catching up! back to hakone! and on to kyoto~
it was a pleasure to see that our suitcases did in fact fit into the lockers at tokyo station. rather perfectly actually… as we woke up, none of us said a word and packed everything up, cleaned up a bit, cleared out of the room. we were all pretty tired T_T… checking out around 840, and having ohsomuchfun trying to find an elevator down into the subway, we finally arrived at tokyo station around 10 something. i had a small incident on the escalator when my suitcase got caught int he middle of steps behind me and i basically lost balance and almost fell, if not for michelle being behind me. my suitcase is heavy T_T. once we headed back to odawara to take a bus all the way down to motohakone-machi where our boat cruise will start. and this time we’ll be on it.
the ship had statues of a pirate captain and a pirate… scout? iuno. wahtever. when we set sail, for a brief minute, we saw mt. fuji in the distance, clouded in the back and then blocked by other mountains closer to us. the breeze on the ship was cold, but refreshing. although the cruise was a bit, uneventful, the ropeway gave us a better view of the mountain, although still heavily clouded. none of the pictures that i took can actually outline the mountain, only visible by eye (or a better camera)…
in the middle, we had a stop at owakudani (i think) it is said to be a volcano/mountain that was formed before christ or somethin. iuno. they’re attraction is the black mountain-boiled eggs that are supposed to add years to your life. 0.o meh. we got a pack of 6, 5$. and just tasted like any other egg, of course. hahaha
back on the ropeway to sounzan, the view of fuji was a lot better (as in, you could see more of it) but it was still rather cloudy. i guess we saw it. o well. and we went back down by cable car and back all the way back to tokyo station to grab our food, luggage, and head off to kyoto.
about 2 and a half hours on the shinkansen, reaching kyoto by 815ish. the first ‘sight’ we see is the kyoto tower, which is actually pretty…. ugly. to me… 😛 we head out of the station to find our hostel, only got a little bit lost, found the place pretty easily actually… there were a couple other groups checking in as well. but our first impression of the place was that it is a lot cleaner than the other place. seemed a lot more professional too.
they have a nice little bar/cafe on the first floor, tv rooms, lounge/computer area, laundry room, kitchen, showers and bathrooms on every floor, and a roof-top terrace. the actual room is a lot bigger, and we have little cubbies underneath the bunk beds for each person (we’re in a shared room with 6 beds) the blankets are softer, and so are the pillows… too soft. hurts my neck soft. the showers are private, and nicer. tokyo had 2 stalls in the same room thing and u had to press the button every so often to get the water flowing again) all in all, the place is a lot nicer, newer, cleaner, 6 floors + rooftop. we’ve seen a bunch of families staying here. and the wireless is -so- much faster, and i can actually stay connected if i wanted to!
we’re rooming with a couple, ross and mary, very nice people. but they are leaving soon, saturday morning. there’s another guy who has been here two weeks and doesnt seem that friendly… owell.
meh. sleep.
the pirate ship cruise
a picture of michelle and leon taking a picture of the sunset on our way to kyoto on the shinkansen, goodbye tokyo!
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