15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 04 – Hakone – Gora Park

The Hakone Ropeway brought us from Owakudani to Sounzan stations, the latter being also the terminal point of the system. The plan from earlier on was to next make our way to the popular open air museum – famous for

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 04 – Hakone – Togendai to Ubako to Owakudani

We disembarked off Togendai, and lunched at the Togendai View Restaurant. Seating was plenty even on a fairly busy Sunday weekend, and prices of items were between ¥1000 to ¥1400 – slightly high for the general quality of food offered,

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 04 – Hakone – Mishima Skywalk and Sightseeing Cruise

The Mishima Skywalk is a relatively new construction: it was completed just three years ago, and its sole purpose is as a visitor attraction for Hakone: this longest in Japan suspension bridge offers visitors panoramic views of Mt. Fuji and

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 04 – Hakone – Hakone Shrine Torii Gate

There are two popular places to get a good view of Mt. Fuji – the 12,389 feet tall mountain of Japan – Hakone, or Lake Kawaguchi. Both places can be included in the same trip, though most people seem to

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 03 – Shinjuku Gyoen

We’d initially put together a pretty long itinerary for the day. Tsukiji Outer Market and the Omiya Railway Museum before noon, then Shinjuku Gyoen, Yoyogi Park and Harajuku – here’s apparently a Disney store there and Hannah’s Pluto plush toy

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 03 – Omiya Railway Museum

Omiya Railway Museum after the Tsukiji Outer Market was the next stop and a ball of fun, especially for P who adores all things locomotive. The museum interestingly isn’t purposed to showcase all types of trains – just the ones

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 03 – Tsukiji Outer Market @ Tokyo

The weather report showed that Day 03 was going to be the warmest of the three full days we have in the Kanagawa prefecture – perfect for a full day of sight-seeing and exploration. The first stop of the day

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 02 – Moss Stairs of Sugimoto-dera and Kamakura

The city of Kamakura itself is some 30km south of Yokohama, and most visitors would visit for its temples. But since we’d dropped the two temples off our Kamakura itinerary, we had an additional hour to spend in the small

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 02 – Bamboo Grove of Hokokuji @ Kamakura

One thing I’ve underestimated so far this trip is the complexity of the train networks in Tokyo and the surrounding area. I thought I had it all figured out during my 11 day trip to Kyushu and Chūgoku in September

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