Author: Benkei

A bus tour to the Mount Fuji area was conducted.  Leaving Shimizu in the early morning, we visited the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art in the Yui Honjin Park (https://tokaido-hiroshige.jp/en/), the Mizugatsuka Park at the 2nd Way-point of Mount Fuji (https://shizuoka.hellonavi.jp/tourist-attractions/mizugadukapark; https://hellonavi.jp/detail/page/detail/1396), and the Fujisan Jukuu-no-Mori Park in Gotenba (https://jukuu.jp/).  Then, we moved to the Rose Terrace Restaurant in Fuji and had three layered Japanese-box lunch (https://www.nasubi-ltd.co.jp/rose/index.php).  After that, we visited the Fujisan Hongu Sengen Shrine in Fujinomiya (https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/1306/).  The weather was rather cloudy in the morning; however, the clouds cleared away by the time we reached the 2nd Way-point of Mount Fuji.  The guests enjoyed every minute of the magnificent scenery of Mount Fuji.

Shimizu Port, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka, 4/19/2017

The cherry-blossoms season has finally arrived here in Nagasaka.  It rained and was windy yesterday; yet the cherry blossoms surrounding Ushiike Pond are still beautiful.

I made another preliminary tour for the bus tour by myself.  I visited the Mizugatsuka Park at the 2nd Way-point of Mount Fuji, the Fujisan (Mount Fuji) Jukuu-no-Mori Park, and the Fujisan Hongu Sengen Shrine.  The Fujisan Hongu Sengen Shrine is one component of Mount Fuji’s UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujisan_Hong%C5%AB_Sengen_Taisha)

Susono & Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 4/16/2017

A preliminary visit for the bus tour in the Shimizu area was organized by my acquaintance.  We met at the Asagiri Highland Road Station in the city of Fujinomiya, in Shizuoka Prefecture.  We visited Shimizu Port, the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art, Mount Kuno Tosho Shrine, Sunpu Castle Park, Shizuoka Sengen Shrine, and the Grinpia Makinohara tea factory.  The Mount Kuno Tosho Shrine has been designated as one of the National Treasures.

Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, 4/14/2017