Had our breakfast at the hotel, Hotel Montagne Matsumoto.
We paid 880 yen for the breakfast.
Not much variety, but still ok.
This was chong's plate.
Love their half boil egg.
Then we bought ticket from Matsumoto station for a round trip to Kamikochi. Instruction stated on the website below. Quite easy.
Well, as it was not the official opening for Kamikochi, not much people was taking the bus with us.
Eh, only 2 of us in the bus to Kamikochi anyway.
A very beautiful place! We were lucky as weather was good on that day! Some of the track in Kamikochi was inaccessible. It would be good to come after their official opening as the path would be cleared, Hotel would be opened. We did not even have access to toilet! We desperately searching for toilet and the public toilet was chained locked! Hotel, they were preparing for the opening and we could not use their toilet! We had to make our way back to the visitor centre. Lucky, I think they were cleaning toilet to prepare for the opening, we manage to find one toilet! Actually it was closed initially but then think they need to do something so they opened it.
We took bus to Taisho pond, 大正池.
The path to Taisho pond was not cleared and it was not accessible, so we took a bus to the pond. We saw people walking actually when before we reached Kamikochi. However, yes, walk at your own risk! The path to the pond was cleared halfway. Rest of the path was thick snow. Chong did not walk to the Taisho pond with me, I walked alone as her shoe was slippery. I really wore the correct shoe. It was a tracking / running shoe. Well, the thick snow was really scary, I did not know when I would stepped into soft snow. I got my leg stuck in the thick snow also. Hmm...scary...
Ok this photo show the path. Path not cleared completely.
Dinner at Nepalese restaurant. Not bad actually.
Dinner cost 1120 yen
