Last week we visited Owakudani and some other areas of Hakone for the first time in two and a half years. Mt. Fuji made an appearance or two before quickly hiding itself behind clouds.

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1. Owakudani 大涌谷 Part of the Hakone Loop includes Owakudani which means the big, boiling valley. Why do they call it that you ask? Because it smells like sulfur from the boiling...
2. Mt. Fuji I took this photograph from a boat on Lake Ashi near Hakone. No cropping has been done to the image, but I did have my camera on 12X optical...
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4. Owakudani (大涌谷) egg man This is the guy in Owakudani that has the thankless job of putting the eggs (dozens at a time in these wire baskets) into the boiling sulfur water. The...
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