I again apologize to the readers who actually look at my blog, I’ve been busy with AP Exams and Finals, but school is over now!

Tokyo, March 20th: This was our last breakfast in Tokyo, after this we were taking our adventurous manners to a place more traditional. We were trekking towards Kyoto, but of course we needed to furl ourselves with our hotels complementary breakfast. I got myself a very protein based breakfast with my plate filled with: sausage and bacon, rice mixed with egg and chicken, chocolate croissant, rolled egg, chicken with radish, and fruits. Coming back, that was a lot of food to consume. I guess what they say about swimmers is true, we eat a lot and then we work out a lot.

Also I finally found out how to make my images a little more clear!

After breakfast our tour guide took us on a 2 hour bus ride to where Mount Fuji was located, now we weren’t climbing or go near Mount Fuji but more like going to a village right next to it. I picked up some Melon bread on the way which is such a soft and delicate tasting bread. It tasted like a sweet cantaloupe. While we were visiting this said village it started snowing on us, but it was such pretty snow that I didn’t care how cold I was. It was thick but when it fell on you it didn’t break. So at the end of the day my hair had thick pieces of snow in it. I got some serene photos from the village!

Afterwards we took a little detour to Kyoto and stopped yet again by another small village next to Mount Fuji, except this time we were closer. We were planning to jump onto a boat ride and gondola ride here. But first, because it’s Japan, I had to try Matcha ice cream despite the cold weather disagreeing with me. I will never get tired of how creamy and rich the matcha is in Japan, every time I order anything Matcha in America, it will never be the same. The boat ride went so well, we rid in such a fancy boat, it looked so beautiful. The water also looked very welcoming as well, it was so blue. Except when the sun was covered by clouds. Afterwards when the boat ride led us to the center where we would take the gondola ride, I realized how high we were actually going to go up. I have to admit though, the gondola was not my favorite part; partially because of the smell of sulfur the whole time coming from the volcanoes. Yes, I forgot to mention, the boat ride took us right to an active volcano.

Once the gondola took us up, we got a great view of Mount Fuji, and also up there are many cafes, restaurants, and souvenir shops. My little sister begged the heck out of me to get one of the face masks. So guess who had a spa day when she got back to her hotel. I should have never given it to her, she didn’t go to sleep until 4:00 am because she was having a spa day and calling her friends back in America. We stopped by one cafe up there, I remember one was selling black eggs, the contact behind these black eggs is that they boil these eggs in the little opening the volcanoes have that release sulfur. That’s why they’re completely black because they were literally boiled to a crisp, but the inside is just a boiled egg and tastes the exact same except it’s really high in iron. I got myself like this “hot dog” it’s more of a chicken cutlet stuffed into a hot dog bun and fried on the side as well as a black curry bread. Which is literally curry cooked inside of black bread.

Afterwards our tour guide informed us that we would be going onto the bullet train and heading to Kyoto, and later when we were leaving Osaka to go to the Tokyo airport where our connection flight to Chicago was I became really confused. My sister informed me that Osaka was 8 hours away from Tokyo, but HOW DID WE DO THAT? Then I remembered the train which goes so fast. While waiting for our bullet train in the station I went to 7/11 to pick up snacks because we were most likely arrive at night time and I would grow hungry. I got Japanese rice balls with some sort of chicken filling inside and then wrapped with seaweed. As well as a sandwich from Starbucks. The bullet train comes every once in a while and I remember when other peoples trains passed over the station the station literally shook. The train really goes fast though. I was up there and speaking with my friend about how fast these trains were and then out of nowhere it sped past us.

So that was today’s little update, tomorrow I will be talking about our last two days, but alas, don’t worry. I can’t stay away from culture exposure and I’m heading to Australia this July!