31/10 - Hakone - Kyoto

After having a breakfast at the Hakone hotel we took a bus to Gora station. From there a "carmelit" took us to Souzane, a place nearby where we could take the cable-car up the hill. Fanatastic forests, rich colours and very fresh air. We arrived then to a place where vulcanic activities are observable all the time. The entire mountain smokes, and ejects sulfide steams.
Fuji-San, the greates vulcano, was hardly seen because of the clouds around him. We only saw its flat peak of the 3776 meters high mountain.
We ate special eggs which were boiled in the vulcanic hot mineral water. They had a black colour from outside, however they had regular taste.
Another cable car took us to the Ashinoko lake, where we took the pirate's boat to the other side.
From Gora station then we took a special tram to Hakone-Yumoto. This tram ascends and descends up- and downhill while taking zig-zags. Each segment the tram changed its direction of moving. The driver changed his location from one end to the other permanently.
Afternoon we took the Kodama Shinkansen from Odaware to Kyoto. It took about 3 hours.
On the way we could clearly see the huge Fuji-San on the right side of the rails.
We found the hotel very easily in the city, and went for a walk and sushi dinner in a small authentic local bar. This sushi was the greates ever. I know that I have stated this already about the Tokyo sushi which we ate, but we both think that this small place wins.
At the first sight Kyoto seems to be a most bubbly city with lots of restaurants, bars and clubs. So far we saw only a couple of streets, but I am sure that in the next days we will explore it deeply.