After the bullet we got a local train to Hakone-Yumoto, mountain train to Gora, a funicular to Sounzan, a cablecar to Togendai and then a pirate ship to Hakonemachi (no, we're not making this up).
Then a mere two minutes on foot bought us to the home of Japanese puzzle boxes, many glorious boxes bought.
Walked a bit through some cedar trees and along an old cobbled road to Moto-Hakone. Then we got the bus back to Hakone-Yumoto, we chose the shorter queue for the bus which turned out to be the bus that went the really long way round
Off the bus and on to the Hakone Toy Museum and straight into more shopping opportunities.
Caught the next bullet train from Odawara back to Tokyo.
That sounds a lot to fit into a day but the Japanese have got this tourism thing down to a fine art, everything is signposted and there's a guard or guide at every single exit, sometimes two or three.
3 comments:
You seem to be a day ahead of schedule, wasn't Sunday Hakone & Mt Fuji - have you entered an oriental timewarp?
No matter, where are the photos of robots? I want to see 50's futuristic robots please!
You want to see the packet of lip smacking crisps we have here for you. I wonder what flavour they could be, the only indication is a photo of some pink wrinkly veg/fruit item on the front.
Funiculi/funicular! .....looks like peril, not sure which hue.
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