忍野八海から向かった先は、河口湖です。友人が湖畔のホテルを予約してくれていました。「風のテラスKUKUNA」です。５階の部屋の窓から、富士山を満喫できます。
The next place where we went after Oshinohakkai was Lake Kawaguchi. My friend booked a hotel by the lake. The name of the hotel is ‘Kaze no Terrace KUKUNA’. Our room was on the fifth floor, and you can see Mt. Fuji from the window.
夕食はハーフビュッフェでした。コース料理を楽しんだ上に、地元の食材を生かした様々な料理を、ビュッフェスタイルでも堪能できます。美味しすぎて案の定食べ過ぎました。それから、一番の楽しみだった展望大浴場へと、意気揚々向かいましたが、夜に富士山が見える訳がありません。その機会は朝風呂にとっておき、湖畔の美しい灯りを十分に楽しみました。
For dinner, we enjoyed both a set menu and the buffe. First, we had the set menu, then we relished many dishes including local ingredients from the buffet tables. All the dishes were so delicious and, sure enough, I ate too much. After that we went up to the bath with a great view, which I had been looking forward to the most there, but it was already dark so we couldn’t see Mt. Fuji at all. We saved it for the next day and fully enjoyed the beautiful night view with some lights around the lake.
翌朝起き抜けに、凍てつく風の中を散策に出かけました。ホテルの前の道路を渡って湖岸に降りると、遊歩道があります。「河口湖北岸ウォーキングトレイル」と呼ばれているこの小道沿いには、いくつかのカフェやボートハウスが並んでいました。葦が群生する合間のところどころで水溜りが凍っています。途中に古賀政男記念公園がありました。対岸の先には富士です。冷気で耳が痛くなりましたが、とても快適な散歩でした。1時間ほどでホテルに戻り美味しい朝食を掻き込んで、いよいよ朝風呂です。快晴の、雲一つ纏わぬ富士山でした。
The next morning, the first thing we did was go for a walk in the icy wind. We crossed the road in front of the hotel and walked down to the lake shore and found a path running along the lake. The path was called ‘Kawaguchiko’s North Shore Walking Trail’, there were some cafes and boat houses along it. I found some puddles frozen between the clumps of reeds. On the way, I also found a memorial park for Masao Koga, a prominent composer in Japan. I saw Mt. Fuji across the lake. The air was so cold that my ears hurt, even so it was a really delightful walk. After about an hour walk, we had a tasty breakfast and then went up to the bath. The weather was good, so we enjoyed the great view of Mt. Fuji without clouds.
次に向かったのは、箱根ターンパイクです。続きは次回で。
Our next destination was Hakone Turnpike. To be continued.
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