A sunrise circle around Fuji

We set out early before the sun

To have a bit of early fun

In the car we went west

In order to see Fuji best.

It was very cold so we turn the heat high

As in the east brighter was the sky

Onwards to Yamanakako lake

Waiting for the sun to wake.

Story is Fuji turns pink

As the sun meets its brink

So in the cold we watched swans swim

While the sun came over the mountain rim.

But as luck would have it, that day was not the case

Fuji remained white as the sun gave chase

For in the east the clouds had come

And all the while our hands had gone numb.

So off to the onsen, we were frozed

But sure enough it was closed

So why not carry on into day

To circle the mountain we did stray.

On our travels we did see

A pretty waterfall beneath Fuji

And a shrine dedicated for the mountain

Surrounded by water from a fountain.

I loved the many bridges to cross

And some bread to the fish I did toss

Before stopping to say a prayer

As around us the weather turned fair.

 

 

Around the mountain that did tower

Still in need of a nice warm shower

At last we found one after noon

A onsen with a view was our boon. 

It looked over our Fuji while we bathed

In the water that kinda scathed

But in the sun we had a nice nap

Under the blissful water tap.

And so the day did wear on

As the sun was almost gone

We stopped for an oishii dinner of curry

There was no reason at all to hurry.

And then a bit of shopping on the way home

We were finished our lovely roam

Circle the whole mountain we had tread

And now it was a good time for bed.

The days between Christmas and New Years have been nice ones and thus I have graced them with poetry.The weather has been mostly nice and only a little cold and we have had some nice travels. After one day of rest we decided a second sunrise was in order. but this time from an onsen! The downside, no cameras… the upside, it was beautiful!

steam cascades over stone

dipped in an onsen of dawn

sunrise of Fuji

And then we went for breakfast at Starbucks before Rhee and I parted from Sheena and a new girl, Chelsea, and went to see the Zenkoji temple of Kofy. For when Takeda Shingen and the Nagano warlord were at war, he feared the war might destroy the temple we went to last week so he had another built in Kofu. Luckily that was not the case but it still make for a second gorgeous temple! Then we went home to bed for the rest of the day so we can sleep all night tonight and wake up tomorrow only to spend all night awake to hear the temple bells of New Year’s and watch the first sunrise of the year. But that is a different story! ... and yes... 'frozed' is a word!