You know what “KABA” means in Japanese. You can guess from this picture, yes, it is hippopotamus, and hippopotamus can run on the ground very fast, and can swim in the water very fast as well.
This “KABA” at lake Yamanaka looks like a bus, and also looks like a boat…., and it is indeed, this is a special vehicle which can drive on the ground, and cruise on the lake, amphibious bus, originally made in USA, and new model was made in Japan.
First, you get on this “KABA”, and the vehicle start driving in the forest new lake Yamanaka, with a charming lady guide talk show on board, and probably you feel as if you are just driving in the forest on a bus…..
Then, when “KABA” reaches lake Yamanaka, you suddenly realize that this bus like vehicle is not a bus, and now become a cruise boat!
It is very exciting when the vehicle drive into the lake, splashing water, and since it was very exciting, I just forgot to take THE PHOTO of that important moment…
Now you can see, we are in the middle of the lake Yamanaka, cruising in the same vehicle “KABA”, and it was a comfortable cruise, and of course, you can see Mt. Fuji from the boat window.
The window of the “KABA” opens like this picture, but be careful, don’t open the window too widely when the wind and the wave is strong, otherwise you get wet with a sudden splash through a wide open window!
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