meli1984

Hakone

Posted by meli1984 | 7th July 2007

The clouds last Sunday morning could not deter us - armed with our "Hakone Free Pass" and 3 friends (Kim, Bel and Anita) we headed West towards Hakone to enjoy mountains, beautiful green forests and amazing views. In theory these views include Mt Fuji - or Fuji-san as it's called here, which translates to Mr/Ms Fuji - but unfortunately the clouds reduced visibility to next to nothing! Initially this upset me a little as we have still yet to see this iconic mountain at all- but the clouds were so low and mist-like that they really added to the experience and made the whole place even more atmospheric.

We started our exploration of Hakone by taking a pituresque but slightly packed train which wound its way up a mountain. About halfway we hoped off to take a look at the "Hakone Open-Air Museum."This ended up being one the highlights of the day for m

Continued | Matt and Meli

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