Both this day as the next route was different than usual. For reasons even I can not understand my colleagues decided to change the 2 following days route, skipping a relaxed and doing another. These are situations where you are when you travel in groups, and the larger the group the more likely that these unexpected changes ARISING opinion. When I do the plannings of my travels I try to take into account the views of all who travel with me, so when there are last minute changes that affect an entire day bother me enough, especially if you do not understand, especially when a particular view pulls the rest of the group and you removed the trip. So in such a situation I chose to go with my 2 following routes alone and wish luck to my compys with their choices.

And as planned I went to Hakone ...

The journey to Hakone has several transfers, one is in Odawara, where he took the opportunity to purchase the Hakone Free Pass. This pass includes a reasonable price both lake cruises, such as trams and cable cars in the area. Very interesting, not only by price but by lines that you save.

I ended up in Motohakone from there I walk the path between Motohakone and HakoneMachi. This route is part of the centenary Tokaido road that connected Edo and Kyoto.

This road had a number of government-sponsored stations for travelers could rest. These stations consisted of porter stations and horse stables, and accommodation and food. This section of the Tokaido that still exists is surrounded by cedars, which, as you see in the picture below are longer than the military of Rambo.

The original road was composed of 53 stations located between Kyoto and Edo. The 53 stations are based on the 53 Buddhist saints Acolyte Sudhana visited in his quest for enlightenment. Alize this journey alone, was something special. I was expecting more people along the way, since MotoHakone was quite full of Asian tourists, but it was not so. It gave me time to visit David the Gnome ...

Formerly, at some points along the route, had checkpoints where travelers had to present travel permits to pass. Today is preserved one of these "checkpoints" as they were, so we can see what was the lifestyle of the samurai who guarded the site. This is just before reaching HakoneMachi, and is a highly recommended visit.

Contrary to the predictions of my traveling companions did not fall even a drop, but walked nubladete the day, even with wisps of fog. So the best photo of Mount Fuji that I take is as follows:

Once they had to do HakoneMachi cruise

Call me capricious, but decided to let him go for the steamboat montarme the Galleon. In the photo below are seen the ghostly wisps of fog that came and went. That gave him a mystical touch to the trip.

At the tail of shipment made two Korean friends, students of biology, they were doing the same route as me. So I stuck to them for the rest of the day, talking about cultural differences and between Asian and Western tastes.

Here the 4 together with Commander Nelson, who did know that those waters.

We landed in Togendai now turn to visit volcanic area!

For up to the mines of sulfur and fumaroles had to see his ascending the mountain, but by cable car.

Access to the area is full of warnings of security due to the fumes of sulfur, and which make the ascent to people with asthma, heart, etc etc

Kuro-Tamago The eggs are cooked in the volcanic geysers. These, when in contact with sulfur water turn black and legend for each comma you lengthen your life 5 years.

For the trouble, buy a pack of 5 for 500Y, so I invited the two Korean boys and lengthen their lives. For my part, I hope the mix the egg with a delicious curry mountaineer will not alter the legend.

After this experience the 2 Korean colleagues tried to convince me to go to an Onsen in Hakone, which they are famous even in his country. But the times did not convince me so I decided to return to Tokyo.

Upon arrival it was dark, my fellow showed no signs of life and was not late. So I removed the thorn had not seen Shinjuku at night with the neons on.

Aimlessly I started to mingle with people and enjoy watching the Japanese.

And I ended up having dinner at a McDonalds, a ebi filet-o and no one warming my ear about how terrible it is to eat at McDonalds while in Japan!

In short it was a special day full of memories and unforgettable experiences. Too bad the solo enjoy.