japan 2014:04 hakone Up

We had a car on the ..ine all to ourselves
This little train go.. steep mountain path
Our stop: Tonosawa. .. inside the station!
Everything in this t.. in walking distance
Rural Japanese garden gnomes?
Our ryokan, the Ichi..n the Hayakawa River
Second-floor room with alcove near balcony
Our "bath" room is open to the outside
The ryokan is over 3.... as are the phones
The river's gentle roar filled our room
Sit, wash off dirt, then get in the bath
View of Tonosawa Sta..ave the next morning
The little train goe.. about 1800 feet ...
... with three switc..n switches direction
At Gora, we switch to the cablecar
It climbs over 600 f..t up, in 10 minutes!
The next leg is on t..itude over 3400 feet
First stop: Owakudani, a volcanic valley
The sulfer mines smell pretty bad
Two stops later, Lak.. pirate ship cruise!
The Pirate Captain was a friendly fellow
The tori of the Kuzuryu Shrine
It was the 50th anni..cruises on Lake Ashi
The Tokugawa governm..t the Hakone Barrier
Tori of the Hakone Shrine on Lake Ashi
Susan walks along a ..n of the Tokaido ...
... in which the ced..lanted 400 years ago
Shinkansen: the only way to travel
50th anniversary of ..nkansen system, too!

japan 2014:04 hakone Up

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