First, we went on the rope-way and the view over the lake were beautiful. This first stop on the rope-way was the Volcanic Sulphur Park, which smells horrible but was interesting to see. We tried the eggs that had been boiled in the hot volcanic water and the minerals turn the shell black. They were good but didn't taste much different to normal eggs, apparently they add 7 years to your life but we will have to wait and see!This is the man lifting a huge basket of eggs from the volcanic water.
The views were great and Fuji-san popped out between the clouds.
Then we continued on along the rope-way to the end were we took a cable tram to the Hakone Art Museum. This had a lovely moss garden and the trees here were beautiful, I was very happy to see some autumnal colours.
The museum was good but was mainly about pottery which isn't something I am very interested in. There was a room set up like this showing Japanese calligraphy which is something I would love to learn while living here.
We headed back towards the lake as we wanted to get the Pirate ship to the other side. This was very exciting! The boats were so beautiful and it was great sailing across Lake Ashinoko (芦ノ湖) as we had amazing views of Mount Fuji.
I hope to go back soon, I really want to visit the Hakone Open Air Museum. If there are parts of Hakone you liked please let me know as I would like to try and visit them.
