Today we set out for Owakudani, it is the area around a crater created during the last eruption of Mount Hakone some 3000 years ago. Today, much of the area is an active volcanic zone where sulfurous fumes, hot springs and hot rivers can be experienced. Gillian with a broom in the waiting shack for the cable car.

To get there you have to take a ropeway (which is like a gondola).

May 8th, it was our anniversary!

Gillian trying to find a Japanese guy.

Shanna purchased some black eggs, they are cooked in the naturally hot water, the shells are blackened by the sulfur. It is said that they prolong one’s life by seven years.

As you can see the views of Mt Fuji weren’t happening on this day.

We took the Komagatake Ropeway down to Lake Ashinoko.

We took the big pirate ship across Lake Ashinoko.

We headed to Hakone-Yumoto for some lunch and shopping.

Gillian in front of shelves of umeboshi.

Machine making sweet cakes.

This was the eating area of our hotel, the room to the right was for sleeping on futons.

One of the black eggs.