Located in the mountains about 100 kilometres west of Tokyo, on the shore of Lake Ashi, is the town of Hakone. From the shore of the lake there is the most spectacular view of Mt Fuji including the red Torii of the shrine in Hakone. The shrine and settlement in this area has been traced back for over 1000 years.
The mountains plunging into the lake and the location of the town on the shores of the lake has a very European feel or even, dare I say it, when walking the promenade around the lake it almost felt like Queenstown in New Zealand. Though I did enjoy the sight of a sausage and ham resturant.
Lake Ashi is a very popular tourist location and there are a number of boats that cruise the lake showing tourists around the area. There are seven stylised pirate boats which seemed to be very popular with long queues every time one of these ships pulled in to take on passengers.
We actually went to Hakone to visit a smaller town further around on the lake shore and here enjoyed an aquarium visit, cable car to the top of the mountains and some great lake views.
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