Day #5

Was not the best night’s sleep on a shikibuton, at least for the adults. The kids thought it was a big sleep over, but we survived. Still getting used to the breakfasts consisting of many types of raw and cooked fish, rice, noodles and other unrecognizable items. Today we lost the sun to clouds and rain but still headed up to Fuji Hakone Izu National Park. Here they use the natural volcanic sulfur gas as a way to infuse food items like eggs to help prolong life. They say eating one black egg will extend your life by 70 years. We trekked down for a boat ride on Lake Ashi over to Hakone, a town known for intricate master woodworking. We had a lesson from a master on mystery boxes and how they make the paper thin wood patterns. It was also here that served as a check point for travelers between Tokyo and Kyoto during more tense times. Then we stopped into observe Odawara Castle. We had free time before grabbing the Shinkansen bullet train for a two hour ride to Kyoto. We settled in at our hotel and Shige bought Nick a birthday surprise and we all sang Happy Birthday before ending our night. 

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Happy Birthday Nick

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Boat we rode on

Hakone Check Point

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Sulfur Eggs


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