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Hawai’i Daijingu ema tablet for the Year of the Snake.62 views
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Kowakidani Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway. Near my ryokan.61 views
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Gora Station is the end of the line for the Hakone Tozan Railway and the starting terminal of the Hakone Tozan Cable Car.61 views
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Owakudani61 views
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Top deck61 views
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Back of our boat.61 views
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Leaving port61 views
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Sekisho main office with officials working. It must have been hard to identify people since there were no photo IDs.61 views
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Pose with Lake Ashi61 views
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Hakone Sekisho Exhibition Hall displays various artifacts about the sekisho. Photography not allowed inside.61 views
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Mt. Fuji, Lake Ashi, and Hakone Shrine's torii in the water.61 views
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Walking path along the lakeside in Moto-Hakone61 views
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More steps to the shrine, but I was too tired and declined.61 views
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Took the scenic trail back to Moto-Hakone.61 views
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Hakone-Yumoto Station changed quite a bit since the last time I visited.61 views
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Sake bath was not really sake (I tasted the water). Only a tiny trickle of sake was dripping into the bath.61 views
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Also popular was the "Doctor Fish" foot bath. These little fish come and eat away your feet's unwanted skin flakes. 61 views
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New Year's programs and newspaper article from the collection of Noriko Shimada.61 views
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Hawai’i Daijingu omamori. The right one is for Shichi-go-san (Coming of Age) for 3 and 7-year-old girls and 5-year-old boys.61 views
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100th Infantry Battalion nisei's cotton khaki shirt and garrison cap. From Saburo Ishitani. Also, a 442nd RCT nisei soldier doll (nicknamed "Yoshi" or "Tak") made in 2000 and sold by a toy store in Portland, Oregon.61 views
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Inside the Odakyu Romance Car train.60 views
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Hakone Tozan train line stations60 views
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After passing through Odawara, we approach Hakone-Yumoto Station at the end of the Odakyu Line.60 views
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A short walk to Ubako Station.60 views
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Mt. Fuji again.60 views
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The famous torii of Hakone Shrine.60 views
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Well next to Foot soldier quarters60 views
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My ride to Moto Hakone.60 views
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Entrance to Narikawa Art Museum60 views
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Museum is also a rest place, but no one uses it.60 views
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Hawai’i Izumo Taisha omamori including one for Sports and Marathon.60 views
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Statue of the late, great Yokozuna Kitanoumi Toshimitsu at Kawasaki Daishi Temple. Erected on the third anniversary of his death by his family. He was only 62. Kitanoumi was one of the greatest yokozuna. 北の湖銅像60 views
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Inside Kawasaki Daishi's Kyozo Sutra Repository, Buddhist painting on the ceiling.60 views
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Limited Express tickets are sold on the train platform if you haven't bought it yet. Making advance reservations is recommended though.59 views
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Kowakidani Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway.59 views
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Hakone Tozan Cable Car at Gora Station 59 views
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Going up in Hakone Tozan Cable Car59 views
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Our boat named "Victory."59 views
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Looks like there are three pirate boats on Lake Ashi.59 views
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The officials and guards working at the sekisho also lived there so there are living quarters (right) as well. http://www.hakonesekisyo.jp/english/59 views
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The women travelers underwent a hair check conducted by a woman official. I wonder what could be hidden in the hair.59 views
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Coins in well59 views
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Pirate boat at Hakone-machi Port.59 views
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Hakone Sekisho59 views
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Between Moto Hakone and Hakone Yumoto is Amasake Chaya, a teahouse for travelers. The hilly path through Hakone was tough. So they had these lodges where travelers could rest. This is the only one remaining.59 views
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Hakone-Yumoto Station used to be light blue, but now off-white.59 views
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At Hakone-Yumoto Station, I asked about a good place to dip into a hot spring before going back to Tokyo. A short walk across the river to Yumoto Fujiya Hotel and ¥1,800 put me in this nice outdoor bath.59 views
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Outdoor slides at Yunessan.59 views
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Cover of the 2014 New Year's party program by the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce.59 views
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On the left are Hawai’i Daijingu omamori and ema tablets. On the right are Hawai’i Ishizuchi Jinja omamori.59 views
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Hakone Tozan Railway58 views
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Inside Hakone Tozan Cable Car. If you like to ride in trains, cable cars, boats, etc., visit Hakone.58 views
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Hakone got a bum rap in May 2015 when volcanic rumblings forced them to close the ropeway going over the steaming and bubbling Owakudani valley.58 viewsThe number of tourists dropped.
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The famous torii of Hakone Shrine.58 views
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A camera stand is conveniently provided for selfies.58 views
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Leaving Hakone-machi Port.58 views
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Lake Ashi58 views
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Hakone Shrine's torii in the water. Looks tiny, but it's actually a giant torii.58 views
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Boats for rent.58 views
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Map of Hakone are58 views
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Interesting "ON-OFF" poster at a train station in Hakone. It basically reads "ONsen" (hot spring) and "OFFuro" (bath). It was for a hot spring facility called Yunessan58 views
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Inside Kawasaki Daishi's Kyozo Sutra Repository, Buddhist paintings on four sides on the ceiling. Tells the story of how Buddhism came to Japan from India via China and Korea.58 views
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The ropeway goes right over a dramatic and steaming valley.57 views
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Moto-Hakone Port 元箱根57 views
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Hakone Shrine's torii in autumn.57 views
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Hakone-Yumoto Station, the main gateway to Hakone. Odakyu Line trains from Shinjuku and Odawara arrive here.57 views
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Hakone-Yumoto Station now has an overpass for pedestrians.57 views
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This is the old Hakone-Yumoto Station.57 views
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Hakone Yumoto from the overpass57 views
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Hakone Yumoto souvenir shops.57 views
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This is the wine bath. It does smell like wine. I didn't dare taste it, and there's a sign saying not to drink the water. This bath used to be outdoors, but now totally indoors which was disappointing.57 viewsThese flavored baths are for both men and women in bathing suits.
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Tea bath was nice.57 views
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People (kids) who had healthy skin did not attract much fish. It's really ticklish.57 views
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From Hakone-Yumoto Station, take the Hakone Tozan Railway train to Gora. 56 views
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Gora Station 56 views
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Hakone Tozan Cable Car at Gora Station 56 views
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Hakone Tozan Cable Car56 views
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Cafe and Gallery56 views
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Romance Car (Limited Express train) at Hakone-Yumoto Station56 views
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Took a bus to Yunessan.56 views
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About Doctor Fish56 views
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Kanda Uno and Dewi Sukarno throwing Setsubun beans at Kawasaki Daishi on Feb. 3, 2019. Dewi was one of the wives of the first President of Indonesia, Sukarno. She's now a popular celebrity in Japan. 神田うの デヴィ夫人56 views
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Kanda Uno and Dewi Sukarno throwing Setsubun beans at Kawasaki Daishi on Feb. 3, 2019. 神田うの デヴィ夫人 川崎大師節分会 豆まき56 views
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The second Odawara Hojo lord, Hojo Ujitsuna. 二代北条氏綱隊 56 views
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Hakone Open-Air Museum is near Chokoku no Mori Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway. 55 views
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The first thing you see. Hercules and Pegasus. About 100 outdoor sculptures.55 views
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Maple leaves behind a Picasso sculpture in front of the Picasso Pavilion. Hakone is colder than Tokyo, but the cold autumn air feels great. It's a different kind of cold air that is refreshing and invigorating compared to urban Tokyo.55 views
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Hot spring foot bath (free)55 views
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Tea bath55 views
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Nude near the Picasso Pavilion.54 views
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Picasso Pavilion54 views
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Hakone manju is famous.54 views
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This large rock was perfectly slanted to sit back in the bath and gaze at the greenery and blue sky. After all that walking, I thought I got my money's worth.54 views
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Hakone Kowakien Yunessan's main bath for bathing suits.54 views
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Coffee bath. Mild aroma of coffee.54 views
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Tokyu train in 1958.54 views
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Setsubun at Kawasaki Daishi Temple. They threw small plastic bags of beans, so they were easy to catch.54 views
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Sounzan Station is the end of the line for the Hakone Tozan Cable Car and starting terminal for the Hakone Ropeway.53 views
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Chokoku no Mori Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway has a nice mural of the Open-Air Museum.53 views
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Picasso Pavilion has 300 works.53 views
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Way to Hakone Open-Air Museum. It opened in 1969 and operated under the Fujisankei Communications Group.52 views
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Large, outdoor museum of exquisite sculptures. Many nudes (female). Also see the Picasso Pavilion. Both the art and 70,000-sq. meter garden-like grounds are very impressive. 52 views
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About Hakone Open-Air Museum. Allow at least 2 hours here.52 views
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Hercules52 views
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Cleaning a Henry Moore. Everything is well maintained.52 views
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Museum exit52 views
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All hands in the air. Setsubun bean-throwing at Kawasaki Daishi Temple on Feb. 3, 2019. 川崎大師節分会 豆まき52 views
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Chokoku no Mori Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway. 50 views
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Also impressive was this stained glass tower named Symphonic Sculpture by Gabriel Loire.50 views
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Inside Symphonic Sculpture by Gabriel Loire. You can go up the spiral staircase to the top.50 views
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Art Hall Manzu Room49 views
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The fourth Odawara Castle lord, Hojo Ujimasa played by well-known actor Takashima Masanobu. 四代氏政 (高嶋政伸)49 views
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Museum floor plan.48 views
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