Blogs from Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan, Asia - page 4

Selvom vi hjemmefra var bevidste om, at August måned langt fra er optimal med henblik på at kunne se Mt. Fuji, så havde vi alligevel valgt at lægge Hakkone ind på vores rejseplan. Mange rejsende på denne årstid må derfor nøjes med postkort, som viser bjergets snebeklædte tinde spejle sig i Ashi-søen - billeder som altid er taget i December eller Januar, hvor tågen er begrænset omkring Fuji og Ashi-søen. Tågen var ikke ligefrem begrænset, da vi ankom til vores hotel med bus. Sigtbarheden var nede på 10-15 meter og vi anede reelt ikke, hvad vej vi skulle gå fra busstoppestedet, men kunne glæde os over, at hotellet skulle ligge blot 2 minutters gang fra stoppestedet. Vi fandt det derfor rimeligt hurtigt, men var ærgelige over at man ikke kunne få en fornemmelse af området og ... read more

As Kimi Ryokan doesn’t serve breakfast, we gotta go hunt for our 1st meal of the day around the neighbourhood. Walked around the neighbourhood at abt 8 plus in the morning but the eateries which were opened were limited. For our first morning in Japan, we tried their Japanese breakfast set at one of the 24hr chain restaurant. Based on the plastics food models, we purchased 1 of the breakfast set via the coupon machine. Being funky and adventurous us, we tried the salmon, natto set. We were kinda lost when they included raw egg in the breakfast set served. Dear gamely decided to seek advice from a local who was enjoying his western style breakfast at the table next to us. He guided us to beat up the egg before mixing it into the ... read more

On the morning of the 24th we headed to Ueno for our daily breakfast of coffee and bakery food, I think we both got hooked on it actually, whenever we saw a bakery we would go in and get something, even if we had just eaten somewhere else! And after that we went in search of the subway but got a little side tracked, we found ourselves in these small little alleys that were full of tiny little shops stocked to the brim with all sorts of things. One of the most interesting ones was a weapons shop. It was a tiny shop but sold all sorts. For example, all sorts of guns, shot guns, hand guns to machine guns and even bullets too; they sold all the different types of knives you could imagine, big ... read more