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東京Again 2025（六）輕井澤一天淺行（漫步‥‥‥雲場池）

有關輕井澤自由行，一向盡責的HK Blogger —— 即是我本人，在出發前已看過了無數分享。就是有些地方看了不太懂。

1. 遊輕井澤可以搭巴士，又可以搭單車、甚至步行。到底是哪個方法最好？

2. 遊輕井澤一天的時間夠嗎？

我總算在到達輕井澤前拿捏到了一些概念。不過這篇文章都是有些欠缺，因為有幾個輕井澤有名的景點，例如白絲瀑布（白糸の滝）、星野溫泉、石之教會。基於行程所限我都沒有列入是次行程。

輕井澤主要的旅遊景點可以分為四部份：第一部份是輕井澤站旁的王子購物中心outlet與王子酒店（備有滑雪場）、與輕井澤站近在咫尺步行可達。

第二部份是步行或單車可達的舊輕井澤區，雲場池、聖保羅教堂也在腳程之內。

第三部份是有星野溫泉的中輕井澤區，石之教會也在這區。踏單車與步行也不太可能，要坐30分鐘巴士前往。

第四部份是山上的白絲瀑布，它的位置大約是在舊輕井澤區後頭的山區，是一個需要坐巴士前往的地方。

（當然若你是一個超級爬山單車愛好者，要搭單車往以上的地方相信也不是不可能‥‥‥甚至會覺得很有趣。）

另外，對於購物沒有多大慾望的朋友來說，先坐接駁巴士往中輕井澤區遊石之教會與星野溫泉，下午的時候再乘車往白之瀑布，再沿瀑布折返舊輕井澤區，最後步行或坐巴士回車站，理論上也是一個可行的一天路線。不過我要預最少三五小時給同行人事逛OUTLET，所以兩者平衡的情況下我還是取了最簡單的平地路線——即是以上所指的第一與第二部分。

我們的行程︰

輕井澤站 - 雲場池 - 舊輕井澤銀座通 - 聖保羅天主教堂 - 輕井澤新藝術博物館 - 輕井澤站 - 輕井澤王子購物中心

原本打算租單車，但我倆都想慢慢地感受一下輕井澤的風光，所以決定全步行（事後雖然有點後悔。）

是日輕井渾一天行全程5至6公里，都是以平路為主。最遠的距離應該是由輕井澤站步行到雲場池的距離，花了大概26分鐘。

（步行26分鐘，到雲場池其實也可以選擇坐巴士，不過等車連車程時間上應該也差不多。）

為什麼步行會感到後悔呢？輕井澤雖然令人心曠神怡，但事實上景點與景點之間沒有店舖、就是只有民居……踏單車去反而微風相伴踏一段直路，感覺良好得多。

沿路都似是民居‥‥‥

看著無盡的路，太太開始疑惑。

有一段單車、行人、汽車共用的路，不過不繁忙，走來輕鬆。

GOOGLE 話就到啦‥‥‥

「這裏為何看來都不像有景點？」太太越走越懷疑。直到看見了雲場池的標示。

輕井澤居然有迴旋處，一邊是雲場池、一邊是舊輕井澤

終於到達了。

雲場池外有一個單車擺放區，令我更加覺得——早知租單車踏過來。走路真笨。

（當然租單車亦不是沒有代價，若要去其他景點，把單車也帶上巴士也似乎有夠麻煩。）

雲場池四季有象微妙的變化，但剛剛我們來到的時候季節變換之時，池旁的枯樹好像跟我們說：「準備盛夏，請君日後再來。」

環繞湖一圈路程需要20分鐘，走池中有小橋可令行程減半(10分鐘)。基於雲場池不在最佳狀態，我們也只是走半圈便往舊輕井澤銀場通出發。

枯樹為主的湖，其實亦帶有點詩意。不過就比不上薰紅壯麗或白雪紛飛的勝景。

是時候去別的地方。

「老公，又要行20分鐘？」

「係呀。我不是早提議你租單車了嗎？」

我們的旅程 - 剩下55小時。

下一回：東京Again 2025（七）輕井澤一天淺行（寧靜又豐富的舊輕井澤銀座通）寫作中

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重溫一下2025東京AGAIN

東京Again 2025（一）72小時的「京」動（行程計劃）

東京Again 2025（二）- 東京交通「隨心包」

東京Again 2025（三）上野站前APA飯店 (APA Hotel Ueno Ekimae)

東京 Again 2025 (四）上野夜遊（GYU STAR 燒肉放題/ 上野唐吉訶德 Donki)

東京Again 2025（五）輕井澤一天淺行（出發‥‥‥輕井澤交通分享）

在此都回顧一下2024東京、2023年大阪，2019九州自駕、2018年的沖繩自駕、2017年的橫濱 + 東京，以及2016年東京 + 箱根之行，至於14年前的東京遊，舊得有點不好意思分享‥‥‥對我有愛的人自行在我的網誌中找找看吧！

重溫一下2024東京四人之行

是次2024行程文章重溫：

七年無事又東京（一）飛吧！（行程、預備、訂位資料分享）

七年無事又東京（二）新宿事變（六歌仙新店 + 歌舞伎町Tower)

七年無事又東京（三）魔法背後的魔法（東京哈利波特影城）

七年無事又東京（四）進擊的上野（上野Yamashiroya + 阿美橫丁）

七年無事又東京（五）迪士尼海洋Disneysea1 - 簡單易明基本概念及小提議

七年無事又東京（六）迪士尼海洋Disneysea2 忙於操作的上半場（驚魂古塔 / 地心探險記 / 樂佩公主天燈盛會）

七年無事又東京（七）迪士尼海洋Disneysea3 總動員的下半場

七年無事又東京（八）築地淺草走一回

七年無事又東京（九）小孩．毒男．秋葆原

七年無事又東京（十）天旋地轉與膽量挑戰 (台場Joypolis1F）

七年同事有東京（十一）動感（台場Joypolis 2F - VR, House of the Dead, Transformer）

七年無事又東京（十二）獻出心臟"爸"！（台場Joypolis 3F - 進擊的巨人 + 全日通結算 + 輕鬆推介）

七年無事又東京（十三）雨中的陽光（池袋Sunshine City）

七年無事又東京（十四）池袋的超強CP值酒店（Hotel Hisoca 池袋 - 有片）

七年無事又東京（十五）與機場進餐（Marroad Hotel International)

七年無事又東京（十六）最後分組活動（酒酒井OUTLET / 成田機場T2)

七年無事又東京（十七）東京遊2024 總結 + 後記（各景點評分）

重溫一下2023大阪之行

麥家通「關」之旅（1）0-0 - 編劇大「番新」

麥家通「關」之旅（2） 1-1 - 「關」「心」急行之路（關西機場到心齋橋交通）

麥家通「關」之旅（3） 1-2 「毒」自三人行（日本橋）

麥家通「關」之旅（4）Day 1-3 鍋AND窩 (しゃぶ亭 + 心齋橋法拉格酒店)

麥家通「關」之旅（5）Day 2-1 關西之廚房 (黑門市場)

麥家通「關」之旅（6）Day 2-2 日本購物文化體驗下集 (梅田 Daimaru / Links Umeda / Hep Live)

麥家通「關」之旅（7）Day 3-1 海之呼吸 (周遊卡 + 海遊館 + 聖馬麗亞號觀光船 )

麥家通「關」之旅（8）Day 3-2 繼續周遊 (周遊卡 + 天保山摩天輪 + LEGOLAND + 國產牛放題)

麥家通「關」之旅（9）Day 4-0-1 大阪環球影城 - 新生「備課」 (Universal Studio Japan 基本資料預備篇)

麥家通「關」之旅（10）Day 4-0-2 大阪環球影城 - 懷疑人生的「補課」 (Universal Studio Japan 購買快通預備篇)

麥家通「關」之旅（11）Day 4-0-3 大阪環球影城 - 最後的「課後作戰準備」 (Universal Studio Japan 最後預備 + 心齋橋去USJ路線 )

麥家通「關」之旅（12）Day 4-1 清晨進擊 - (Universal Studio Japan 抽整理劵 + 小小兵瘋狂乘車遊 + 侏儸紀乘船遊 )

麥家通「關」之旅（13）Day 4-2 走進瑪利奧的遊戲世界 - (Universal Studio Japan 庫巴的挑戰書 / 耀西冒險 )

麥家通「關」之旅（14）Day 4-3 可能是....最美味的主題樂園餐廳- (Universal Studio Japan 奇諾比奧餐廳 + 任天堂購物文化體驗 )

麥家通「關」之旅（15）Day 4-4 - 魔法訓練 (Universal Studio Japan 大白鯊 + 哈利波特魔法小遊戲)

麥家通「關」之旅（16）Day 4-5 - 毫無禁忌的飛行之旅 (Universal Studio Japan 哈利波特禁忌之旅 + 鷹馬飛行)

麥家通「關」之旅（17）Day 4-6 - 環球的影像世界 (Universal Studio Japan 咒術迥戰 The Real 4-D)

麥家通「關」之旅（18）Day 4-7 - 當蜘蛛遇上貓 (Universal Studio Japan - 蜘蛛俠驚魂歷險記 - 乘車遊 4K3D + 哆啦A夢XR乘車遊)

麥家通「關」之旅（19）Day 4-8 - 曲中人散心不散 (Universal Studio Japan 總結）

麥家通關之旅（20）Day 5-1 城中的水世界（Spa World 溫泉大世界）

麥家通關之旅（21）Day 5-2 大阪夜繽紛（通天閣）

麥家通關之旅（22）Day 6-1 心齋橋的最後「毒」舞 (心齋橋動漫 "景點" PARAGON / Daimaru)

麥家通關之旅（23）Day 6-2 臨空的最後一戰（臨空城 Rinku Premium Outlet / Seacle 購物中心 + 寄存行李及交通分享)

麥家通關之旅（24）如果有下次.... (大阪之行總結)

-----COVID-----

2019年 - 九州自駕

九州日誌（一）放空（別府龜之井酒店/ YouMe Town)

九州日誌（二）互動（九州野生動物園 / Hello Kitty Harmony Land )

九州日誌(三）Part 1- 沸騰（別府八湯)

九州日誌(三）Part 2- 度假（杉乃井酒店)

九州日誌(四) - 雨天（湯布院大街 / 福崗OUTLET)

九州日誌(五) - 暢遊（海之中道海濱公園)

九州日誌(六) - 童心（麵包超人館 / 博多運河城)

九州日誌(七) - 天地（天神地下街 / MARK IS......)

九州日誌(八) - 回家

2018年 - 沖繩自駕

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(一） Day1-1 沖出香港!!

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(二） Day1,2,3 沒有浪花的季節 (谷茶灣Rizzan海洋公園酒店)

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(三） Day 2 「魚」出驚人 (沖繩美麗海水族館 + 大家 + 水果樂園 + 萬座毛)

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(四） Day 3 在水中央 (海中展望塔 + 伊波公園 )

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(五） Day 4 雨程 (琉球之牛，Aeon Mall Okinawa Rycom)

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(六）- Day 5-1 與小象的約會 (沖繩動物王國)

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(七）- Day 5-2 沖繩最強「浦」點（浦添大公園 - 有片 + 美國村）

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(八）- Day 6-1 人人彈起（中城公園)

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(九）- Day 6-2 Round 1 Fight!!（Round 1 Stadium)

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(十）- Day 7-1 最後的公園（國際通 + 第一牧志市場 + 奧武山公園）

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(十一）- Day 7-2 「瀨」住唔走（瀨長島溫泉酒店）

自駕衝衝沖繩之旅(十二）- Day 8 來去沖沖 (ASHIBINAA OUTLET + 給自駕者的話)

2017年 - 橫濱 + 東京

「橫東」直撞七天遊一 (Day 1-1) - 回憶．未來

「橫東」直撞七天遊二 (Day 2-1) - 全包宴 (橫濱麵包超人館)

「橫東」直撞七天遊三 (Day 2-2) - 橫濱‧橫雨 (WORLD PORTERS、赤之倉庫、COMSO WORLD)

「橫東」直撞七天遊四 (Day 3-1) - 橫濱‧橫奔

「橫東」直撞七天遊五 (Day 3-2) - 橫濱‧最後一麵 - 安籐百福發明紀念館

「橫東」直撞七天遊六 (Day 3-3) - 東京‧ 新宿的太子公主

「橫東」直撞七天遊七 (Day 4-1) - 10年前後，東京迪士尼

「橫東」直撞七天遊八 (Day 5-1) - 守望墨田 ‧ 東京晴空塔

「橫東」直撞七天遊九 (Day 6-1) - Let's Go Lego!! (LEGOLAND DISCOVERY CENTRE)

「橫東」直撞七天遊十 (Day 6-2) - 大江戶溫泉「麥」語 (已結業)

「橫東」直撞七天遊十一 (Day 7) - 終極血淺 SHISHI PREMIUM OUTLET

2016年東京 + 箱根

祈趣京箱之旅(一) DAY 1-1 「祈」待的首航

祈趣京箱之旅(二) DAY 1-2 哥斯拉「祈」遇

祈趣京箱之旅(三) DAY 2-1 築地短祈遊

祈趣京箱之旅(四) DAY 2-2 祈濕表參道

祈趣京箱之旅 (五) DAY 3 祈女子的瘋狂國度 SANRIO PUROLAND

祈趣京箱之旅 (六) DAY 4-1 往箱根的祈事

祈趣京箱之旅 (七) DAY 4 & 5 季之湯．雪月花．祈妙的溫泉旅館

祈趣京箱之旅 (八) DAY 5-2 新宿．歸祈

祈趣京箱之旅 (九) DAY 6 東京，後會有祈

- 給讀到這兒的你一個讚！！ - 完 -

Tokyo Again 2025 (5) - Karuizawa Day Trip (How Did We Go?)

Although this trip was rushed, we both wanted to go somewhere closer to suburb.

I originally planned to visit Lake Kawaguchi and take in the view of Mount Fuji. But if we decided not to take a local day trip or drive ourself, and it will be expected that a lot of time will be spent on transportation, and it will be too rushed to go back and forth.

I have read the travel information and found that it takes about 1 hour only from Ueno to Karuizawa. A round trip in one day is more feasible and easy.

Direct transportation from UENO (上野) to Karuizawa (輕井澤) - JR East - Hokuriku Shinkansen

My friend, who is Japan frequent visitor, recommended me to buy a JR three-day pass (15,000 YEN) and then book a reserved seat for the train to Karuizawa. This is definitely a good idea because the round-trip ticket to Karuizawa costs more than 14,000 YEN. However, I have further calculate and found that buying pass was not suitable for this simple trip (see the following article for my explanation in details)

Then we checked the train schedule for Karuizawa on April 8th when we arrived in Tokyo on April 7th, and planned to go to the JR station around 9:00 am the next morning and buy the 9:50 train from Ueno to Karuizawa.

09:50 ASAMA Train No 607

The JR East Travel Service Center where you can buy tickets is next to the main entrance of Ueno JR Station on groundfloor. We told the staff that we would like to have round trip ticket but we have no idea when we will be back to Ueno. It was our first time there we visit Karizawa and we didn’t know how long we could stay there. (The last train back to Ueno is 11:30 pm according to my information.)

She suggested that we can buy ticket for reserved seats when we go and a free seats for return (Free seats… I guessed it shouldn’t be too hard to find a seat for my wife when we come back to Ueno during night time. When we finally got back to Ueno, it was already very late and there were many empty seats. So it was definitely the right choice for us to buy free seats ticket for return.)

JR East Travel Service Center (The photo was taken when we came back from Karuizawa and it was closed at the time.)

The staff took out a map of the JR station and showed us how to get on the train. We were reminded that it takes about 10 to 15 minutes to walk from the service center through the central entrance to the Platform 19.

09:32 AM, we have to be hurry,

Go through the central gate first.

Follow the signs to Platform 19

There is another gate for the Shinkansen, and the same ticket is used to pass through.

09:50 Train No 607 to Nagano. As seen in the timetable, the Hokuriku Shinkansen generally has eight to nine carriages, the first four to five cars are free seats, and the rest are reserved seats.

All reserved seats have assigned seat no, and free seats are first-come, first-served. This means that if you are unlucky, you may have to stand in the carriage for an hour travel. Therefore, if you board the train at Tokyo Station, I believe it will not be difficult to find a free seat as you are the first batch of passengers.

After a long long escalator.....

09:45‥‥‥Still have 5 minutes for me to have a quick breakfast.

Here we go!

The carriage of tree seat and reserved seats are similar.

The metropolis outside the window was moving rapidly backwards, and what welcomed us were rows of bungalows.

11:02 AM - Arrived, and the time of arrival was exactly as the schedule indicated on ticket.

The temperature in Karuizawa in April is about 5 to 6 degrees lower than that in Tokyo, but it is still 12-15 degrees in the afternoon. I think it is warm enough if you have an extra sweatshirt. (It will drop a lot during night time so it would be considered if you stay overnight.)

From the platform, you can see the mountainous area of Karuizawa, and there are still a few traces of snow between the ridges of the mountains.

Compared to the busy and crowd stations in Tokyo, Karuizawa is very peaceful and tranquil. There is a tourist service center, souvenir shop and luggage storage area in the station. It is a "tourist-friendly" place.

Overview of Karuizawa. The area is not very large, but unless you drive yourself, it is difficult to visit all the attractions in one day. (I thought it is still possible to visit all if we skip outlet, but my dear will not let me to do so.)

Luggage storage charges range from 500 yen to 900 yen per time, depend on luggage size.

500 yen storage is big enough for a small luggage (The size that can be hand carried onto the plane). Please be reminder that it can only be closed and opened once, so you need to think twice and put everything in before closing it.

On the left is Kumoba Pond and the Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza , and on the right is Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza. Let's go to the left first.

Due to time limitation, this trip to Karuizawa was mainly focused on the old Karuizawa area, so we hurried to Kumoba Pond first.

Our Tokyo 2025 journey - Still have 56 hours left.

Next Chapter: Tokyo Again 2025 (6) - Karuizawa Day Trip (Part 1: How did we travel?)

(Writing in Progress)

You can also refer to Chinese version for this article:

東京Again 2025（五）輕井澤一天淺行（出發‥‥‥輕井澤交通分享）

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Below are other sharing about My Previous trips in Japan, including Disney Sea Tokyo, The Making of Harry Potter, USJ Osaka, and also my last 2 couple trips in Bangkok, Thailand

Tokyo Again 2025

Tokyo Again 2025(1) - 72 hours of traveling in Tokyo (3 -days Itinerary plan, plus 7-days in 2024)

Tokyo Again 2025 (2) - Tokyo Transportation - Simplified Package for Dummies

Tokyo Again 2025 (3) -APA Hotel Ueno Ekimae - with Movie

Tokyo Again 2025 (4) The First Ngith in Ueno（GYU STAR All you can eat BBQ / Donki in Ueno)

Tokyo Again 2025 (5) - Karuizawa Day Trip (How Did We Go?)

Tokyo 2024

Tokyo 2024 - 7 days itinerary (Family of 4 - Attractions and Shopping Experience)

Disney Sea Tokyo 1 - Basic Information and Tips for your journey

Disney Sea Tokyo 2 - Busy First Half with Mobile Phone (Tower of Terror / Journey to the Center of the Earth / Rapunzel's Lantern Festival)

Dinery Sea Tokyo 3 - Busy Second Half Having fun (Peter Pan / Toy Story Mania)

The Making of Harry Potter (Tokyo)

Hotel in Ikebukuro (Hotel Hisoca Ikebukuro)

USJ Osaka 2023

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 1 - Basic Information and Some Tips for your journey

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 2 - Preparation with Kids

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 3 - Time Entry / Express Pass Experience / Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 4 - Super Nintendo World

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 5 - Kinopio's Café

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) Part 6 - Harry Porter and His Magic Wand

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) Part 7 - Our Forbidden Journey

Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) 8 - Universal Wonderland and Others

Bangkok 2023/2024

Bangkok Trip - Previous Articles

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (1) - About My Itinerary

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (2) - Bangkok Tour begins (Experience of Thai Bahts Exchange and Transportation from Suvarnabhumi Airport to ASOK)

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (3) - Unbeatable Shopping Spirit in Chatuchak Market (JJ Market)

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (4) - Eat and Relax (Puponfai Food Delivery / Let's Relax Massage)

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (5) - Palace on the River (Iconsiam)

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (6) - Another Side of the River - Asiatique The Riverfront

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (7) - Popular night market JODD FAIR (GRAB Experience and Spicy Pork Bones Soup)

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (8) - Big C Supermarket and Water Gate Chicken Rice

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (9) - Cheap and Localized Products - Platinum Fashion Mall

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (10) - COPPER BEYOND BUFFET Bangkok - Gaysorn Amarin - Reservation and Experience)

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (11) - Couple SPA 2023 (Health Land Bangkok - Natural Reviver)

Bangkok Trip 23/24 (12) - Hotel: Grand Centre Point Terminal 21

Those below are articles about Japan Visit, written in Chinese. Please feel free to leave your comments or questions. I am glad to reply and give advice according to my limited experience.

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