Month: June 2021

Day two started with us venturing to Gora Station to hop on a cable car which then led us to the Hakone ropeway! The ropeway brought us to Owakudani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs. It was created about 3000 years ago as a result of the last eruption of the…

For our three day Memorial Day weekend we went to Hakone! Hakone is known for its natural hot springs, its natural beauty, and views of nearby Mt Fuji across Lake Ashinoko. We drove up using the toll road route after Taylor got off work Friday evening, about a two hour drive. We caught a beautiful…

We took another hike at Mount Nokogiri in the Chiba prefecture! Just to get to the mountain was a lot of fun. Instead of driving or using the train, this trip started with us taking the Tokyo Bay Ferry. It was about a 40 minute ferry ride to get across the bay. The boys loved…

We’ve been loving hiking here and we were told Kamakura has some good trails where you could also see their shrines and temples. With the help of google maps and the All Trails app we found this route and gave it a go. We knew we were going to love this hike from the beginning…