We were up quite early after a good night’s rest and raring to go. We
all had an early breakfast our friends were also leaving early for Kyoto where
they are meeting up with some other colleagues and then enjoy and onsen.
We headed down the coast in the direction of Hakone and by late morning
after a couple of stops we arrived safely and walked a little bit around the
lake. From there we talk the road to Gotemba, where we would stay later in the
day, and then on to Mount Fuji and Lake Yamanaka and also Lake 
The roads around this area were fairly quiet which was good as it
meant we did not have traffic building up behind us as we make our way along at
the approved speed limit which nobody else seems to observe here.
We arrived at the Hotel just before 17.00 and checked in and the first
thing was a cup of tea and then a shower and out for dinner and we went to the
nearest place which was a American Dennys restaurant chain and the food was not
bad at all.
We then spent some time checking on out next Hotel as again the Satnav
did not recognise the number so in the room after pouring over google maps we
now have a pretty good idea where to go. Let’s see how we get on tomorrow but
it is about a four hour drive minimum on the motorway tomorrow so an early
start will take place.
