Around the World 2023

Well, I’m glad I tried the traditional Japanese bed but it’s not something I will be sleeping on again if I can avoid it.

I got up early and went in the onsen for a shower. At around 7.30am the ryokan hosts came and tidied away the beds and brought breakfast.

After breakfast we caught the cable car down to Gora and then the train back to Hakone-Yamote station where we transferred to the Odawara train.

In Odawara we had some coffee and breakfast snacks before finding the Shinkansen tracks.
When we got to our platform, there was already a train in and someone told us it was delayed. Most unusual.

Eventually we found out that there was an electrical fire further down the line and all Shinkansen were delayed. We sat on the platform and after an hour and a half delay our train came and we made it to Kyoto.

We found our hotel and checked in. The room was a little bigger than the first hotel, but not a lot!

We then walked back to the station and caught the local train to Inari station. We then spent a few hours walking around (up) Fushimi Inari Shrine. There were a lot of Tori gates and a lot of up hill. It was very busy at the start but the higher up the mountain we went, the quieter, and darker, it got.

When we got back to the bottom, we caught the train back to the hotel and had a convenience store dinner.Read more