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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Day 5 Hakone & Hot Spring Ryokan

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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