Day 1 Itinerary
Try kayaking on Lake Kawaguchiko! Even for a first-timer like Mom, the staff's careful instructions leave plenty of room to take in the view of Mt. Fuji. Awed by its sheer size, you find that your everyday worries suddenly feel small.
After arriving, everyone takes a breather. Mom heads to the bath a little early — meanwhile, the kids and Dad quietly start on some kind of secret preparation.
The long-awaited wood-fired course dinner arrives. Even the kids, who don't usually eat much fish, are amazed by the delicious Fuji-no-Suke pie. Mom finds a white wine that pairs perfectly with the Koshu beef and decides to bring a bottle home.
Once everyone's full, it's time to relax and chat in the living room. Between the kids' extracurricular activities and Mom and Dad's work schedules, it's rare for the whole family to be together \xE2\x80\x94 so the kids are thrilled: "We get to be together all day today!" In the middle of it all, it's present time for Mom. Today, it turns out, is the day Dad and Mom first met. Not their wedding anniversary, not the day they started dating \xE2\x80\x94 but on this fateful date, Dad and the kids planned a surprise of their own.
That night, Mom can't help but smile as her son keeps asking, beaming, "Mom, did you like your present?" Watching their son and daughter sleep peacefully, Mom and Dad find themselves drifting off too before they know it. Even Mom, who usually stays up late, falls asleep tonight snuggled up with the kids, her heart full of happiness.
