Lake Yamanaka is the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in surface area and the highest in elevation.

It is also the shallowest of the Fuji Five Lakes, formed by lava flows from an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji, and is the only of the Fuji Five Lakes to have a natural outflow.

It is also the one shaped like a whale, although you wont be able to see it unless you are a very high vantage point. So I took comfort in looking at online pictures.

We stopped by here to take in the view of Mount Fuji, unfortunately for us Fuji san was very shy today. So we didn’t get a good clear view of the mountain.

However we still took a stroll by the coast and there are a variety of things to do there. Interestingly we saw many variety of outdoor/indoor accommodations such as outdoor camping, glamping, trailer accommodation etc, however there was one that really stood out – because it had an open bathtub concept. Literally open. As in the bath tub is out in the open. At the door step of the trailer. So if you wanted to soak in the bath tub, you had to put up the blinds and cover the top as well. not sure how that works, but yes, the bath tub can be seen from the side walk. Didn’t take a photo as I wasn’t sure how appropriate it would be.

There are also those swan bikes if any couple is the mood for 1-1 time cycling in the lake.

Also side note – there are LOADS of pesky little flies in this area. Very much similar to Mayflies. So watch where you are going. They are so difficult to avoid.