Nagoya and Hakone

This site covers two unrelated places. Nagoya is the fourth biggest city and is a modern industrial city. Among other things, this is where you find the roots of Toyota. The guidebook was quite positive on Nagoya, but I'm less thrilled. I did not find it at all as exciting as Fukuoka. However, it is a good base for day excursion in the surrounding area.

Hakone is an area about one hour south of Tokyo with mountains, lakes and hot springs. It's a popular destination, and you can travel around Hakone with mountain railway, cable car, ropeway and spectacular ships. And for that matter with more prosaic buses. There are also trails for walkers. On my way back to Tokyo, I side-tracked to Hakone, but I did not stay the night. To wit, when I checked my standard site for hotel bookings the night before, I got no hits at all! It may be related to the fact that I was there a Saturday, and a lot of people from Tokyo go there over the weekend. All and all, it was so-so. I spent a bit too much of the day in transport. First some hours up from Nagoya, and then it took some time to get to the more interesting parts in Hakone.

1. Nagoya Skyscraper	2. The Station Plaza	3. Sky Promenade I	4. Sky Promenade II
5. Sky Promenade III	6. Sky Promenade IV	7. The Castle Grounds	8. Nagoya Castle
9. City Hall	10. Tokugawa-en I	11. Tokugawa-en II	12. Sakae
13. TV Tower I	14. Sculpture	15. Crossing	16. Oasis 21
17. Escalator	18. TV Tower II	19. Footbridge	20. Avenue at Night
21. House in Red	22. House in Green	23. The Railway Towers	24. Railway Bridge
25. View from the Ropeway	26. Down on the Ground	27. Working Area	28. Owakudani
29. Pretty Birds	30. Ropeway	31. Sightseeing Boat I	32. Sightseeing Boat II
33. Lake beyond the Woods	34. Forest Path	35. Stone with Characters	36. Untidy Road
37. Lakeview Again	38. And Again	39. Liane	40. End of the Path

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