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My longest blog in ths trip so far
This is the longest blog so far in this trip, cause a lot of time spent on trains
Took JR, train and train again to get to Fuji train station, total of about 2 something hours.
I have to make a comment, the worst washroom I went to China was still better than the one in Fuji train station :(
I forgot to chk the weather for Fuji, the weather at the Mt is 10 degree lower than the station. It was cold in the station, probably mid teens ...
Trains, Cable Cars and Pirate Ships!
... sure why the pirates were in a lake 1000m up in the mountains!
We landed at Hakone-Machi and walked along an avenue lined with cedar trees which was built in the 1600’s on the orders of the shogun to provide shade for the travellers.
A little way out of the town was a reconstructed checkpoint from the 1600’s which was used to safe guard Edo (Tokyo) - it was used to stop arms coming into the area and women going out (why the women all wanted to ...
Tokyo to Izu Oshima
... black landscape, beneath the volcano. This is where the cult monster films, Godzilla, are filmed.
Back on the road, we headed to the south east corner to see Habuminato, a bay made out of a flooded caldera with only an ancient volcanic plug sticking out of the sea.
Further around we came across Chisu Setsu Danmen, a roadside cutting with a geological cross-section that bears witness to at least 100 ...
The Elusive Mt Fuji
We’ve had quite a lazy day today (for once). First we took the train from Kyoto to Odawara (going east) - with the obligatory box of sushi for lunch on the train. Just before Odawara we got a glimpse of what we think was Mount Fuji - but it was only momentary! Then we got two local trains - each one climbing higher up into the mountains - the last one going up a series of switchbacks. We finally arrived at Myanoshita, a small ...
Japan moto trip (Izu Skyline)
... in had a train station so I always aimed for that. Shimoda is a beautiful little place. Make sure you take the time to go for a walk. It’s so quiet. There are so few cars you can just walk down the middle of the road almost. I checked out Perry’s memorial, a US seaman who negotiated to start trading with the Japanese by landing in Shimoda a couple of centuries ago… including just traipsing along the shore checking out boats and people fishing.
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