I had an opportunity to visit Japan at the Mount Fuji and the Kawaguchiko lake during the cherry blossom season. I chose to take the JR Chuo Line to the Otsuki Station at the Shinjuku Station, then turned to the Fujikyuko Line to the Kawaguchiko Station.
The design of the Fujikyuko Line train carriages is very tasteful and the woodwork compartment is covered with historical trace. The red velvet cushion on the train carriages is very comfortable to sit, and it shines under the sunlight.
The train slowly stopped, and I looked out the window at the cherry colored in pink and white. When the doors opened, there were several Japanese high school students coming in with loud noises, and they seemed like chatting about funny things of their classmates. It was very different from the Kyoto subway’s quiet atmosphere. In the suburb of Mount Fuji,they did not care about the noises, I kind of enjoyed the laughter of these young students, full of life.
As the train slowly approached the the Mount Fuji, it grew chilly, and I could see the snowy hilltop of the Mount Fuji.When I arrived at the Kawaguchiko Station, I walked out the station, on the right hand side, there was a tourist center. I noticed some Western tourists carried with climbing equipment , it seemed like they planned to climb the Mount Fuji. I smiled and nodded to them.
I asked the staff at the tourist center how to reach Kukuna Hotel. She made a phone call to the hotel, and 20 minutes later, a man with gray-hair shown up and picked me up from the station.He drove slowly along Kawaguchi, the reflection of the mountain and the sunset caught my attention. Everyone on the car was amazed by the beautiful scenery.
The lady at the reception was very kind, and she spoke simple English with a decent and gentle tone to ask the detail needs. I asked her to change my reservation from standard Japanese room to western suite. The next day when I checked out, I gave her a souvenir from Taiwan to her for all the kind arrangements. She replied me with a cute simle. As I walked out the front door of the hotel, the blue sky, the landscape, and the cherry blossom all connected together, this was the most beautiful scene I had ever seen. I waited on for the shuttle bus in front of the hotel. The lady from the hotel reception bowed and waved hands to all the passengers on the bus and said goodbye.
Photo by Scott Shiu
Chinese Version
日本櫻花季期間，有機會走訪河口湖富士山ㄧ趟。衡量選擇在新宿站，搭乘JR中央線火車到大月站，後再轉富士急行線火車到達河口湖車站。
富士急行線火車的車廂很有味道，車廂內的木製品留下歷史斑駁的痕跡，古老而不陳舊。車廂內紅色的絨布坐墊，坐起來很舒服，絲絨在陽光下隱約發光。
火車慢慢停下，耳邊傳來徐徐風聲，看著車廂窗外飛掠過的粉白色櫻花樹，和ㄧ棟棟平房街景相襯。
車廂開了門，幾位日本中學生唧唧雜雜的走進來，好像在聊著同學的趣事互相打鬧，跟京都地鐵車廂的安靜氛圍大異其趣。郊區鄉間地方不忌諱在車廂吵雜，感受幾位學生開心打鬧的心情，心中也開闊起來。
問了旅遊中心人員，如何到達預定風的露台飯店，服務人員客氣的幫我們打了電話，請飯店人員駕駛小巴士來領入宿。
過了20分鐘，ㄧ位滿頭白髮黝黑膚色的司機先生，走進旅遊中心，點點頭幫我們拿了隨行行李上車。
小巴士繞著河口湖邊緩緩駕駛，映入眼廉是水與山的美景，湖水面是悠悠的清澈。夕陽在河口湖余暉照射，同車的旅人口中不斷發出美麗的讚嘆聲。
住宿的接待小姐，雙目皎皎有神，很客氣幫忙接待，用簡單英文不卑不亢，溫柔的語調，詳細詢問需求。因行動不方便，也臨時幫忙調整從標準和室房型轉成西洋套房。退房前跟接待的小姐，送了她簡單從台灣帶來的伴手禮，謝謝她細心的服務，她也淺淺微笑致意。
早上臨走前，在飯店門口前遇見難得逆富士山景。門口櫻花樹葉飄落，藍澄澄的天空和河口湖窸窣油亮相連接ㄧ起，陽光下閃亮發光，水中的富士山和櫻花婆娑起舞，鮮艶的櫻花映染遍了湖面。
在飯店門口搭上小巴士，飯店接待的小姐到門口鞠躬揮手，跟在小巴士車內的旅人們親切的道別。
後記：
河口湖附近城鎮資源規劃完善，很有日本電影描繪的環湖山城的味道，也有特色天然景觀，高空纜車及文化工藝博物館可參觀，很適合全家旅行。
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Originally published at www.lovely-bless.com on September 28, 2015.
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