Thursday, July 2, 2015

Japan: Land of the Little Prince


Near Mt. Fuji we stayed at one of the strangest places I have ever visited. Our room and much of the resort had a Little Prince theme, but this place had so much more than just The Little Prince.

There was a giant bell...

 reindeer sleds...

igloos...

a gorilla statue...

a restaurant where you can drink grapefruit juice out of a hollowed-out grapefruit skin...
 
a giant bounce pillow...
 
walkways made of Christmas lights...

a trail through a fairy tale forest...
 
that ended here...

 tipis...

little round huts for guest rooms (with starry constellations projected onto the domed roof, planetarium style)...

a tent with carnival games, but no people to staff them...

...a tinkling music box soundtrack, cherry blossoms, pillars of fairy lights, and Christmas trees covered in flowers.


As far as the kids were concerned, this place was a magical wonderland. (Bonus points for catching the song playing in this video.)

It was bizarre...


...but fantastic--especially with kids.

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