| AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE |
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| Is this a car or is this a boat? It is the
amphibian presented by human beings. Also,
there is a hybrid machine (not Toyota Prius),
yes mixture of car and train! You may enjoy
them as riding the public transportation
now in Japan. |
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| Kaba (Hippo) in Five Lakes |
| It is named after hippopotamus, and it actually
looks like the animal.
15 minutes walk and
15 minutes swim costs JPY1,500
per adult.
You may experience this
splash-in-splash-out
only until August 31st
at Yamanakako (next
to Kawaguchiko) |
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| Map As you may find on the map, it is stone-throw-away
from Mt.Fuji. The view is excellent on road
and on lake. There are frequent highway bus
service from/to Shinjuku (one of the Tokyo
downtown station). This page has the highway bus time table as well as
fare price. |
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| Duck Tour (in Yunishikawa Onsen) |
Run through April 27th to December 11th,
departs from this station, why not duck on the dam lake of Kawaji
(much deeper mountain behind Nikko and Kinugawa)
costs JPY3,000 per adult, JPY2,000 per child
(under 12 years old). There is a direct train
service from Asakusa to Yunishigawa-Onsen (train station is called Yunishigawa Onsen
instead of Yunishikawa Onsen). From the end
of Tobu Pass (Shin-Fujiwara), it is additional 10km ride
(additional payment of JPY500) to Yunishigawa-Onsen
station. Followings are the example of the
direct trains, you may just sit relax, no
need to change train/s at Shin-Fujiwara station.
Asakusa 06:20 => 09:03 Yunishigawa-Onsen
Asakusa 07:10 => 09:58
Yunishigawa-Onsen
Asakusa 08:10 => 10:59
Yunishigawa-Onsen
Asakusa 09:10 => 11:58
Yunishigawa-Onsen |
| Map As above mentioned, you may enjoy Nikko
and Kinugawa Onsen as well as Kawaji Onsen
together with the amphibious Vehicle Ride.
Yunishikawa (or Yunishigawa) itself has many
onsen spots. Tobu Travel has digital booklet, with which tour can be organized easily. |
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| DMV (Dual Mode Vehicle of railway and road) |
| This is not an amphibian but mix hybrid of
bus and train produced by JR Hokkaido (northern
island of Japan). The cute yellow rail-bus
is now marketing throughout Japan. Not only
in Hokkaido, but you may enjoy riding them
in Shizuoka and in Tokushima as well as in
Kouchi. |
| Map (originally run) This map is showing where the DMV was
born and tested. Youtube shows bit slow transformer :D |
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| NE Train (New Energy Train or Diesel/Battery Hybrit
Train) |
| It has been tested for more than decade,
now running on Koumi Line (Kobuchizawa - Komoro) of JR East. |
