Relaxation time in Hakone

After out trek up Mount Fuji, it was now time for the relaxation and the fun part of our trip. The hard part was over!

We had to lug our big American luggage, backpacks and poles across four busses to get to a point where the resort would send a shuttle to pick us up.  The place we were staying at sounded nice in the write-up but we wouldn't really know until we got there.

Our rooms were traditional Japanese style. Very simple, clean lines. 

Note the absence of any beds! This is on purpose. While we were at dinner, we came back to the room to find the tables slid away and the beds made up for us. Again, traditional Japanese bedding, which consists of mats/padding on the floor.

We passed our time by Onsen, laughing, talking, having some drinks and finally relaxing a bit.

The food was a challenge at the resort, it was also traditional Japanese. There were many dishes that were mysterious gelatinous blobs, cold noodles and picked vegetables.

Don't ask what any of those was, as most of it was a mystery to us. We were able to recognize miso soup, sushi and rice... Other then that it was an experiment to guess what everything was. Also, the above food pics are only a small sample of the many components of our two meals at the resort.