The sky. Water. Your eyes. The ocean. “THINGS WITH THE COLOR BLUE!” The other day, Shawn and I were talking about the old TV show, “The $100,000 Pyramid”. Remember that show? I have no idea how or why it came up in our conversation. Anyway, I looked through some of my old (and random!) photos...
The final part of our day trip to Hakone was the Hakone Sightseeing Cruise. The “cruise” was a short, 20 minute ride across Lake Ashi. I need to get some of these for myself. After the short cruise across the lake, we took a local bus to the train station. We boarded the train for...
The Hakone Ropeway was definitely our favorite part of our day trip to Hakone. The last post left off with a view like this… After we crested a large hill (or mountain side), the ground opened up below us and we were presented with a completely different view. It felt like we were entering a...
A few weeks ago I started to post photos from our day trip to Hakone. We made the trip using the Hakone Free Pass. The 2-day pass costs approximately $50 per person and included multiple forms of transportation and sightseeing. Train ride from Shinjuku to Hakone Hakone Tozan Train Hakone Tozan Cable Car Hakone Ropeway...
It’s hard to believe today is December 1 and Christmas is just a few weeks away! Several of the stores in Tokyo are in the holiday spirit and you can hear the joyful sound of Christmas music playing throughout the city. I even saw someone wearing an ugly Christmas sweater a few weeks ago! Even...
