Love those run down places full of old but still working arcade games :)
Was supposed to snow today but it did not so here is some snow from last year !
Nice looking little shrine in Hakone, at the top of a mountain, in the snow !
A lonely survivor in Hakone.
Green Trees seen from the cable car while going up in Hakone.
Pink shoes from the staff in the cable car in Hakone.
Preparing something…
Usual equipment at the entrance of a temple or a shrine but unusual water : warm with a smell of sulphur ! Shot at Owakudani near Hakone.
A trip to Owakudani would not be complete without eating a black egg or kurotamago (黒タマゴ), the world most famous egg, which expands your longevity by 7 years ! Unfortunately, the path to the boiling crater was closed due to heavy snow and ice, so just some photos of someone enjoying eating them :-)
100+ km drive and Owakudani was closed ! Oh well it was not the first time and probably not the last either. Plenty of nice photos already :-) And besides, they had freshly cooked eggs available so the trip wasn’t for nothing. More on that later…
On our way to Owakudani. This time we had the snow socks with us. Quattro with summer tires helps to climb the hills but is of no use to stop or to turn ;-)
Always extremly hot so careful with the first sip ! This one was from Hakone.
Wanted to shoot a short video at Owakudani – would have been gorgeous with all the snow – but it was closed… due to heavy snowfall ! While going up the mountain was quite easy with AWD, there were a few scary moments on the way down when the car did not really want to ...
Somewhere in Hakone
At the renowned Hatsuhana in Hakone.
If it had a black neck that is…
Sengokuhara Sharatei in Hakone.
Sengokuhara Sharatei in Hakone.
In Hakone
No competition possible ! ;-)