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Day 7 - Travel to Hakone

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April 13th 2024
Sometimes when travelling, things don't go precisely as planned and that was one of those days. Plan was to catch the 10am express bus to Gotemba Premium Outlets (but not stay) and connect to a local bus to our next Ryokan, but it turned out that it is a very popular bus and you needed to book a ticket and it was sold out. This meant we had to catch the local bus to another stop and change again. ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kanagawa » Hakone

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more