A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

Froggy · Apr 17, 2026

It was the 5th day and time to move to our next onsen hotel. Was a long drive to Kawaguchiko so we stopped for lunch

Soup

Salad

Tuna

Abalone

Had different mains and this is lamp

wagyu

lobster

pan fry fish

Mochi

Froggy · Apr 17, 2026

Arrived at Lake Kawaguchiko

Froggy · Apr 17, 2026

Finally arrive at the onsen hotel

Room overlooking Mt. Fuji

Traditional Japanese style room

Froggy · Apr 17, 2026

Japanese dinner at te ryokan

Our sake

Tuna sashimi for starter

Steamed egg - chawanmushi

Having shabu today

Dessert

Froggy · Apr 17, 2026

Next morning I woke up to this smack right at my window, what a wonderful sight

And then time for breakfast

Froggy · Apr 17, 2026

Japanese dinner at the ryokan

Starters

Sashimi

Pork soup

Mains

Dessert

Froggy · Apr 18, 2026

Before i continue the Japan trip here's a video I took on Monday Sonkrang Day at Chokchai 4 road of Bangkok

Froggy · Apr 19, 2026

This is probably my favourite breakfast in Bangkok - Beef Hot Pot. Had this this morning

The restaurant

Its 8.20am so not many customers yet

My hot pot coming

My breakfast

Vegetables

Beef briskets

Beef slices

Hot pot

Sunday breakfast

Froggy · Apr 20, 2026

So on day 6 our lunch brought us to this French restaurant

We booked for lunch for 6 people and the owner let us have the whole restaurant

Cosy little restaurant

Old stove

Marching pigs on stove

Starting drink

The setting

Menu

Crustacean consommé jelly, snow crab, firefly squid, sweet shrimp, cauliflower

Marinated Kai salmon and turnip, pickled root vegetables and bottarga.

Foie gras confit marinated in sake lees, sea bream cured in kelp and bamboo shoots

Steamed abalone in white wine and pie-crusted Fuji no Kuni pork.

Most exquisite steamed abalone in white wine and pie-crusted Fuji no Kuni pork.

Grilled European duck breast with magnolia leaf aroma and chicken thigh cassoulet

Strawberry and lentil pastry wrapped in phyllo dough.

Wrapped up with a good coffee and pudding

Froggy · Apr 20, 2026

On Day 7 we had to check out of our second onsen hotel. Waving to Mt Fuji from my room

Selling hand made brollies in the hotel

Free coffee 24hrs

Wine dispenser

Departed hotel at a nearby cafe

Froggy · Apr 20, 2026

On the way to the next onsen we stopped for lunch, shabu-shabu lunch

Starters

Vegetables for shabu-shabu

My seafood shabu-shabu

Beef shabu-shabu

Dessert

Froggy · Apr 20, 2026

Checked into a new onsen hotel

Traditional Japanese drum stage

Pink sakura arrangement

White sakura

Traditional Japanese room

Another room facing Mt Fuji

Froggy · Apr 20, 2026

Day 7 had live abalone dinner in the hotel

Menu

Starters

Clear soup

Sashimi

Grilled seabream

Wagyu

Live abalone

Butters

Cooked abalone in butter soup

Rice and miso soup

Dessert

Froggy · Thursday at 9:18 AM

Day 8 for the trip was another clear and beautiful day

View from the room

View of Mt Fuji from the roof top onsen

After onsen was time for breakfast

Froggy · Thursday at 9:25 AM

Lunch was at Luoga a simple cosy little Italian restaurant

Salad

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Scallop spaghetti

Pizzas

Pizza Margherita

Piadina Romagnola

Froggy · Thursday at 9:32 AM

After lunch went for a nice walk at Kawagichiko lake and admire the sakura

Froggy · Thursday at 9:43 AM

This is our 6th day staying in a onsen hotel and our last dinner in an onsen for this trip

Starters

Dumpling and eel

Sashimi

Creamy seafood

Shabu

Wagyu for shabu

Rice and miso

Fruits and apple pie

k1976 · Saturday at 1:04 PM

Froggy said:
It was the 5th day and time to move to our next onsen hotel. Was a long drive to Kawaguchiko so we stopped for lunch

Soup

Salad

Tuna

Abalone

Had different mains and this is lamp

wagyu

lobster

pan fry fish

Mochi

The Machi look very tempting
Around 2500yen?

Froggy · Sunday at 8:47 PM

The next morning was our 9th day of the trip and time to leave the onsen.

Took a video of the beautiful Japanese garden of the hotel

and then it was about time to leave

Froggy · Sunday at 9:47 PM

On our way to Tokyo we visited a Japanese temple because we were told the sakura flowers there are very beautiful

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