Thursday, July 31, 2008

Hakone Nataional Park

After a very long day of sightseeing in Kyoto, we had a much slower day touring around Hakone National Park, which usually has a very nice view of Mount Fuji. I say usually because the day we were there the conditions were, let's say, not entirely ideal.
Our first stop was a lake and a lovely boat ride:

This may or may not be where we would have seen Fuji if it were visible:

Then we took a break at a lovely shopping center in hopes of waiting out the clouds before giving up and taking a cable car ride up a mountain for what would have been another view of Fuji. Here's the cable car:

And here's the top of the mountain, which smelled a lot like Unzen:

From there we were taken to a very nice Japanese style inn, for the evening. There was an onsen (which of course I could only stare at longingly), and a steak dinner, and an evening of time to just sit back and relax. It was a good way to refresh before we headed to Tokyo.
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