Day trip to Hakone

A day filled with a variety of transport, first off a train to Hakone, about 90mins out of Tokyo. From there it was a zig zig railway up a steep climb to Gora where we had a quick bite to eat. We had some amazing $5 hotdogs before going further up the mountain via funicular railway. This lead us to another form of transport, yet another fantastic cable car flride to the summit of an active volcano. On the ride up we thought someone in the cable car had let one rip but as we climbed of the caldera we saw the actual reason...plumes of sulphur dioxide gas seeping from the mountain. Having not read anything about the trip thus was quite unexpected as was the amazing views of Mount Fuji. We got off at the summit for some photos and to sample a famous food from the area, black eggs, that are boiled in the sulphur rich waters on the mountain for 50mins at 80°. After thus stop and sampling the eggs, which are supposed to extend your life by 7 years, it was another cable car ride down to a lake. It was then time for to hop on a 'pirate ship' with more views of Mount Fuji. It was a great day but a long one with a bus and train back to Tokyo. Exhausted we settled for yet another curry at our local Indian restaurant which Kate is determined will be our last but I do enjoy their momo.Læs mere