A little trip towards the iconic Mount Fuji! This time however, there was a little stop over at Inyashi No Sato Nenba. This place is a little cultural keepsake village near the Saiko Lake with views of Mount Fuji.
This beautiful thatched house villages features traditional “kabutozukuri” construction, with roofing made from grass. Inyashi No Sato Nenba consists of 12 houses, each one preserving one type of Japanese heritage. From traditional arts and crafts to small little museums with traditional artifacts.
I found one of the houses with artifacts and stories of the Samurai particularly fascinating! The’s shoes were made entirely of metal! Interesting amour and chain mails as well as paintings can also be viewed.
Many of houses in this village were damaged by cyclone in 1968 so all the existing 12 thatch houses you see here were rebuilt in 2003. But everything here is build in accordance to the Showa Period (1926-1989).
We had a really clear day so the view of Mount Fuji from this village was really gorgeous! What a majestic mountain! It would be nice to camp out here!
Is this place part of the package tour? Can recommend the package tour which you joined when you were in Japan? The places visited are very interesting!
Morning is a good time to have a clear view of Mount Fuji. It usually gets cloudy when it gets to noon.
Pinky,
There are many package tours out there… mine was a mix of tour and free and easy cause I went over partly for work. Actually the next morning, Mt Fuji was really cloudy! So I guess it depends on your luck.
Is this place part of the package tour? Can recommend the package tour which you joined when you were in Japan? The places visited are very interesting!
Morning is a good time to have a clear view of Mount Fuji. It usually gets cloudy when it gets to noon.
Pinky,
There are many package tours out there… mine was a mix of tour and free and easy cause I went over partly for work. Actually the next morning, Mt Fuji was really cloudy! So I guess it depends on your luck.
Thanks! I was actually hoping that you can recommend me one as yours seems rather reliable. I am rather afraid to join a tour package that brings us to places that are purely to their “Shopping places”. I have enough of that when I went to China.
Pinky,
If you want local tour groups you can try SA tours. I usually do free and easy and if I on the rare occasion follow a tour I like getting tours from companies not based in Singapore. For Japan tours you can try… http://www.japanican.com , http://www.japandeluxetour.com , http://www.supervaluetours.com and http://www.iace-asia.com . I would fly into Japan on my own free and easy then choose a land tour for destinations rather way out or if I have only limited time.
Thanks! I was actually hoping that you can recommend me one as yours seems rather reliable. I am rather afraid to join a tour package that brings us to places that are purely to their “Shopping places”. I have enough of that when I went to China.
Pinky,
If you want local tour groups you can try SA tours. I usually do free and easy and if I on the rare occasion follow a tour I like getting tours from companies not based in Singapore. For Japan tours you can try… http://www.japanican.com , http://www.japandeluxetour.com , http://www.supervaluetours.com and http://www.iace-asia.com . I would fly into Japan on my own free and easy then choose a land tour for destinations rather way out or if I have only limited time.
Ashley,
Thanks! The info will be very helpful!
Ashley,
Thanks! The info will be very helpful!