Japan Tokyo Gotemba Trip Day 4 - Arrived at Gotemba

Looks familiar right, yeah this round waking up in Shinjuku

Waking up in Shinjuku and ready for the day to travel to Gotemba. It is a pretty long trip where it took more than 1 hour + for us to reach there. Thanks to LB's peer from Japan who has kind enough to fetch us from Shinjuku to Gotemba. :") Along the way to Gotemba, you will see the busy city scenery slowly turn into a more mountainous view.

More photos after the jump...

As usual, I love purple flowers. :)

Someone store room. Luckily the owner didn't come out to chase me away. :"D

Yeah some white flower. very lovely as well. :)

So , I got drop off at the hotel and LB and her team go for their work assignment. I am on my own for the next few days and told myself to find interesting places around the hotel to wonder. After some inquiries and checking there are a premier outlet here near Gotemba! And the hotel has a shuttle bus that will drop you at the Gotemba station (for free!) and the outlet shuttle will bring you to the shopping heaven. :"P

I think some kids left their toys here

Yeah, I like the feeling of the scenery here.

The wind blows... and the grass react to it.

So there are still sometimes before the next bus depart. I decided to go around that area (not that far yet) to get familiarize with the environment and get some time spent while waiting for the shuttle to depart. I will say that the area is pretty much a village area. The air is fresh and you will see a lot of greenish color here and there. :) (Not to mentioned that it is pretty hazzy at that time, or I will say the whole week). One thing that I find interesting is that, one granny come over to talk to me in Japanese. At that moment, I don't know how to react, I bet she is asking like are you from somewhere or something? taking photos for assignment? So in the end, I told her I am not from Japan and continue with some English. I bet she know I am a foreigner and say bye bye to me. :") I bet it will be pretty interesting if I could talk to her in Japanese where I will get to interact with her better and may be know more of her story. :) (I think I should pick up this language for future trip to Japan) :"D

On my way to the outlet... in a bus. :D

Yeah a kid - I wonder what he is thinking now.

Welcome to Gotemba Premium Outlets. ;)

Yeah, our shuttle bus... :)

Hehe, the kid is cute. with her V-sign as well

Yes is the outlet 10th anniversary

Yeah, it is actually the same premium outlet that we went to in the state. Just that there are some additional Japan specialty shops here in this outlet. (Not to mentioned that they is a Nikon outlet here but the price is still pretty expensive compare to the price in Penang as well as the outlet in the State) :"P Anyway it is just another window shopping session for me here. (Walking around and enjoying the view here) In the end, I didn't bought anything and went back to the Gotemba station. :"D

Dog lover with her dog, walking slowly in the fog.

Alright here is the last shot while I am wondering around the Gotemba station.It is getting very very hazzy, the wind is strong where you could see that the fog is moving in the air in a very very fast speed and it is getting very cold. (At some point which is pretty scary actually :"P) Yeah, I still need to wait 45 minutes before the bus at that time and the company that I got is only the Iphone. :"P (plaing the tower defense trying to get a perfect score at that time).

Anyway here is my first day in Gotemba. Still trying to get adapt to the environment and the feeling for this area. More photos about this places on the next post. Stay tune and have a great night people. :)

* For those who are interested, the whole series of this post could be viewed here. :)