Kawaguchiko sits around a series of lakes 15km north of Mt Fuji and 110km west of Tokyo. I allowed 2.5 days here, the absolute minimum, as there are several sights to visit. We have lost the half day as we missed the bus to Kawaguchi, waiting on the upper departure level instead of the lower one at the airport. I decided to get the rental immediately on arrival rather than tomorrow. At the hotel I brought all the bags in, and left Hilary’s gortex jacket on top; it went missing within a few minutes. The hotel is ok, the room has a good view of Fuji, dinner was fine with lots of choice, but I felt overwhelmed by all the hassles and trying to keep everything together, so didnt sleep till 1am, and awake at 5, I also kept checking where places were for tomorrow.
