Japan - Hakone - Day 5

- Monday, October 5th 2015 -

Today we left Tokyo, heading to our next destination; Hakone.
For our trip to Hakone, we took the rail line to Shinagawa, and from then went to the Shinkansen Kodama!  Bullet train, woo!! We arrived early enough to get to see a few speed by, it was so cool! 

 The bullet train ride only lasted about a half hour, taking us to our next transfer point, Odawara. Starting in Odawara we'd get to use our Hakone Free pass, which is a tourist travel pass that lets you use pretty much all forms of transportation for 'free' (pre paid, really).

Super unfortunately, almost none of my photos from this day are actually sharp.  Not sure why.  I know I failed at standing still SOMETIMES. 

so green!

 It's a great idea, since the bus ride to get to our destination was quite a few stops in, that particular bus made over 20 stops!  Hakone was much more spread out than either of us thought it would be.

our Yutaka and towels!

Our room.

The patio!

 Either way, we eventually landed at our bus stop and hopped off.  The "Fuji Hakone Guest House" sign being pretty clear behind us, but my map saying go down a dark alley, and there signs posting us that way as well.  We got checked in, filled out some paperwork and shown our room, number 7.  Being told it was an upgrade and nicer than the other rooms.  Our heater had issues, but otherwise it was an amazing room.  Traditional Japanese! There was a mens toilet and a womens toilet, but the shower was shared, an indoor and an outdoor bath as well.  Our host suggested we take a walk to the end of the street and explore one of the shrines.  So off we went!

View down the hall from our room. 

Leaving the Inn.

hi ho, hi ho, it's down the street we go.

So ahead is just a bunch of pictures of the place we found and the cemetery attached to it.  Not too much to say other than ooo pretty.  So click the cut to continue.


These posted in the total opposite order of what they were shot.  But enjoy anyway.

The water here is clear, you can see to the bottom

After that we went out to food.  Super tasty place right down the street from the Inn.

Again, I can't recall the name of it.  But Emma had a stir fry and I had some Tuna Steak.  Portions were a little small, but we had snacks back home.  Sat on the floor on pillows and took off our shoes at the door, all traditionally! So cool :)