Hakone Prince Hotel Lakeside Annex

Today we had a great day exploring outside of Tokyo at the Hakone National Park. It is about 80 km outside of Tokyo. We took a bus to the park where we took the ropeway (gondola) up to the area where there are sulfur springs due to the volcanic activity in the area. We had beautiful views of Mt. Fuji, who had had her first snow the night before. Once we got to the area of the springs, our guide told ...

... has very friendly staff and lots of visitors from all over the world. After a short rest and a much needed shower, we found our way to a curry house and enjoyed the kind hospitality of the owner (and some yummy Japanese style curries). Our beds beckoned and we rested our travel weary bodies.<br><br>Tomorrow we check out some sights in Kyoto and are looking forward to the wealth of historic sites that Kyoto is home to.<br><br>Sayonara.

... write more about this tomorrow after we travel on the mountain cable car, the ropeways and the boats on Lake Ashi with views of Mount Fuji (weather pending of course).<br><br>Our room is the traditional Japanese room with tatami straw mats on the floor, futon beds rolled up in the corner, rice paper panels covering the windows and a central table low to the floor with cushions around it. We have a beautiful view out our huge window overlooking scenic bushland and a ...

... which consisted of a variety of small soups, fish, sushi and rice dishes all with unique tastes, textures and colours, a great place to experience some traditional eats and relaxation.<br><br>Only there for a short time but it was definitely one of the highlights of the trip and a key souvenir spot! I've never seen so many cartoon fuji-chan souvenirs! Endless!

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... sure what to do with, and look into figuring out what sort of great food can be created with it.<br><br>The selection of dried fish and seaweed in Japanese markets is endless, as are the uses for them.<br>I am learning how to use them in making dashi (soup stock) and dipping sauces for noodles.<br>Found a fantastic resource book. <br>If you're interested in learning everything there is to know about seaweed and ...

Today I made a day trip up to lake Kawaguchi which is just northeast of Mt. Fuji. The view from the lake of the mountain is supposed to be incredible. Well, today was quite overcast and the clouds had moved in from every direction. To be quite honest, I didn't get a glimpse of the mountain all day. That is how overcast it was. I did however get a change to look around lake Kawaguchi and I had a really great ...

... down slanting sheets that it made us almost invisible ahead of us. At one point, Fredrik&#8217;s eye glasses were all clouded that he had to take it off; he was descending the steep hill half blinded. My water proof jacket began to absorb the water and my feet inside of hiking boots were all wet. My awesome gregory rucksack was also getting heavier as the inside (including my passport) was getting wet. When I started ...

... any place looked like a bus terminal or bus stop and were paniked. There was no sign and our cab driver had no clue where it was. Then i spotted a stair leading to the overpass, which kind of looked like a highway. At the top level, there was a door and had a tiny sign saying "Bus Stop" were hidden by the bushes on ...

... are saying. We could see that everybody are making their move going out of the train and it makes us wonder why? Obviously, we did moved out of the train and did managed to ask the train attendance. We were told that only 2 cars are going to Hakone-Yumoto (our final stop) but the rest of the cars will be heading back towards Shinjuku... hhhmmm... cost saving I think as not many people are heading towards Hakone at this time of the year. We finally arrived at Hakone-Yumoto after about ...