Hakone

 

On Sunday, the 8th day of our trip, we took the train out to Osaka castle. It was quite a walk up to the castle, but there were great views of the city from the battlements.

We reached the top and took a look around, then headed back to Osaka Station to catch the Shinkansen, or high speed train, to Hakone.

We were able to see Mount Fuji from the train, which we weren't able to do when we were in Japan in 2014, although the photos of it aren't as clear as the view was.

Hakone is a mountain town near Fuji, and it took a while for the bus to wind up the roads from the train station to our hotel. The resort was lovely, and our original plan was to stay two nights but after a few hours we decided we would instead head into Tokyo in the morning.