Fugaku-Fuketsu Lava Cave

Japan! @ Day 6 - Special Entry 

[Fugaku-Fuketsu Lava Cave]

Introduction:

"FUGAKU-FUKETSU (wind) LAVA CAVE" is one of the representative lava caves of the Fuji foot of a mountain. The cave which became these two tunnel types was made by the lava flow on the occasion of the eruption of Mt. Fuji of 1130 years ago. After receiving specification of the natural treasure of a country, it is introduced globally, and it has become a precious existence on geology.

"FUGAKU LAVA CAVE" is a characteristic that wind goes through by difference of temperature and the wind pressure of an entrance and the exit of the cave. It is cold even during summer when entering the inside cave. Normal temperatures are three degrees. Till the early stages of Showa, it was used for storage of the egg of a silkworm as a natural refrigerator.

The total extension of a cave is 201m and height is 8.7m. Mysteriously, the sound doesn't echo internally.

Source: GEOCACHING

Along the way to the Lava Cave, I saw signboards showing 0oC with of course Japanese language which I cant understand at all. Deep in my heart, its kinda funny when the outside temperature was around 24oC and they didn't change the temperature on the boards :D We reached to this souvenir shop at the parking area and still the big signboard showing 0oC. (and I didn't ask the Japs about that...)

Nearby, there was a signboard of Fuji Five Lakes Guide map and u can see where we were!

 This is the Fugaku-Fuketsu Lava Cave signboard

From the souvenir shop, we had to walk around 5mins towards the entrance. 

We passed by these naturally made geographical surroundings... It was really nice day and weather..

This is the entrance of the cave, which we had to pay some Yen to get in :D

Another signboard in Japanese...

The history of this Lava cave is described here..

Cave entrance...once we descended down the stairs, I felt that the air became colder and colder....so mysterious..

 The notice board..now in multilingual

We descended further in the cave and the temperature suddenly changed! It was very cold in the cave and I kept thinking of the 0oC signboards from before! LOL! I talked to Kodama San (the Japs in Black Blazer) with the tone, "No wonder u use the blazer...." and he just smiled at me..

It was cold in the cave and I still holding my camera with the flash turned ON.

 And amazingly we reached to this gated area covering the ice pillars in this cave. So unbelievable! I wonder how this ice still standing with outside weather was nearly summer?? No wonder this cave was so cold!

The barricade to protect the ice pillars from visitors

 More ice pillars...

Now u can see me!

Then, there was another gated area with more Japanese signs..(owh I really dont care bout the signages!)

Inside the area, there were silkworms kept in the tins (like biskut jagung punye tins) with some illustration for those who Japanesely blind, like me!

 Here, they also kept some seeds (i dunno what seed and why it is so special to be kept here) and with some more illustrations..

We had to u-turn to go back to the cave entrance. OTW out, I snapped more photos of the ice pillars...cos it was so cool~~

 We met this group of Japs Kids just arrived to the cave...

 Outside, I saw this sign with understandable language describing that this cave is one of the Natural Monument

 This board is the illustrated map of the lava cave..

 This might be the lava from Mt Fuji eruption...(i guess so..)

 

 The souvenir shop...and I didn't buy anything from here, sigh....

 Now I believed that the signboard was true!

The ice cream shop...vanilla and corn flavoured, yummeh!

- End of Special Entry [Fugaku-Fuketsu Lava Cave] -

Week 36~

Last Friday we went for our 36th week checkup dekat UMRA.. and this time I request to see Dr. Karamjit sebab she's really a good doc.. tu aku rasa la sbb last time aku jumpa dia byk jugak advice2 dia kasi compare to Dr Venu tu... walaupun terpaksa menunggu lama sebab tiba2 ramai orang pulak malam tu..

lepas lebih sejam menunggu baru dapat jumpa doc.. akibat nak jugak jumpa Dr nih.. nasib berbaloi.. masa dia scan baby tu, mula-mula semua cam ok.. placenta dah matang, baby heartbeat ok, baby M sangat panjang according to her untuk aku yang bersize renek nih (still tatau dia ikut siapa, terkenan si Aqilah the monster tu kot).. pastu dia check dia cakap amniotic fluid aku cam terlebih plak.. erk!

dah abis scan dia pun cakap, selalu amniotic fluid lebih ni either sebab baby besar (tak kot sbb baby M baru around 2.6kg at 36 week) or sebab diabetic.. so dia pun tanya bila last aku makan.. kalau dah lama leh la check gula dalam darah.. kebetulan last meal aku dlm kul 5 camtu..terus dia check.. bacaan tunjuk 5.1 pastu dia kata cam ok.. tp to be on the safe side dia suruh aku buat ujian gula.. warghhhh dah masuk 9 months pulak kene kan.. cis cis cis.. tapi demi untuk make sure si kecik ni sihat ikutkan je lah.. so plan nk makan subway lepas checkup terpaksa dilupakan walaupun perut aku memang lapar time tu.. mana tak nye, dia cakap kene puasa after 10pm, masa dia cakap tu dh pukul 9.45pm! lepas tu kene pulak amik 2nd tetanus shot.. tapi hebat jugak nurse dia, sebab kali ni sakit dia tak sama macam 1st shot aritu! takde effect lenguh2 yang melampau.. and kejap je cam dah elok wewittt~~

abis je checkup, balik terus tdo sebab tak mampu nak melayan perut yang berkeroncong~ esok nye lepas subuh terus mandi manda semangat nak g hospital! cepat settle cepat la mak buyung boleh makan.. owh subway~

sampai tu memang takde orang lain, seronok le aku kan.. terus check berat, tp air kencing tak mampu nak derma since puasa since mlm semalam! so kene hold dulu.. then telan air gula tu.. aku expect cam tak sedap giler la kan.. tapi ok je aku rasa.. siap rasa cam ribena lagi.. ribena yang pekat giler tak hingat.. lepas tu dia kasi air tak sampai suku gelas.. then balik rumah balik sambung tdo hahaha 

cukup 2 jam, pegi balik nak check darah.. kali ni Dr Karamjit dah balik so consult dengan Dr Rafi jek.. dia cakap result ok, takde diabetic pun.. sugar level dalam 6.1.. tapiiiiii air kencing aku plak ada problem.. aku memang selalu ada prob ngn air kencing.. stress betul la.. mungkinkah sebab aku puasa malam semalam?? then dia kasi antibiotic.. nasib satu dos jek.. dia cam ors yg kene dissolve dalam air tu.. nasib rasa dia sedap cam ors jugak.. so mlm tu kene puasa makan pulak..tapi lepas tu terus ke Giant makan breakfast kat Subway.. heaven!!

so next checkup kene pegi hari khamis pulak.. sebab Dr Rafi nak pantau sendiri result aku.. confirm ramai giler sebab aku tau ramai org mmg purposely datang hari khamis sbb nk jumpa dia and Dr Ummul tu.. haih.. daddy sila la balik awal ye~ harap2 takde pape dah la lepas ni..

p/s: 26 hari je lagi!!

A Postcard from China

Received a Postcard from China.. Special thanks to Ajan @ Mate.. This is really lovely and aku sgt terharu..

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Ganjaran menyusukan anak~!

Saja nak share information kat bawah ni.. since ramai kawan-kawan yang tengah tunggu masa jek kan.. jom kita usaha ke arah exclusive BF.. banyak ganjarannya, insyaAllah~

WANITA YG MEMBERI minum susu kpd anaknya dari susu badannya akan dpt satu pahala dari tiap-tiap titik susu yg diberikannya...JIKA WANITA MEMBERI SUSU BADANNYA kpd anaknya yg menangis,Allah akan memberi pahala satu tahun solat dan puasa...JIKA WANITA MENYUSUI anaknya sampai cukup tempoh (2 1/2 tahun),maka malaikat malaikat di langit akan khabarkan berita bahawa syurga wajib baginya...WANITA YG TIDAK CUKUP TIDUR pada malam hari krn menjaga anak yang sakit akan diampunkan oleh Allah akan seluruh dosanya,dan bila dia hiburkan hati anaknya,Allah memberi 12 tahun pahala ibadat

Source: My baby store

p/s: bercita-cita tinggi nak fully BF neh.. semoga dipermudahkan.. amin~

Parenthood : Baby Cot!

hari tu kami siarkan operasi basuh membasuh.. so today operasi bertukang pulak diudarakan.. chewah!! tak lain tak bukan baby cot tuk budak kecik ni lah.. sekali lagi, terima kasih yang teramat-amat kepada kawan-kawan office yang bermurah hati sponsorkan baby cot tuk baby M.. saya and baby M sangat suka!!

baby cot ni telah dideliverkan a week before raya, time aku tak mandi lagi tengah sebuk nak buat kuih raya before balik ke kampung halaman~~ so kami peram je la dulu baby cot ni, walaupun aku memang dah tergedik-gedik nak pasang malam tu jugak hahaha aku memang over and aku tak kisah ;p

habis jek cuti raya, kitaorg pun berhempas pulas mengemas rumah pulak.. satunye sebab nak make space tuk menyambut si kecik ni nanti.. duanye sebab aku nak berpantang kat KL je kan, so confirmlah nanti sedara mak nenek semua nak datang bertandang tengok baby baru kan (eh ada orang nak datang ke??).. so aku nak make sure rumah ku bersih tip top and selesa and guest friendly la kononnye.. so berhempas pulas la kami suami isteri (eh, isteri tolong tengok je banyak.. tq en abang sayang).. dari bedroom kami sampai la ke guest room and store room.. banyak la barang-barang yang aku campak dalam tong sampah sebab en suami adalah seorang hoarders yang berjaya!! 2 hari en suami berhempas pulas kemas rumah baru settle!!

 

finally, the time has come to unwrap baby M's baby cot :D

 

 

baby cot dipasang terus dalam bilik sebab malas nak mengangkat.. master bedroom itu sangatlah kecik, rasa cam nak suruh baby M tido kat luar jek.. hahaha (bila la nak dapat rumah besar sikit nih??)

 

sangat suka sebab ada wheels.. konon2 senang la nak mengusung baby cot ni sampai ke dapur.. malangnye tak muat plak baby cot ni kat space yang kecik tu.. so end up kene tanggalkan wheels dia..

 

look, ada orang minyak menyorok bawah katil baby M!!

baby M duduk sebelah cermin.. jangan nanti jadi vain and perasan sorang-sorang sudah!! gambar baby cot yang final tak dapat nak disertakan kat sini sebabnye tak siap pun lagi.. bila dah pasang bedsheet and crib bumper baru la kita up gambar~

p/s: dengan ini, mummy mengistiharkan mummy sudah ready to welcome baby M to this world.. keluar when you are ready ye sayang.. muahsss~

Japan! 2010 @ Day 6

JAPAN! 2010 @ DAY 6

Day 6 - Last day for the training, diorg cepat2 pendekkan training to half day semata2 nk bwk kitorg jalan2...yeah! So, sebelum sayonara, photography session dgn semua~

 

Tank Gauging Service Training 2010 @ E+H Yamanashi

Sayonara Yamanashi & Kofu....till we meet again next time!

 We starts journey before noon towards famous Fuji Five Lakes and of cos Mt. Fuji

First lake that we reached was Lake Saiko

Shops nearby Lake Saiko

The 1st stop - Fugaku-Fuketsu Lava Cave. Dgr nama Lava Cave mcm dah terasa bahang kepanasan lava gunung berapi kan...So, nk dijadikan cerita terpaksalah aku buat post entry special utk Lava Cave, just wait n see OK!~

Habis melawat Lava Cave, we stop for lunch @ Chinese restaurant - Bamiyan

Aku mkn je la ape yg bole dimakan and this is my drinks - mango juice + pearl

Nice flowers..

Lepas melantak, kitog sambung journey to next destination - Lake Kawaguchiko.

Kitorg jalan2 tuju the main tourist spot here - Mt. Kachi Kachi Ropeway. Seswai dgn namenye ropeway, it has a cable car up to the Mt. Kachi Kachi to see the best view of Lake Kawaguchiko

Lake Kawaguchiko - view from the top of Mt. Kachi Kachi.

Disebabkan tempat ni best, so another post entry for Lake Kawaguchiko and Mt. Kachi Kachi Ropeway!

We left Kawaguchiko lake for the next destination...

 And we passed through these magnificent roller-coasters!

 This is the famous Fuji-Q High Land! Weeeee!~

Nah! Ada bran?? (Saje bakar org yg nk g Jepang pasni! hahahha - gelak jahat)

 OTW, on the highway, we stopped by RnR diorg...

Dan sempat sambar souvenir utk wifey terchenta! - Deerskin accessories from EP

Mt Fuji snacks!

We arrived to the destination on the evening - SHINJUKU, TOKYO!~ W00t~

Checking in Shinjuku Washington Hotel

Hari masih muda, so kitorg mulakan pengembaraan di Tokyo pulak, ditemani oleh Mr Yamazoe San yg umur dah baya2 bapak2 kite...tp still rock! The next stop is Yodobashi Camera (nmpk tak signboard kat atas tu?)

Kirenye tempat ni mcm Lowyat kat Msia ler kot...

 Hasilnye ialah this Canon IXY10s (IXUS 210) - yg masa tu belum launch lagi kat Malaysia. Aku tertarik sbb dia pakai full touch screen! and aku pilih pink sbb kaler ni yg paling chantik..sigh~ Harge? teka la brape..kalau masa tu canon malaysia listkan harge dia dlm RM1299, tp kat sini gua dpt dlm RM850 je! Super murah beb!

 Suasana sekitar shopping places @ Shinjuku...

 View of NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Tower

 Shinjuku Station - one of the busiest station in the world. Millions of people using the station daily

 View of Takashimaya Times Square - aku berjaya shopping baju selai dua from Uniqlo kat dalam tu, sambil ditemani oleh Yamazoe San, hahah, selamba aku heret org tua tu shopping!

Inside Takashimaya Times Square - Penguins!

 Di persimpangan jalan, sumorg tunggu masa nk melintas ramai2 (mcm korg tgk dlm citer Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift tu..) Mamat ni buat food delivery naik beskal je beb, sebelah tangan je pegang handle sebelah lagi pegang tray.....Super!~

Dinner of the day - Sashimi (Raw fish) and others....tak lalu aku nk makan raw fish, so order je la ape2 yg fried...huhuhu

Back to the hotel after full tank! @ Washington Hotel - Esok dah nak balik, waaaaaaaaaa

~ END OF DAY 6 ~