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- A look outside as we get ready to start our day. This was about 6:45am
- About to board the Resort Cruiser
- Not very busy at 7am
- Same for the Bayside Station.
- Onboard the Resort line not much different. The parks do not open until 8:30am or 9:00am
- Due to it being a Friday and the trains were busy I did not take any pictures on the train ride this morning. This was waiting at the JR Station at about 7:25am.
- I was seated at the bus terminal at 8:17am waiting for our 9am tour. No problems today. It is a much easier trip when the train lines are running.
- Plenty of vending machines in the bus terminal.
- On our way, it was closer to 9:30 by the time we got out of the terminal.
- Driving through Tokyo... our destination today is Mt. Fuji.
- Passing over an expressway.
- On the way out of town. I was a couple rows back so not a very clear view out the front of the bus.
- The bus windows were tinted and rather dirty.. so the pictures did not come out the best..
- An NEC building, I forget the name of the city.. this is near where the experimental Maglev train is.
- This is the track for the experimental Maglev train.
- My first view of Mt. Fuji.. not a good way to start the day..just after 11am now.
- Pulling into the Mt. Fuji visitor center
- A quick glimpse of the visitor center.
- There was construction going on adjacent to the center. Looked to be expansion.
- Because of it I could not get a wide shot of the center. Here is a look at the upper floor which houses a restaurant.
- Inside the center some posters and information. All in Japanese.
- Went up to the observation level first. Mt Fuji is out there in the clouds.
- Plenty of cherry blossoms in the area.
- Get rid of the clouds and maybe a nice shot..
- A look at the construction.
- A closer look at Mt. Fuji. Guessing that is the road we are heading up soon.
- Downstairs in the center is a very small museum.
- I only had a few minutes until I was due back on the bus so a very quick look around.
- Explaining how Mt. Fuji was formed.
- I think this is a permit or park staff office.
- A map of the area.
- Time to hit the road again. It was around 11:30am
- Typical street lights in this area.
- The road to Mt. Fuji.
- Entering the park and heading up the mountain.
- It was a slow climb due to our bus or bus driver or combination of the two.
- The first station. We drove right by this one.
- The first sight of snow along the road.
- The second station. 5236 ft or just shy of 1 mile up.
- Along the way our guide gave an quick geology lesson for those who were not speed readers at the visitor center.
- More snow as we continued to climb.
- There are 5 stations. We were able to get to the 4th one so almost there.
- Where we will be stopping, the 4th station, 6,627 foot level.
- A small building at the stop.
- A better view of the building. It had restrooms, a small giftshop/food area and a photo op outside.
- The buses lined up in the parking lot.
- Looking down toward where we just were. The clouds seemed a little thinner than before but still socked in. This was just past noon.
- A sign for a photo op.
- The road was closed.. later in the season you can go up to the 5th station at the 2300 meter/7545 foot mark.
- Another sign/photo op
- They never explained what happened with the trees if this was on purpose or the result of something.
- Went back to the viewing platform for one last look. Still very cloudy.
- Looked slightly clearer to me.
- A look at the viewing platform that was available.
- A map of what can be seen on clear days.
- Today nothing.
- Back on the bus and heading down. It was 12:30pm
- As we went down it was getting clearer.. we did not stop though.
- The tour stopped for lunch at a nearby hotel. We opted to grab a bite and sit outside and watch the clouds and Mt Fuji hoping for a brief glimpse.
- Thomas Land bus.. guessing an amusement park nearby.
- Probably the most clear it got..
- Back on the bus and on the road before 2pm
- A random Cocos
- 1st McDs I saw today.
- A very complicated price chart at the gas station.
- A road sign.. our destination was not on there.
- Thought this was an interesting sign. Guessing this was meant for our bus which crawled up every hill.
- We arrived at Lake Ashi around 3:15pm
- Swan boats.
- A pirate tour boat out on the lake. It started to head toward the dock we were at and we thought it may be ours, but it passed by..
- This was ours.
- On board and looking at the lake.
- A ropeway leading up the mountain.
- Our boat left around 3:30pm
- Heading out on the lake
- Looking back
- By 3:48 we were docked and off the boat. It was less than a 15 min ride. We then boarded our bus and drove back to where we started for the cable car/ropeway trip.
- Arriving at the Togendai stop on the Hakone Ropeway.
- The fares (ours was included/paid for on the tour)
- You could go down and go on the other cruise. It seems it would have been more better to use that boat vs the one we did.
- Time to board.
- We started at 741M
- The route. We were going to the second stop, the one at the top.
- Looking back at the tour boats.
- Again tinted and dirty windows.
- Our destination is Ōwakudani which is home of the black eggs.
- Passing the first stop.
- Coming out of the station got a glimpse of Mt. Fuji.. the most we have seen of the mountain all day.
- You could see almost the entire mountain now.
- Looking back to where we started.
- As soon as I disembarked I ran around the building to get a shot of Mt. Fuji and this is what I found! The sun had set more and reflections off the clouds meant you could barely see the mountain.
- So I turned around and took some pictures of the sulphur vents.
- This house is where they sell the black eggs. Which are hard boiled eggs using hot springs and the chemical reaction turns them black.
- The sun had set more and you could see Mt. Fuji again. It was 4:40pm.
- Finally an ok picture of the mountain showing its famous cone shape.
- One of my favorite pictures.. this is a cell phone shot.
- The SLR shot right after.
- A wider view of the area. It was cold and very windy so most other tour guests were inside the building or on the bus already.
- A look at some of the hot springs/vents
- The ropeway leading down. We were going to take the bus though.
- One more Mt. Fuji shot before boarding the bus.
- On the road again heading for the train station.
- Thought this was an interesting sign. Can anyone translate for me? Assuming it does not mean monkey crossing.
- We arrived at Odawara station just after 6pm and bid farewell to our slow bus and headed up to the platform for a bullet train ride back to Tokyo.
- Waiting for our train.
- Here you can see the four rails.. the outer ones are for this station and the middle two are for the trains that by-pass it.
- A bullet train by passing our station. It was cruising along at a good clip and you could hear it pressing on the rails as it made the turn.
- A still of a train going by.
- Another coming from the other direction.
- Ours pulled in and we boarded.
- Onboard looks like an airplane almost.
- Caught a glimpse of Mt. Fuji as we set off.
- A picture at the front of our car.
- Once back at Tokyo Central Station walked out to the Keiyo Line and decided to take a Rapid back to Disney.
- The rapid is in green. So it meant our stop would be the third one, Maihama. Vs the 6th stop.
- Time estimates.. 14 minutes only.
- Once back at Disney stopped by Ikspiari for dinner since we were very hungry by this time. It was pushing 8pm
- After dinner it was back to the Disney Resort Line to our hotel.
- As we road back Once Upon a Time was going on.
- Back in our room a look outside. Bayside Station around 10:30pm
- The Disneyland Hotel
- To close out the day, Space Mountain.