Japan Day Trip: 富士急 + 山梨 + 八王子

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7:30am 渋谷: Mabs, Yuki, Natsumi and I rented a car.

First stop: 富士急 Highland
I drive all the way between 100k and 140k with a Japanese GPS...  Thanks to Natsumi for half navigation (translation)...  The drive was smooth despite the small traffic jam.  Spend about 1 hour and 20 minutes between 渋谷 and 富士急.  Why 富士急?  It is the opening of the Gundam Crisis! 

Second stop: 山梨 Service Area
山梨 (Yamahashi) is the prefecture next to Tokyo.  We went to one of the local server area (like a mall) where there is a food market and cafeteria.

Third stop: 八王子 高尾山 Trick Art Museum
About 40 minutes drive from the 山梨 Service Area.  This is the place where you will be amazed by those 2D paintings with 3D effect.  No special glasses are need!

Forth stop: Tofu restaurant - とうふ屋うかい大和田店 @ 八王子
Under the same group as the super expensive tofu restaurant in Tokyo, this one is less expensive with the similar kind of food and service quality.

富士急Highland 山梨 Service Area 高尾山 Trick Art Museum
 

Side note: As I woke up early, went to Family Mart and bought a piece of their fried chicken for breakfast.  Another un-expectation!  The chicken was so tender and it's comparable to local KFC!  No pics as I ate it with 2 bites hahaha...  Then, Yuki found this Japanese rice ball with beef and she thought I'd love it!  Before I open the package, never thought of taking pics as I thought it is yet another rice ball (not crazy about rice balls)...  After peeling off the seal, the sweet butter beef smell rush out the pack and I said "shit, I should have taken a pic!"