Santa Tokyo Guide – the Ultimate Santa Guide for the Greater Tokyo area. Santa Visits in Japan generally start from the end of November. Occasionally you can find a couple of places that Santa visits as early as October, a few more in early November, but the main Santa greetingRead More →
Gotemba Kogen / Tokinosumika night illumination – Hikarinosumika We have been visiting the Tokinosumika resort annually for years. At first the illumination at the resort wasn’t that well known although its always been an elaborate display. In recent years, it has received the acclaim it deserves. Gotemba Illumination Tokinosumika (sometimesRead More →
Peter Rabbit Themed Accommodation in Gotemba, Shizuoka For many years we have been visiting the Tokinosumika resort in Gotemba every Golden Week. The resort has a choice of accommodation ranging from hotel rooms to self catering lodges. This year we stayed in the “slow house villa” area in a yurtRead More →
Yasai Shokudo Cafe, Books, wood museum, play area and Suichurakuen Aquarium – Tokinosumika, Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture Formerly called “Books and Cafe”, the Books and Aquarium is a leisure area of the excellent Tokinosumika resort in Gotemba. The books area is part of a cafe now called Yasai Shokudo Rafu. IfRead More →
The Bell of Love with a Mt Fuji view at Toki No Sumika, aka Gotemba Kogen, in Gotenba City, Shizuoka, Japan. We went to Tokinosumika in Gotemba, Shizuoka, this past Golden Week. To be honest, I love discovering new places, but with 4 young children it is easier just toRead More →
Blueberry Lodge, Tokinosumika, Gotemba Shizuoka. Blueberry Lodge On our most recent visit to Tokinosumika we tried the self catering (with breakfast buffet included) option, for the first time, in the Blueberry Lodges. The Blueberry Lodges are one floor houses essentially. There are four to a block. Each lodge has aRead More →
The Big Bang Playground at Tokinosumika, updated in summer 2015: The playground at Tokinosumika has undergone some changes and is no longer free for everyone, but they have added lots of attractions including bouncing castles and other equipment. The playground remains free for children under 7. It costs 800 yen forRead More →
View from Hotel Tokinosumika of the Tokinosumika Resort Hotel Tokinosumika Our first visit to Hotel Tokinosumika with kids was May 2012. (We had stayed in other accommodation in the Tokinosumika resort before and after that). At the time my son was 2 and my daughter 15 months old. The room wasRead More →
Two marine parks in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Awashima Marine Park and Izu Mito Sea Paradise. Both are within minutes of each other by car. Which you choose will depend on what floats your boat! Or do what we did: visit both! Mito Sea paradise is an aquarium essentially. Whereas AwashimaRead More →
The Toki no sumika Resort aka Gotemba Kogen in Gotemba (Mt Fuji 5th Station), Shizuoka is a one stop resort for Accommodation, Hot springs, Dining, Shopping, Sports, Fuji views & Much much more. This post was first written in 2012 and has been updated on several occasions to reflect theRead More →