SO LUCKY🗻🤩🦢🍀 Superb location and very stylish & hip boutique-type guest house. Incredibly happy to have found this place with such amazing views of Mount Fuji mirrored in Yamanaka Lake as seen from the room! Beachfront property, it can’t get better than this! In summer there are many water sports one can do here and there are rental boats, hiking trails, a huge flowers park also not far. This lake is the closest to Mount Fuji and it features a large family of resident SWANS that you can bribe with swan food to be in your photo. The Guesthouse Zen also has a dormitory if you are in a budget. Nothing can beat a sunny day sparkling Fuji view from my room as I’m typing this though! Very clean and comfortable, there is a nice kitchen where you can warm up food and cook something and they kindly provide hot water and coffee. Toilets and showers are shared and very clean, towels and cosmetics are also provided. Very kind owner, offered a pick up from the lake side where I was stranded and it is a pleasure to walk all along the lake though it might take more than 3 hours, many do cycling and jogging here. I’ve been searching for ages for such a stunning lodging and is now one of my favorites together with Yamadaya on Lake Shoji. But ZEN is more private and elegant. There are a couple of Hot Springs around the lake where you can relax. Really a dream world, happy beyond expectations, thanks again to the ZEN Guesthouse, can’t wait to be back this summer!
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