thursday 29th checked out at 8am and took the subway and trains to hakone. We bought a Hakone freepass which meant we could use any means of transport whilst we were there. arrived around midday and took the bus on a scenic route to Hakone- machi, and we took in the views of Lake Ashi as we walked down Cedar Avenue, lined with huge cedar trees (surprisingly enough). took a boat over the lake with promised views of Mt. Fuji, i (ed) was very disappointed as we...

tuesday 27th. we have arrived in japan. got to tokyo international airport at 9am and now we have the task of finding our hostel. we got the subway (which is surprisingly easy to use) to Asakusa (old tokyo) and arrived at our hostel at about 11.30am. we were told that we couldnt check in till 3pm but could leave our bags, this didnt really go down to well as we had now been awake for 24 hours, as neither of us slept on the plane. we sleep walked round Asakusa an...