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A quest to conquer Fuji San (31 May - 5 June 2024) - Day 3


We eagerly woke up in the morning since sunrise started at 4.30am and disappointed that it's very cloudy so we decided to make use of the hotel with dipping at our private pool overlooking lake Kawaguchi and "Mt Fuji".


After that we had a quick breakfast and the spread was very good. We loved everything there including the dessert.


As it's Sunday, we decided to attend Sunday Mass at nearby Catholic Church and in Japanese.

It's very small church with lots of senior citizen and we managed to have a shot with the local Japanese priest.


After that, we went to Chureito Pagoda hoping we could see Mt Fuji over there, alas instead of Mt Fuji, we were welcomed with rain haha....









But still, we got a good shot of surrounding area. After that we had sushi lunch at Honcho area.

It's our first time having authentic Japanese sushi at Sushi bar with the owner made it in front of us.




Since it's raining, so we decided to go to Gotemba Premium Outlets and buying sport shoes.

In the late afternoon, the rain started to subside and we saw beautiful arc of rainbow over the shop and bought Skechers running shoes for myself and ski pants for hubby.




Tired from walking and almost lose hope to see Mt Fuji, we decided to treat ourselves with yakiniku grilled beef and this is one of the best grilled beef we ever had.

All beef meat were melted in the mouth and we were nicely full with protein and checked in to MyStays hotel overlooking FujiQ Highlands.






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