Travelogues Hakone

The national park

Stunning. Everything is crazy. My first Yukata with Obi. This is the 'summer kimono' and it is made of lightweight cotton, making it easier to wash than a silk garment. Free...

Tokaido - translated as 'Eastern Sea Road' - was one of the 5 major routes of the Edo period (17th to 19th century) between Tokyo and Kyoto. Today, not much of it remains. A 3...

My luck with the free day has been rather unsuccessful so far: rain, rain, and fog. Yesterday was no exception. Except that this time the rain was part of a typhoon :) But it...

And of course, first stop at the town hall: register. Then relax. Allegedly it's only 25° today, but it's so humid that you start sweating like a little pig after just 2 meters...

Summer is the time for fireworks in Japan: Hanabi ('fire flowers'). So Ali and I went to Lake Ashinoko in Hakone, where a festival is taking place for 5 days. Lanterns were...