• SiewchTravelerJapan 2010
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    Wanderings Around Moto-Hakone

    July 9, 2010 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 19 °C

    After the Hakone circuit, we arrived in Moto-Hakone around 5pm only to realize that no restaurants were open! This was a surprise considering it was Friday. Fortunately for us, the 7-Eleven was open. Anyone who has been to a Japanese 7-Eleven will know that they sell good fresh food. Jeff bought cold soba and I bought a noodle bowl with veggies which needed only hot water to be added. After walking back to the guest house in the heavy rain, I added hot water to the noodles and threw in the leftover hard boiled eggs from Owakudani. What a morale booster this was! Sated and full, we enjoyed the free wifi and eventually fell asleep to the sound of the raindrops.

    The next morning, everything was crisp and clear after the rain, and the views of Mount Fuji were fantastic. We strolled around Moto-Hakone, including the famed cedar forest, before jumping onto the bus to take us to the train station from whence we would return to Shinjuku to resume our Tokyo adventure.

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