after a very exciting day at disney.. the next day is gonna be a relaxing day... so we are gg to Hakone and hot spring at night!
took the super hakone to hakone yumoto at 10am.
if you have a chance to buy your ticket in adv, pls request for front row.. i heard the way from tokyo to hakone.. you will have a nice view of mt fuji~!
on board~
fyi this is the odakyu line which is not included in JR pass ...
so we took the fuji hakone pass (7200yen) which let us connect the 2 area via bus and the 5 modes of transports around hakone.
ekiben on board
arrived Hakone in 1.5hr time.. & late june is the season for hydrangeas~
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different colours of hydrangeas
up the cable car
they call this the ropeway~
and finally we reached our destination - owakudani
vanilla & red bean
tamago ice cream~!?
fyi: tamago = egg
and up we gooooooo...
reached!
By right we can see mt. fuji here too sincc this is the highest point.. bt no luck..
the must eat : black eggs
took the sightseeing pirate ship to tour around lake ashi
is this scene abit familiar to you?
ya coz mt. fuji is missing... all covered by clouds.. total sadness..
i didnt get to see mt. fuji the prev time tooo... am i so unlucky?
closer shot of the tori gate
headed back to hakone yumoto..
one of the taiwan travel show recommend a buckwheat noodles shop nearby that is very popular with the locals... i didnt print out the map...and not wanting to miss out anything nice... so we walked for 10mins using the iphone gps to track it down..
there it is .. must by the river.. but becoz we went at a weird timing.. so theres not much ppl..
too late for lunch too early for dinner...
Hatsuhana
the river view
a traditional restaurant
after that we took a bus to our ryokan..
we need to reach the ryokan by 6pm, as the dinner start at 630pm
here we are...
our home for tonite, a 300 years old ryokan, Ichinoyu Honkan
erm also the cheapest room i can find with private hot spring.
est. S$110/pax w dinner n breakfast
ohh i saw my name!!!
first we got to change our shoes into slippers.
and i tell u.... there only adult n kids size... so mine is totally too big =(
changing shoes behind the curtains
the lobby just like the living room
our locker tags
our room Chidori...
we definately very excited about what is inside this small door..
and we goooo wow wow wowwww!
river view somemore!
seperate toilet
outside
the private hotspring in our room
the wash up area
see how spacious!
the living room will be our bedroom at night when we took out the futons
complimentary jelly
and tea too
our yukata... which they encouraged us to wear around the ryokan.. so everyone change to it before gg for dinner
the very cozy futons
ryokan map.. just in case we got lost
wearing the oversize slipper and the long yukata... LOL we dragged our legs all the way up to sheng shan for the kaiseiki dinner
and we realised not everyone is in yukata.. lol
our very own table
us!
our dinner
we went to the public hot spring which need to be total naked..
no photo is allowed in here actually.. but theres no one else there...
the public hot spring
so comfortable after the hot spring bath!!
and the futons were so comfortable ! see they are happily rolling ard!
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