Category Archives: Hakone

8th to 10th February: From Hakone to Tokyo to Sapporo

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

I returned the rental car though I didn’t manage to find petrol even after driving around all the tiny back streets of Hakone Yumoto.  My Japanese and their English were not good enough to communicate this to the rental company … Continue reading →

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6th February: Hakone Ropeway

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Here I am at the train station for the Hakone Open Air Museum on a rainy afternoon with the train arriving.  This is a private line (not Japan Rail) and one of the guidebooks describes it as “one of the … Continue reading →

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6th February: Hakone Open Air Museum

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Just beside the railway line on the way to the Hakone ropeway….

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6th to 7th February: Hakone – Fujiya Hotel

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

On the nights of the 6th and 7th February I stayed in the Fujiya Hotel, the oldest hotel in Japan.  The founder of the hotel, Yamaguchi Sennosuke, was a member of an early Japanese delegation to Europe and the USA … Continue reading →

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5th February: Nara to Hakone

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Travel day today.  I headed off for a museum in the morning, then decided I didn’t have enough time so turned back. I encountered this curious being in the centre of old Nara shopping zone.  Appears to be some kind … Continue reading →

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Itinerary of Journey to Japan

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

I traveled in Japan for just over a month, in January and February 2012.  I am now processing all  images and slowly posting. Brief Itinerary From Canberra to Japan (25th to 30th January) Kyoto (27th to 30th January) Kanazawa (30th January … Continue reading →

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