Hakone, Japan🇯🇵Day trip by HATO BUS Tour
Today I’m going to Hakone by Hato Bus. The meeting place this time is the west exit of Shinjuku Station. The white building is the landmark. It seems to be the campus of a vocational school. We arrived. This time, we’re not going to the yellow bus with a dove on it, but this bus. When I showed the reservation barcode, I was given a paper with the reserved seat number. This seat. Details of the Hakone tour. 12,500 yen per adult including lunch. On this day trip, we will also visit the Hakone Open-Air Museum, Owakudani, ride the ropeway and pirate ship. We left Shinjuku at 8:30. Departure. An hour later, we arrived at the service area. Ebina Service Area, Kanagawa Prefecture, outbound. Expasa Ebina SA, outbound. 5-2-1 Otani Minami, Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture. We had 30 minutes of free time, including a toilet break. Ebina SA is famous for its melon bread from a bakery in Portugal. The bread is mixed with melon juice. I bought just one. Ebina Melon Bread, 350 yen. Doraemon at Tokyo Banana is so cute! Chiikawa goods. We left at 10:30. It was a fun detour. We got off the Tomei Expressway. 11:00, Hakone-Yumoto Station. We could see the Hakone sign. It took 30 minutes from Ebina SA. Odakyu Romance Car. It takes 1 hour and 13 minutes to get from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto. Hakone-Yumoto Station. Hakone Tozan Bus Stop. There were many shops around the station. It would be fun to walk around. Wada City, honey, soba, dried fish. Once we left the station’s shopping district, the atmosphere became calm. Nature was becoming more abundant. One lane on each side continued forever. Finally, the traffic jam from the station ended. We arrived at the Hakone Open Air Museum at 12:00. The Hakone Open Air Museum 1121 Ninotaira, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture It took an hour from Hakone-Yumoto to arrive at the museum. When it’s not crowded, it’s about a 20-minute walk. 8.7 km. Admission fee included in tour fee. Japan’s first open-air art museum opened in 1969. More than 120 sculptures by Auguste Rodin and Henry Moore are displayed on the 70,000 square meter site. First, we went to the restaurant for lunch. Lunch is a lunch buffet (included in the tour fee). The normal price is 2500 yen for adults. Pizza, chicken. Salad. Fried food. Tororo mountain vegetable soba. Seafood. Curry, pizza, fried food. Warabi mochi, dessert. We went to the shop in front of the restaurant. The color of the background was beautiful. We moved to the park. Taro Okamoto, Kijin. We came to the sculpture, a symphony that brings happiness. We climbed the spiral staircase for climbing. The moment you step up, a fantastic and beautiful space spreads out before you. A work by Gabriel Loire, a stained glass artist who represents France. 480 pieces of stained glass are decorated in a cylindrical building with a height of 18 meters and an inner diameter of 8 meters. It is a photogenic space. The spiral staircase continues further up and is within the observation area. I gave up because I didn’t have enough time to climb to the top. The glass was very beautiful. It was created in 1974 by Nobutaka Kawachi (designed), Jun Ito (relief sculpture), and Gabriel Loire (sculpted glass production). It was like a maze. On the way back, I headed towards the exit. I walked around for about an hour and returned to the bus. At 13:55, I arrived at Sounzan Station. I took the ropeway from Sounzan Station. There are four stations on the Hakone Ropeway: Sounzan, Owakudani, Ubagoko, and Togendai. The fare is included in the tour price. The starting point on the Gora side is Sounzan Station. At the next station, Owakudani, you have to change trains to go anywhere. The gondola holds 18 people. After lining up, I was able to get on the gondola in about 30 minutes. Off we went! It took 7 minutes to the next station. There were seats for everyone, and there were seats facing forward and backward. I sat at the very back. Suddenly, Mt. Fuji appeared. Everyone was very excited. After passing Mt. Fuji, Owakudani fumarole appeared. Smoke rose silently. It passed directly overhead in an instant. We arrived at Owakudani at 14:25. The moment we arrived at Owakudani, nature spreads before us. In the Edo period, it was called Jigokudani or Daijigoku, and was renamed Owakudani in 1873. Owakudani is an explosion crater where Kamiyama, the highest peak of Hakone, had a steam explosion 3,000 years ago. It is still an active volcano with steam rising. Volcanic gas is also emitted, so caution is required depending on your physical condition and chronic illness. I was afraid of the ropeway and had not come to Hakone. Seeing this view made me glad I came to Hakone. Hot springs are bubbling up from the ground. Sulfur vent. There are several fine facilities around. Owakudani is famous for its edible black eggs. There was a line to take photos of the object. It is said that eating the famous black eggs boiled in Owakudani hot springs will extend your life. We went to the Owakudani Black Egg Museum. When raw eggs are boiled in hot springs, the hot spring components adhere to the shells, turning them black and enhancing the egg’s flavor. In recent years, it has been discovered that the black components are the Maillard reaction. Black eggs and souvenirs are also sold. The famous black eggs are 500 yen for a box of four, cash only. The black eggs are extremely popular, so we gave up because there was a line. If you want to buy black eggs, it seems better to follow the line and line up first. We went to see the Mt. Fuji side. We were gathered until 14:50. We took the ropeway again to go to Togendai. We lined up again for about 30 minutes. We left Owakudani at 15:15. We got a seat at the back again this time. This time, it was a 15-minute ride with two stations. The time flew by while looking at the scenery. Mt. Fuji. We arrived at Togendai Port at 15:30. At 15:40, the pirate ship. We boarded the Hakone Pirate Ship. It was a 40-minute cruise around Togendai, Motohakone, Hakone-machi and Lake Ashi. There was a shop right after we got on the ship. The toilet was clean. We headed for the deck by the stairs. There was also an elevator. I arrived at the deck. It got cold on the deck, so we went back inside the ship. It was a special room for an additional fee. Royale II. We went to the shop on the first floor. They sell drinks and snacks. We could see the torii gate, so we went out to the deck again. We arrived at Motohakone Port. Please do not get off here if you are on a bus. I saw the tour guide shouting that. There were many people getting off at Motohakone. Mt. Fuji and the torii gate came into view. It’s okay to look at Mt. Fuji as many times as you like. I was able to sit on the ship and take my time to look at it. The crew member said, “The final stop is Hakone-machi Port.” We arrived at Hakone-machi Port at 4:20 p.m. We arrived at our final destination, Hakone-machi Port. We took the bus back to Tokyo. On the way back, we stopped at Ebina SA on the way up. 18:35. I found a souvenir corner for Hakone. Rape blossom manju. A Japanese sweets shop I saw at Hakone-Yumoto Station. Rusks from Grand Rivière Hakone, a rusk specialty store. Popular flavors are caramel almond. Maple, plain milk chocolate, and garlic. We left Ebina at 18:50. We arrived at Shinjuku, Tokyo at 19:50. What I bought. Portugal, Ebina Melon Bread 350 yen. Nanohana, Hakone no Otsukisama 8 pieces, 1000 yen. Grand Riviere Hakone, Rusk Plain 8 pieces 594 yen. Grand Riviere Hakone, Rusk Milk Chocolate 5 pieces 972 yen Onsen Manju has a short expiration date. Thank you for watching.
00:29 Start
01:36 Ebina SA(down)
02:44 Hakone yumoto station
04:04 Open-air museum lunch&shop
06:29 Museums parc
08:03 Museums stained glass
10:23 Sounzan, Ropeway
12:41 Owakudani& Black eggs
15:54 Owakudani, Ropway
17:23 Togendai, Cruise
18:05 Pirate Ship Cruise
21:26 Hakone-kou
22:35 Ebina SA(up)
23:25 Hakone sweets
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