Cycling Around Mount Fuji

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Note that this photo is a posed shot. You are supposed to cycling anti-clockwise around the lake! Haha If you are deciding between taking the train to Kawaguchiko or driving, you can check out the car rental prices at   https://www.nipponrentacar.co.jp/english/user-guide/reservations.html   and train prices at   http://www.hyperdia.com/ It depends on whether you’re staying overnight at Kawaguchiko and the number of people travelling. Remember to add toll fees of about ¥4200 one way. We decided to rent a car but forgot about the toll fees so it ended up being more expensive. I’d say if you’re staying for one night and there are at least 3 of you, renting a car is a good option. If there are two of you and you want more freedom to move around (such as going to neighbouring places like Oshino Hakkai, Chureito Pagoda, Yamanakako etc) it is also better to rent a car. You should also be warned that traffic is congested upon leaving and arriving at Tokyo. We parked our car at our ryokan Kozan

Teriyaki Chicken

Here's a simple teriyaki chicken with home-made sauce. i always have sake, mirin and soy sauce (shoyu) in my fridge so i just make my own sauces.

Teriyaki chicken (1 piece of thigh)

Ingredients (for 4 people)
Sauce - 3:3:3:2 tbsp of soy sauce:sake:sugar:mirin (reduce sugar if you find it too sweet)
Boneless chicken thigh 2 pieces (for healthier version, remove skin). Cut each piece in half.
sesame seeds
oil for frying

you need a pan with a cover

Method
Bring sauce to boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Simmer for 10 - 15 mins. Leave to cool.
Marinate chicken with sauce for at least 30 mins in the fridge (singapore's weather is way too hot to leave it out in the open)

Heat a non-stick pan on medium flame and oil it a little. place chicken (skin side down is with skin) n brown for a few seconds then pour in remaining sauce from the marinate n cover, simmer for 3 mins. Turn chicken over, cover n simmer for another 3 mins.

Remove chicken from pan, cut into pieces and drizzle with sauce from pan. sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve with rice.

You may keep any unused sauce in the fridge for a week (if u cook only 1 thigh like me, you can use the sauce for two servings). The sauce will thicken but that's ok. I used the remaining sauce for chicken wings and threw in some shimeji mushrooms. it worked well too =)

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