Argh ok Imma blog about our trip to Hakone now before I get too lazy and forget / don’t feel like blogging about it anymore but actually I’m too lazy to blog about it now also wtf.
Neh mind! Trip in pictures like what I always do when I’m lazy (ya so now you know wtf)
Shinkansen!
that was going to take us to Hakone! The line we took was the Shin Osaka one.
Tour guide extraordinaire! Very heavy responsibility ok to make sure everyone gets to destination safe.
My bento bought at the eki (station) and consumed on the train. I love Japanese style prepared beef 😀
I was trying to take a picture to show how fast the train was moving. Damn fast okay we got to Hakone from Tokyo Station in like 30 minutes.
But Hakone is a big place and we were actually headed to this little village called Gora so we had to keep transferring trains to get there. The scenery got more and more rural the further we went and the trains also got older and older wtf.
After some trekking around we found our hotel!
This is us at the entrance.
There was a little river / ditch thing at the side. Where got drain so nice wan!
I think it’s for cleansing purposes I learned before but forgot f my teacher’s life T_T
Cats outside our hotel! Hahhahahah damn fucking cute they were lying on top of each other on top of a steam vent for warmth! I went so close to them also didn’t move must be in some post-lunch stupor wtf.
Random obachan’s garden outside her shop.
Ok this is the lobby of the hotel.
It’s a traditional type of hotel so it had lots of Japanese style landscaping around the buildings.
The corridor to our room.
Every room has a name. That’s my name in Chinese! Maple!!
Unfortunately that’s not our room wtf.
Sneak peek into our room. This is the sitting area and at night if there are not enough beds they just clear away the table and chairs and put down futons.
Our bedroom!
Bathroom!
There was this bamboo contraption on the patio that we decided must be for balancing game purposes.
Dunno true or not but it entertained us for quite long! We competed to see who could balance on it the longest and I WON!!! 11 SECONDS MAMA!! Out of 4 people ok Tim’s brother and sister also not just Tim where got fun if beat only 1 person wtf.
Wombeh in hotel yukata! Complete with padded jacket, split toe socks and zori (slippers)
And me! Women’s yukata is purple men’s is duck shit green.
We were supposed to put on yukata around the hotel and when we go to the onsen (hot spring bath)
My 2nd time to onsen!
First time was in Kanazawa with all the other AKP students and I steadfastly refused to step foot into the onsen.
But my friends forced me to go because they said I could not come to Japan and not go to onsen so I had to drink alot of alcohol first before I could make myself go fml.
Looking back it might not have been such a good idea to get drunk before going in wtf.
The shower area! You’re supposed to shower clean clean first before stepping in to the onsen so you don’t leave bodily crap around for other people to soak in.
The onsen! This is a private one which you can book for yourself.
I went private because I don’t think Tim’s mother and I are that close that I wanna see her (or vice versa) how she was the day she was born wtf.
edit: oh forgot to say that the onsen was actually outdoors wtf!!
You can imagine how cold it was!! Temperature outside was hovering around 0 C and I had to strip inside a little hut first before going outside to the shower and onsen!
Confession: I actually jumped into the onsen first to warm up cos it was so cold!! Then after I was warmed up only I got out to shower f the hotel guests’ lives.
And because it was outdoors it was surrounded by trees and once there was this rumbling noise and I looked up to see a train passing above us WTF.
Then hotel provided dinner which was traditional Japanese course meal! But I usually don’t like banquet style food aih just give me udon anytime.
And then the next morning we all woke up damn early to go back to Tokyo wtf.
Cos it was the last day before we left and we all desperately wanted to shopping *uncultivated
(when we reached Tokyo I straight away took the JR to Harajuku)
This is Gora! Taken in front of the train station.
Then it started snowing! But no pictures because I hate snow and ran inside quickly.
Back to Tokyo!
Wombeh! This was off the side of the station I dunno why. Either wombat or warthog I think.
And then babai Hakone! (and Japan)
p/s: shit forgot haven’t blogged about Tokyo Disney yet.
Comments (21)
does Arthur Guinness still miss tokyo?
Nice ryokan and the sushi looks super.
Greetings,
Filip
OKOKOKOK MUST SEND YOUR STUFF SOON. GOT EVERYTHING /BOO
Awww! That looks really awesome!
Glad you had such a good time!
You should have stayed with Tim’s mom in that pool thing(?) Then in years to come, you can be like “Oh… we once shared something extraaaaa special”
Okay. That was gross. 😛
u r the gf of Timotiah ??
WAHAHAH next time must bond with family go onsen together ma 😀
Nice post baby!
ky: yes he does! he just whispered to me
filip: ya it was really nice!
angie: ur stuff is with suet to send to u! but i still have coco’s present & i’ll write you a letter too /boo
lisa: hahahahaha i dunno if i can look her properly in the eye after that!
eldy: timotiah hahaha. ya i’m his gf 🙂
cheesie: cannot la hahaha would u go into onsen with ur okaasan!!
wombeh: thank u for the sympathy comment baby WTF
i wanna go jap too!
*determined to save up $$$*
Eh what’s the difference between obasan and obachan? i’m only familar with obasan wtf.
Nice cats. T_T
Too cute.
Eh, I read somewhere that it’s considered inappropriate to eat stuff on trains in Japan. Is that true?
Pink.
wohoho… i love Japan!!! awesome isn’t it..?? Hey.. so cute you wear Kimono.. hehe…
😀
Eeeeeeeeeeeee…. cute cats!! They look really fat! :3
Are they street cats??
I want to see pictures of the things you bought!! 😀
ARGh… i wanna go Japan! Next time, pack me in your suitcase, and we can go eat udon together!
m thinking of dying my hair colour like your tone like bright bright orange one! should i should i?? xD
jac: i support u!
yh: obachan is just for closer and more familiar people / usage
hb: haha inappropriate to eat anywhere in public unless its in a restaurant. i think they think its disrespectful.. not only to others but to the food too wtf
rabiatul: haha ya very nice!
lishy: i dunno but they didnt have collars on!
grace: yay for cheap street food!
cindy: ru sure!! i regret dying my hair this color ok!!
THE CATS ARE SOOO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEE zoMMGGG
Kawaii neko!
And yes, I think that fountain is for cleansing so your instructor did her job just fine.
Nice ryokan, should post contact/web info. Looks like fun getaway.
hi aud, what is the name of the hotel in gora? how much per person? im planning to see mt fuji + hakone, saw a hotel near mt fuji but quite expensive, maybe i can consider gora if the price is cheap.
can you share the name of the ryokan? =)