Monday, March 25, 2013

Karuizawa Short Trip

We decided to take a short trip overnight to a nearby popular getaway, about 150km from Tokyo, called Karuizawa. Apparently Japanese love to come here especially during the hot summer because it`s about 7 degrees cooler than it is in Tokyo. Perfect for a short weekend trip. So we booked our hotel online and set off at 9am.

The hotel called Kajima No Mori did not disappoint. The room was spacious and clean but i think it was low season so there weren`t many people around. The weather was still cold and windy, not my cup of tea really. We did a little resting at the room and then headed to the Prince Outlet Mall, huge huge shopping mall. Unfortunately i didn`t manage to get anything, but my 2 boys did. Had lovely tea and cakes and then dinner...let me tell you, it`s supposed to be tourist area and yet, all the shops and some restaurants close at 7pm!! Unbelieveable...i mean there probably isn`t much to do anyway, so i don`t understand why they do not want to keep the shops open till later....people spending money is good wot isn`t it???

Annyway, yeah, we went back to the hotel after dinner coz there wasn`t anywhere else to go....I`m not sure i`d want to go back there again...maybe in the summer, but even then 1 night is way more than enough...

Gabe did enjoy himself, eating udon and making a fuss at breakfast.





It was a good weekend away from Tokyo...wish we could have gone abit further.....

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