George in Korea: 141115 Sightseeing Guide to Hakone(箱根観光案内)

Date: November 15 (Sat), 2014

Sightseeing Place: Hakome

Guest: Eric (Chinese Student in Japan)

Sightseeing Course: Odawara – Yumoto – Gora –Sounzan – Owakudani – Togendai – Hakonemachi – Sekisho-Ato – Hakone Shrine – Hakone-en – Komagatake – Yumoto – Ohiradai – Mimu-Ito (Hotel)

One of my good hiking friends known in Korea, Eric came to Japan to study at Ph. D course at Tokodai (東工大) in Japan.

This day, I guided him around Hakone and stay overnight at a hotel in Hakone with my wife and her friend. (My wife and her friend joined us at the hotel.)

I took Tokaido Line to Odawara and met Eric at the ticket gate of Tozan Railway in Odawara at 9 am.

I bought “Hakone Free Ticket” which enable the holder to use several transportation in Hakone for two days. (HFT cost 4000 yen.)

Eric and I took the train from Odawara to Yumoto then changed trains to Hakone Tozan Railway (climbing mountain train) to Gora.

[Hakone Tozan Railway, 箱根登山鉄道、하코네 등산 철도]

They introduced new cars recently and the cars were good for viewing the nature in Hakone, but it was too crowed that day and we could not enjoy seeing the nice views of Hakone.

When we got off at Gora, then there was a long line of people for cable-car ride. We had to wait for 20 minutes to ride on the cable-car.

[At Gora Station, 強羅駅前にて、고라 역에서]

The cable-car brought us to Sounzan Station from which we took a rope-way over the active volcanic area to Owakudani Station. We smell sulfur and enjoyed grand scenery of the valley of Owakudani.

[From Cable-Car, ケーブルカー車内にて、케이블카 차내에서]

[At Sounzan Station, 早雲山駅に到着、소운잔 역에 도착]

[Hakone Rope-Way, 箱根ロープウェイ、하코네 로프웨이]

[From Hakone Rope-Way, 箱根ロープウェイにて、하코네 로프웨이에서]

[At Owakudani Station, 大涌谷駅にて、오와쿠다니 역에서]

Soon after getting off the Owakudani Station, we hurried to the volcanic area where we could see smokes from the earth, and I bought “black eggs” which they boiled from the natural hot spring there.

[At Owakudani with Eric, 大涌谷にてエリックと、오와쿠다니에서　에릭과 함께]

We could see Mt. Fuji well, but not perfectly because the top of it was hidden by the cloud.

[Eric at Owakudani, 大涌谷にてエリック、오와쿠다니에서　에릭]

I bought 5 black eggs by 500 yen. Eric ate 3 and I ate two. I asked a stranger to press the shutter of my camera, while I took her picture by her camera. She was from Thailand.

[Mt. Fuji from Owakudani, 大涌谷駐車場から見た富士山、오와쿠다니 주차장에서 본 후지산]

We returned to Owakudani Ropeway Station and went to Togendai Station from which we took a big boat to Hakone-machi.

[Lake Ashi, 芦ノ湖、아시노코]

[Lake Ashi & Komagatake, 芦ノ湖と駒ケ岳、아시노코와 고마가 타케]

[Eric in front of the boat, 『海賊船』の前のエリック、"해적선"앞에 에릭]

We walked from Hakone-machi to “Sekisho-Ato” where there was a fortress during Edo Period.

[Eric at Hakone Sekisho-ato, 箱根関所跡にて、하코네 관문 앞에서]

[At Hakone Sekisho-ato, 箱根関所跡にて、하코네 관문 앞에서]

[At Hakone Sekisho-ato, 箱根関所跡にて、하코네 관문에서]

We had lunch at a bench on the hill of “Sekisho-Ato.” My wife made rice-balls for us in the morning. They were delicious.

[At Hakone Sekisho-ato, 箱根関所跡にて、하코네 관에서]

After having lunch there we went to Hakone Shrine. There is another shrine called “Kuzuryu (九頭龍神社)” which means “Nine-Headed Dragon” Shrine. Eric’s Chinese name is “Julong(九龍)” which means “Nine Dragon.” This sounds like Eric’s Shrine, so it was quite interesting.

[A gigantic Japanese cedar tree, 神社の杉の巨木、하코네 신사의 삼나무 거목]

After visiting Hakone Shrine, we went to Hakone-en from which another rope way service available to the top of Komagatake (駒ヶ岳1327m).

[Komagatake Rope-Way, 駒ケ岳ロープウェイ、고마가 타케 로프웨이]

It costs 1080 yen for a ride to the top of the mountain, but it is worth if the weather is good. It was a fine day. We enjoyed the nice views and we walked around the top of the mountain as well as the shrine (Hakone Main Shrine) on it.

[Eric at the top of Komagatake, 駒ケ岳山頂にて、고마가타케 정상에서]

[With Eric at the top of Komagatake, 駒ケ岳山頂にて、고마가타케 정상에서]

[Hakone Shrine on the top of Komagatake, 駒ケ岳山頂の箱根神社、고마가타케 정상 하코네 신사]

I had an appointment to meet my wife/her friend at 5 p.m. at Ohiradai. We were late by 30 minutes.

Mariko, my wife’s good friend since they were 18 years old. I regard her as my good friend, too.

[At the hotel in Hakone, 箱根のホテルにて、하코네의 호텔에서

It was a small hotel with 5 or 6 guest rooms. The hotel was facilitated with a natural hot spring. We took the bath before dinner and it was good to have cold beer after taking bath.

[At the hotel in Hakone, 箱根のホテルにて、하코네의 호텔에서

[At dining room of the hotel, ホテルの食堂にて、호텔의 식당에서]

After having gorgeous dinner, we enjoyed Karaoke in the hall. We were surprised by Eric’s singing a lot of songs of Japanese female singer. He is a big fan of Ayumi Hamasaki, so he knew many songs of Ayumi Hamasaki.

[At Karaok Party, カラオケパーティにて、가라오케 파티에서]

I gave up to keep accompany with them and went to our room with a bottle of sake and went to sleep first, before they came to the room.

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分類：観光案内(Sightseeing Guide)

案内月日：2014年11月15日(土)快晴

観光地：神奈川県、箱根

ゲスト：エリック

観光コース：小田原～箱根湯本～強羅～早雲山～大涌谷～桃源台～箱根町～関所跡～箱根神社～箱根園～駒ヶ岳～箱根湯本～大平台～Mimu-Ito(Hotel)泊

この日は中国人留学生のエリックを箱根に案内した。エリックとは小田原駅で待ち合わせ。

大船を8:15の東海道線で小田原へ向かった。小田急の窓口で箱根パスを購入。2日間で4000円だ。

エリックは時間通り9時に改札口へ来た。すぐに箱根湯本行きの電車に乗り、箱根湯本駅へ向かった。

箱根湯本からの登山鉄道は新型車両だったが、満員で、しかも山側に入ったため、風景はさっぱりだった。

[Hakone Tozan Railway, 箱根登山鉄道、하코네 등산 철도]

強羅で下車すると、こんどはケーブルカー乗り場が長蛇の列で、おそらく20分待ちで乗車した。一番前の車両に乗ったのは正解で、早雲山駅ではロープウェイに乗車するためにまた20分待ちだった。

[At Gora Station, 強羅駅前にて、고라 역에서]

[From Cable-Car, ケーブルカー車内にて、케이블카 차내에서]

[At Rope-way Station,ロープウェイ駅にて、로프웨이 역에서]

[From Hakone Rope-Way, 箱根ロープウェイにて、하코네 로프웨이에서]

[At Owakudani Station, 大涌谷駅にて、오와쿠다니 역에서]

大涌谷では駅舎の改築が終わってすっきりしていたが長居はせず、すぐに噴煙地へ向かった。

[Owakudani Station, ロープウェイ大涌谷駅、로프웨이 오와쿠다니 역]

富士山はよく見えたが、山頂に雲がかかって、雪化粧した部分が見えなかったのは残念だ。

噴煙地ではいつものように5個500円の黒卵を買ってエリックが3個、私が2個食べた。噴煙地でシャッターを押しあった相手はタイからの若い女性だった。

[The black eggs, 温泉黒卵、온천 검은 계란]

[At Owakudani, 大涌谷にて、오와쿠다니에서]

[Riding Rope-Way again, ロープウェイに再乗車、로프웨이를 다시 승차]

大涌谷から再度ロープウェイで桃源台駅へ向かった。ここは逆方向に乗る人々が大勢いたが、「海賊船」にはすんなりと乗船できたのは臨時便だったせいか。

[Eric and Lake Ashi, 芦ノ湖の前に立つエリック、아시노코 앞에 설 에릭]

[A picture in the boat, 「海賊船」の中の壁画、"해적선"속 벽화]

[At Hakone Sekisho-ato, 箱根関所跡にて、하코네 관문에서]

[At Hakone Sekisho-ato, 箱根関所跡にて、하코네 관에서]

最初の港の箱根町で下車せずに元箱根港まで行けば奉行所(関所)を省略できたのだが、そうせずに奉行所見学をしたので、この奉行所上の見張り台の下の富士山が見える林で昼飯にした。

[At Hakone Sekisho-ato, 箱根関所跡にて、하코네 관문에서]

妻が前日作った炊き込みご飯の握り飯をエリックと2個ずつ分け合ってちょうどよかった。

奉行所の資料館から恩賜公園側に出て、箱根神社へ向かった。

[Eric at Hakone Shrine, 箱根神社前にて、エリック、하코네 신사 앞에서 에릭]

箱根神社は九頭龍神社と隣り合っていて、そういえばエリックの中国語の名前が蘇九龍なので神社の名前がよく似ているということに気が付いた。

[At Hakone Shrine, 箱根神社前にて、하코네 신사 앞에서]

[A gigantic Japanese cedar tree, 神社の杉の巨木、하코네 신사의 삼나무 거목]

箱根神社を見学した後は、湖畔に沿って早足で歩き、箱根園に着いた。ロープウェイの往復料金は1080円と半端ではないが、１０１人乗りのゴンドラはほぼ満員だった。

[Mt. Fuji from the top, 駒ケ岳山頂より見た富士山、고마가타케 정상에서 본 후지산]

駒ヶ岳の頂上はじつに見晴らしがよい。富士山もすそ野までくっきりと見えるが、あいにく頂上にかかった雲はしつこく消えない。

[Hakone Shrine on the top of Komagatake, 駒ケ岳山頂の箱根神社、고마가타케 정상 하코네 신사]

ゴンドラを降りて、駒ヶ岳の頂上まで歩き、神社から下って、また、頂上駅からゴンドラに乗った。この間の時間はわずか30分。しかし、大平台へ５時に行くにはぎりぎりである。箱根園からのバスは、フリー切符には含まれず、別払いだが、元箱根駅からのバスは含まれる。

４時半のバスに乗って、箱根湯本駅には５時に着いた。これはずいぶん順調だったと感謝すべきだろう。

湯本からふたたび登山鉄道で強羅行に乗り、大平台についたのは５時半だった。妻はちょうど５時に着いたようで、３０分待たせてしまった。