Mount Fuji

I decided to go to Fuji mountain with my family.

My father has been enjoying to ride on the bicycle since last year. In now, the bicycle is his hobby now.

Last year, I started to enjoy the bicycle because my friend's hobby is ridding on the bicycle and she is enjoying it for several years. One day, she recommend it to me. So I started to ride on the bicycle and enjoyed the sightseeing while ridding the bicycle in weekends with her.
After enjoying it, we often gone to parks and had a lunch.
Of course, we drank beer!!!
I really had a good time.!

But I don't ride on the bicycle because of my right broken bones. It happend 1 years ago. Then I couldn't ride on the bicycle.

Instead of, my father started to ridding the bicycle.
It's funny.

Anyway, my father wants to ride on the bicycle around the Mountain Fuji and he decided to go to there.

He asked my mother and me to go to there and we decided to go to there together.

I had been to there once. But it is first time to go there with my family.

I can't wait to go there.

Shimoda of Shizuoka pref

Do you remember that I got the hotel vaucher for free?

At last night, I called the luxury hotel of Shimoda in order to reserve the room.

Because when I had met my friend and we had decided to go to there on September.
We are planing to go to there by the train and it takes about 3 hours to Tokyo station from Shimoda.

I asked about meals and courtesy car after reserving the room.
The hotel staff said that we will be able to eat 2 meals and get on the car from Shimoda station.
In addition, the dinner will be Japanese seafoods!!!
Wow!
I especially love seafoods!
So I can't wait for staying in the hotel.

Today, I was checking out about websites of Shimoda.
Shimoda is famous as the place of Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan.

I could find interesting places of Shimoda.

You many know Shimoda is a locale of Japanese novel "The Dancing Girl of Izu" of Kawabata.

I want to go to these places.

- Gyokusen-ji Gyokusen-ji is a temple that was built in 1573. It had used as consulate general of US at end of Edo Period.

- Shimoda park



- Shimoda history museum

- Uehara buddhis art museum

you can see exhibitions on this page.

- Uehara museum of Modern art

There are pictures by Cezanne,Renoir,Picasso,Shinsui Itou etc.

- The Murayama Residence
- Perry road

You know, Perry opened the door of Japan to the world.
According to the website, there are cool shops and restaurants in there.



- Foot bath of Harris


Everybody can take a this foot bath for free!

I plan to arrive at Shimoda station at 11 am.
Before checking in the hotel 3 pm, I will be able to go to the some places!

Before I had been to Shimoda by the car. But I didn't go around Shimoda at that time. Only having a lunch.

So I will enjoy Shimoda for 2 days!