Ok, as promised, here are more pictures.
ChinatownYokohama has the biggest Chinatown in the world.. it was pretty big but the only food they seemed to have was pork buns and peking duck.
Hakone roomTraditional tatami room. The mats to sleep on were in the closet on the left, they were actually pretty comfortable.
HakoneThis was right next to our hotel.
Japanese toiletsIn China, I was excited just to find a western toilet. Here, western toilets disappoint me, because I prefer the ones with buttons.
Japanese toiletsThis thing has 3 different kinds of bidets all with strength settings, a heated seat, and a fan inside the seat of the toilet. Insane.
Lake AshiThey have pirate ships that take you around the lake.
Sky pictureThe sky from Hakone, everything here was gorgeous.
SunsetThe sun setting over the mountains at Hakone
Lake AshiThis was taken from the trail we biked around the lake
Lake AshiUs in front of the lake on the trail, with our automatic bikes. Those things were awesome.
Gora ParkGora Park (or Gora Rark as the signs said).. it was a really big flower garden with a tea house off to the side where you could do a "tea ceremony" (it wasn't a full ceremony, you just ordered tea and
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The spiderThis thing was about 4 inches in diameter, it scared the hell out of me last night. It was on the wall when I was walking down the hall to get a drink.
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All I can say is: "I'm jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Could've done without the huge spider picture though...
I believe Shanghai, with its 14 million people, has the largest Chinatown in the world. But Yokohama's is probably very large as well!
Clay, this is Walter... I've been to Shanghai.. it's bigger than 14 million, but actually the term Chinatown refers to a section of a city outside of China town that is highly populated by Chinese... so, a "Chinatown" can't exist in China, so Yokohama has the biggest... ok, end of my smartass rant. Bleh.
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