Hakone Trip!

We had a school field trip to Hakone! It was amazing, except we had to wake up at the crack of dawn to meet our teachers at the station. My class went with another class so there were a total of about 9 of us plus two teachers. We met at Ookayama Station at 7am, because it takes a while to get to Hakone. We also had to keep switching trains, the longest we were on one train was for maybe 45 minutes or so, and everyone just fell right asleep. This field trip was very fun and it was a school field trip, so we get reimbursed for some of the travel expenses. It seemed more like gaijins day out though since the teachers were constantly rounding us up and counting us off, to make sure they hadn't lost anyone.

This is Owakudani, a volcanic valley and the steam is from sulfur vents. This spot was very touristy, they also have these eggs (normal chicken eggs) that they boil in the onsen(hot springs) for one hour and they are something special. Not really sure what they do exactly but eating them is supposed to add years to your life or something. I tried one and they really just taste like any old hard boiled egg. This place was overwhelming with the smell of eggs. 

Kuro Tamago (Black egg) a local specialty!

This is most of the students plus one teacher on our trip. We went to Hakone Park, it was a little too early for the fall leaves but there were some pretty colors starting to show!

We rode a cable car up the mountain to the volcanic area, you can see the steam from the onsen

This is a Sakura Tree! People were in awe standing around it since it shouldn't be starting to bloom yet..






just a typical day in Hakone

It was very cloudy that day but we got to see Fuji-san!