The cable car is coming
It finally arrived. Looks more like a tram.
We started to board the cable car
It reached Sounzan station in 9 mins.
Transferred to Ropeway (or cable car) to Owakudani Boiling Valley.
Scenery on the way to Owakudani Station
View of Mount Fuji before reaching Owakudani
Boiling valley beneath
Good View of Mt Fuji
Finally, we reached Owakudani
Got off to visit the area
Another few shots of Mt Fuji
En route to the boiling valley
Hello Kitty and the famous black egg outside a shop en route to the boiling valley
Around the shop
Mt Fuji again
It was an upslope to the boiling valley. This is the starting point.
Area near starting point
Mt Fuji again
En route to boiling valley
Uphill here we went
Finally, at the boiling valley
Unfortunately, no demo of egg cooking then. The cooking takes place on the left. Shop selling the hot black eggs int he background.
Mt Fuji again
Shop selling the much acclaimed black eggs, believed to lengthen one's life.
A bag of 5 eggs costed 500yen.
Very hot eggs
Owakudani Boilng Valley, as the signboard suggested
Surrounding areas
Shop selling souvenirs and ice-cream. My children had ice cream and snacks here. We did not have lunch since we last had the bentos in the train.
Little temple near the shop
Mt Fuji in background near the shop
Walking back to Owakudani Station
En route to Obaku, then Togendai Station
Togendai - Took pictures of the pirate ship which we intended to take the day after to Moto-Hakone before returning back to Shinjuku.
People boarding the pirate ship
Took the ropeway/cable car all the way back to Gora Station where Hotel Setsugetsuka was.
Our Japan Itinerary
Day 1 - Flight to Incheon-Seoul
Day 2 - Breakfast -> Incheon Transit area -> Lunch -> Tokyo, Narita -> Limited Express to Ueno -> Checked in Sardonyx Hotel (Review) -> Matsusaka Beef Steak Dinner at Satou, Kichijoji -> Shinjuku at Night
Day 3 – Breakfast -> Odyaku Romance Car to Hakone-Yumoto -> Small train to Gora Station -> Leave luggages at Setsugetsuka Hotel -> Gora -> Sounzan -> Owakudani Boiling Valley -> Black Eggs -> Togendai -> checked into Setsugetsuka Hotel (Review)-> Dinner at hotel restaurant -> Outside the hotel at night
Day 4 - Breakfast -> Gora Station -> Checked out -> Gotemba Premium Outlet -> Togendai -> Check in to Hakone Green Plaza (Review) -> Dinner
Day 5 - Breakfast -> Checked out -> Odawara Castle -> Checked in Sardonyx Ueno -> Ueno Unagi Dinner at Izuei Honten, Ueno -> Ameyoko
Day 6 - Breakfast - > Ueno Park -> Lunch at Tsujiki -> Imperial Palace -> Ginza -> Asakusa -> View from Shinjuku Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building -> Ramen Dinner
Day 7 - Breakfast -> Early Lunch at Kyushu Jangara, Harajuku -> Meiji Shrine -> Harajuku -> Shibuya -> -> Dinner at Shinsuke, Shin-Urayasu
Day 8 - Tokyo Disneyland -> Lunch at Tomorrowland Terrace -> Dinner at Hokusai
Day 9 - Breakfast -> Tokyo Disneysea -> Lunch at Vulcania -> Dinner at Sakura
Day 10 - Breakfast - > Check out -> Skyliner to Narita Airport-> Holiday Inn Tobu Narita (Review) -> Lunch at Edokko Sushi
-> Old Narita Temple Town -> Naritasan Temple -> Dinner at Aeon Shopping Centre
Day 11 - Breakfast -> Flight back to Incheon -> Transit -> Lunch at Incheon -> Home Sweet Home
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