Last weekend Makiko & I went to Hakone for one last little getaway before life drastically changes in November.  If you have no clue where or what Hakone is – I don’t blame you – why would you unless you lived here?  About two hours outside of Tokyo by train – Hakone is a great place to go sightseeing or to just get away from the insanity of the big city.  While officially it’s a town, it’s really more of a huge area for recreational activities like camping, boating, skiing and just plain hanging out in hot springs.  The latter being of course our main objective!

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Hakone is within spitting distance of Mount Fuji – but you wouldn’t have known that last weekend.  Sadly, it was far too cloudy to get a glimpse of it the whole weekend.  There’s something special about just looking at Mount Fuji.  It has a calming effect on one – and I was looking forward to seeing it.  Alas, I will likely have to wait until winter time when Mount Fuji becomes visible from Tokyo on those crisp winter mornings.

So – in any case, we did have a lot of fun and took in a lot of sights, smells and most importantly – tastes – of Hakone last weekend.  There’s plenty of crazy ass pictures to boot.  You may even see us eat a few of these little guys…

Enjoy!

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