Luxurious JAPANESE Food + Wasabi Ice Cream and Ryokan TOUR | Shuzenji, Japan

As you guys know by now, I am addicted to travel, and my first big adventure of 2019 is the epitome of why I love my career. I was fortunate enough to spend twelve incredible days exploring Japan, including Tokyo, the beautiful cities of Kyoto and Osaka, and the gorgeous prefectures just outside Tokyo. It was an experience I won’t soon forget and I’m excited to share it with you!
After leaving the Yamanashi Prefecture, my group and I arrived on the Izu Peninsula, an amazing area that’s about 90 minutes south of Tokyo. This area is full of natural hot springs and it also offers stunning views of Mount Fuji!
We first headed it Izunokuni Panorama Park, where you can ride a gondola, via cable, up to the summit of Mount Katsuragi, where you can see Mount Fuji and take part in lots of other activities at the top! It costs 1,800 Yen/roughly $16.15 to ride to the top.
The gondola takes you above the village and countryside and takes seven to eight minutes to get to the summit. Unfortunately it was cloudy, so we couldn’t see Mount Fuji, but the views of the surrounding area were still breathtaking. We could see the waters of Suruga Bay in the distance!
From there, we visited the Katsuragi Shrine, which was set up for ascetic Buddhist practices. There, you ring the shrine’s bell, say a prayer, make a wish, and leave some coins in a nearby box.
Then we made our way to the foot bath. The water was so hot and relaxing! I loved it! It was like a natural sauna for my feet! Then I visited the observatory, where we got more spectacular views. Then we visited the 100 statues of Jizo. They’re beautiful! You make a wish and tie it around one of the statues!
Back at the bottom of the mountain, I got some vanilla ice cream with wasabi shavings. It was super hot and went straight to my nose! The vanilla ice cream calms the heat a lot!
Then it was back to the bus for a ride to the Arai Ryokan hotel, a traditional ryokan only 15 minutes away.
You have to take off your shoes when you enter and change into a robe and sash. The ryokan is gorgeous! It’s pricey, but so worth it with the scenery and hot springs. There are lots of old, traditional houses and an amazing bridge. There are also baths for men and women.
My room was an amazing, traditional Japanese room with a small table, a pillow for you to sit on, and nice views of the scenery outside. But there was also a nice bathroom with a high-tech toilet!
We then explored the town of Shuzenji, including a small bamboo forest. This resort town also has lots of hotels and traditional houses. Then we visited a hot spring foot bath!
Then it was time for dinner. I had to wear my robe. We went with two dry sakes for our drink order, and were served three appetizers.
The soft roe tofu was delicious, and came with pure wasabi. Then we had taro yam, which was soft and dense with a nice miso sauce on top. It was nice and healthy! There was also a great seafood and fermented rice dish that I loved!
Next was tuna, yellowtail, and sebring with wasabi. The sebring was amazing! It was so soft and fresh, and the tuna was like butter. I couldn’t stop eating it!
Then we had wasabi stems, which looked almost like green beans and tasted like celery. Next were steamed crab dumplings with mochi, radish, and mushrooms. It was phenomenal, and the broth was amazing as well.
Our next course was yellowtail teriyaki, a ginger stem, and an egg yolk. The egg yolk was almost like a mochi, sticky and dense. The ginger was amazing! I loved the yellowtail teriyaki. The glaze was incredible!
Then I dug into the red snapper, greens, and carrot. The snapper was outstanding and I really liked the taro and radish with it. Then it was time for the flatfish, tofu, and radish. The flatfish almost tasted like tofu.
Chicken with carrots was next up, followed by chicken with sesame, vinegar with radish and carrots (which was basically coleslaw), and a persimmon with cheese. Our final dish was fried bonito flakes, which I added to some rice along with soy sauce and wasabi. I put too many bonito flakes, but it was still fantastic! Then we finished our meal with citrus jelly, strawberries, kiwi, and whipped cream.
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Luxurious JAPANESE Food + Wasabi Ice Cream and Ryokan TOUR | Shuzenji, Japan
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