Japan! Hakone Checkpoint & Lake Ashi area

**Kaitou Ace** · 11-06-2009 12:56 AM

So I figure it's about time I post at least some of my Japan photos here. These ones are from the Hakone checkpoint.

Hakone, in the Kanagawa prefecture, used to serve as a primary checkpoint for travelers to/from Edo (Tokyo) under the Tokugawa shogunate.

Lake Ashi, with Mt Fuji in the background

Hakone checkpoint

Leaves are just starting to change color in the area.

Mt Fuji starts to hide behind cloud cover.

Interesting tree formation

Another view of Mt Fuji

Lake Ashi shrine gates

?wakudani sulfur vents. Eggs boiled in the sulfuric hot springs turn black, and eating one of the black eggs is said to add seven years to your life. I ate two O_o;

Another view of the sulfuric vents

A couple of sunset shots, and the moon rising over the mountains.

**Exarion Sekura Ishtar** · 11-06-2009 02:46 AM

Those are really nice pics. Japan is really beautiful! I loved it so much when I went there!

**Kaitou Ace** · 11-06-2009 09:07 AM

Thanks! Please don't quote all the images in the future tho o_o;

**Araragi** · 11-06-2009 09:42 AM

whoo.. its really amazing great pics. I desperately want to go to Japan... well, till the time comes

**Kotomi Ichinose** · 11-06-2009 10:03 AM

Holy mother...

Japan has, and will remain my primary travel destination. Of course, thanks for the pics. I especially like the shots with Mt. Fuji!

**Exarion Sekura Ishtar** · 11-06-2009 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by Kaitou Ace

Thanks! Please don't quote all the images in the future tho o_o;

Lol, okay, sorry about that. You're welcome, though. ^_^

**Xombii** · 11-06-2009 04:36 PM

did the black eggs taste good? i had an opportunity to eat one when i went there but turned it down xD

**Kaitou Ace** · 11-06-2009 08:19 PM

Actually they tasted a lot like regular boiled eggs and only had a very faint sulfur smell before you peel them

**Teddy2116** · 11-06-2009 08:25 PM

Nice pics, the landscape was beautifully gasped in each photo.

**OminousCloud** · 11-07-2009 08:35 AM

The tree one and the sulfur vent one are my favourites, I really like their composition.

**suzumi** · 11-08-2009 07:04 PM

Oooooh, pretty!! Makes me miss Japan. ;_;

I went to Hakone a couple years ago. I think it was in late November though, because the leaves had a lot more colour. Did you go on the cable cars? Or the boats?

I especially love the last photo. The moon looks huge.

**Kaitou Ace** · 11-09-2009 08:21 AM

Thanks ^_^
And in Hakone I did both, the boat and the cable car. I ended up getting the Hakone Free Pass, which covered pretty much every form of transportation in the area.

**Hypatia** · 12-03-2009 04:19 AM

Wow those pictures are remarkable. If my vocabulary was greater then I would use a better word.

**WillemStyle** · 12-03-2009 05:24 AM

awwww *droooooool*!

I wanna go to Japan sooo badly, but too sad: i live in the netherlands

**WillemStyle** · 12-03-2009 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Glenski

Paul, please don't take this personally but I am going to look into deducting your 108 points for using "aint" instead of the grammatically correct "is not" in the sentence I have highlighted above.

"Japan is not some kind of manga theme park" is how I would word that sentence.

Glen.

About talking offtopic, lol :P

Anyways, i don't see Japan as a "manga theme park".
I truly love their style and have seen many pictures, and i even know two people who live there, saying it's great!

**wish_maker** · 12-03-2009 05:44 PM

if i had to hate someone on this site, it would surely now have to be Kaitou Ace. omg. i took photography for a semester and figured i wasn't good enough! these pictures of japan are super beautiful. you did photograph these, right? the members of AG continue to WOW me with their talents. XD! oh.. and an admin too.