye kejap je la kitorang dapat spend mase kat Kawaguchiko tu ... lepas survey punye survey, last2 jumpe jugak website utk book tiket bas ke Kawaguchiko ... kitorang book for return trip terus ... takyah bayar dulu, just booking, letak nama, no tepon, brape ramai nak travel , date and time... pastu nanti kluar satu reservation page, print that page and bawak pegi kaunter utk redeem the actual ticket ... click kat sini yer Shinjuku Highway Bus Booking  .. kitorang buat booking 3 weeks before our travel date

Okeh semua dah settle...now tinggal nak pegi bus station jer ... hahaha ni pun satu hal jugak....kitorang sempat la sesat kejap before jumpe bus terminal nih.... aku dok imagine terminal bas ni mcm puduraya ke, mcm hentian putra ker.. rupenye seciput je bangunan kat tepi jalan.. bas pun berenti kat tepi jalan, amik passenger pastu blah terus... sekali tengok tengok mmg tak perasan pun tu sebenarnye terminal bas

Aku citer sket la direction cemane nak pegi terminal bas ni... dari Asakusa, kitorang amik Toei Oedo line utk  ke Shinjuku ... sampai kat Shinjuku, amik exit Keio New Line exit 3 ... kluar2 dari exit tu, nampak ade convenience store kat tepi ... Family Mart kalo tak silap aku ... pastu kat sebelah Family Mart tu ade KFC ... jalan stret jer ( make sure KFC kat belah kiri korang)  sampai la jumpe terminal bas tu kat belah kiri... few blocks jugak la dari exit tadik .. kitorang mase kluar2 dari exit tu, ala2 blur jugak.. masuk family mart dulu tapau makanan, then melilau kat situ , sesat dulu sket, then baru patah balik ke exit subway tadik and menghala ke jalan yg benar ... cuak gak takut tak sempat nak amik tiket yg dah reserve tu , tapi seb baik sempat  ...

Camni la rupe kaunter terminal bas tu.. kecik jer

Kitorang bawak our reservation which is sekeping kertas A4 and pegi ke kaunter 5 ... org kat kaunter tu tak cakap ape2 pun and terus issue the tickets ... harga one way 1,750 yen per person ... we paid 7,000 yen for 2 person for the return trip ... dah dapat tiket, die explain mane nak tunggu, kul brape nak naik bas, naik bas no brape etc etc ... diorang mmg cakap english so sangat2 senang ... the bus will arrive 10 minutes before departure and naik kat luar kaunter tu jer ... sebab banyak mase lagik, kitorang sempat turun ke Shinjuku station and carik convenience store to top up our food supply.... sempat beli onigiri lagik 2-3 bijik

Our bus is at 8:40am

The earlier bus is about to depart

Tak sure bas ni pegi which destination, tapi kawaiiiiiiiii sangat

Vending machine merata2

Timetable in both languages, Japanese and English

Spot the broken english

Our bus is here ... mmg on time

Ader woman's only seat 

Bas gerak 8.40am on the dot ... and the traffic dlm tokyo nampak mcm tak brape jem... kejap je dlm town, then tetiba dah masuk highway ... the journey dari Shinjuku ke Kawaguchiko is about 1 hour 50 minutes ... agak kejung montot gak la

Warga kota nak pegi keje

Dah masuk highway ... passing the toll gate ... bas tak perlu berenti, main redah gitu jer

Layan view sesambil layan mata ...

And then tetiba je bunyik org dok petik2 camera.. apekah? apekah? Rupenye fujisan dah start menunjukkan diri ... hoyehh!!!

Finally, there it is... fujisan terbentang indah kat belah kiri kitorang ... rase mcm satu kepuasan yg tak terhingga dapat tengok live camnih ... mcm tak percaya pun ade aku berjaya sampai kesitu ( wah drama plak ehh huhuh )

Bas akan drop passenger yg nak ke FujiQ Highland theme park before proceed to Kawaguchiko

Kitorang sampai Kawaguchiko at 10.30am ... Kawaguchiko Station ni nampak sangat antik

Gambar ni aku amik mase dah dekat nak balik ... mase awal2 sampai tu lupe nak amik

Tapi of course, view yg paling best is fujisan yg betul2 dok kat belakang station ni...

Next entry, ronda2 Kawaguchi Lake