Day 1 - Hakone
From Tokyo Shinjuku take Romance Car to Hakone - 85 min
Motohakone
Hakone jinja shrine
Ancient Cedar Avenue
Hakone Checkpoint
Lake Ashi
Pirate Cruise on Lake Ashi
View of Mt Fuji from Lake Ashi
Togendai - view of Mt Fuji from Hakone Ropeway
Owakudani - hell valley
Black egg ice-cream
Roykan - Takenoha at Gora - owner Ohno san was very hospitable
Day 2 - Hakone
The Hakone Open Air Museum - interesting
Footbath
Sengokuhara - Silver grass (aka "lalang") at the base of Mt Daigatake - a popular weekend outing site for the locals
Hakone Glass Forest Venetian Glass Museum - pretty!
Roykan - Fujimen at Sengokuhara - nice view of Mt Fuji
View of Mt Fuji from roykan
Day 3 - Hakone/Tokyo
Miyanoshita - Historic Fujiya Hotel patronized by celebrities like the Beatles
Picot - Bakery next to hotel - the bread was first class - must try.
Day 4 - Tokyo
Asakusa - Sensoji Temple and Nakamise Shopping Street
A popular shop selling yummy potato fritter with beef paste filling
A quaint shop full of aunties shopping for old school brushes
Tokyo Tower
Ueno Park
Yanaka (Nippori Station JR line) - a different feel of Tokyo - worth a visit
Famous old cemetery
Yanaka Ginza - old fashioned shopping promenade dotted with old style shops selling coffee, food etc
Handmade figurines and the artist also entertained with life puppets show
Shibuya - downtown shopping area - Shibuya 109 - more happening than Shinjuku
Ramen - opposite Sakura Hotel at Shinagawa - yummy and filling
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