Couple more pictures from our trip to Hakone and Nikkó, while in Japan! I must say we didn't expect much from Japan, we just planned to look around a bit, but to be mostly in Tokio. In the end we were impressed by the culture, by the kindness and punctuality how everything was precisely working, and we have done a lot every day lol, crossing Tokio from one side to the other. We often make jokes that one day we should go on holiday that is more relaxing than self devastating. Because we often walk so so much and every of our holidays was an active one. It is a good thing, on the other hand ,I think I already mensioned it earlier here, I should learn how to relax more.
Nikkó was history, temples, but also beautiful mountaneous nature. We were super surprised, when we found this amazing vegetarian restaurant in this small village. What I really liked about Japan was eating out nice meals for cheap.
I was the happiest when I finally realized the difference between ramen, soba and udon (these are all soups basically, but they keep you asking if you want soba or udon, now we looked clever haha).
Hakone was also mountaneous and beautiful in a different way. It is an onsen area. So we took a walk by the lake, ate delicious lunch, and then soak up in the hot spa. Onsen is a japanese traditional spa, from natural hot springs, usually divided for men and women, because you are taking the bath naked. I found this beautiful onsen on Pinterest before we left for Japan, at Green Plaza hotel, because of its view to Mount Fuji. It was oh so relaxing to spend there couple of hours just by myself and with Fuji on horizont! It will stay in my memory for long. What a afternoon. (Then we almost missed our train back to Tokio because that spa was on top of the mountain, and you really loose a track of time when in there...)
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Jeste dodatecne pridavam par foto z Japonska, tedy konkretne z vyletu do Nikkó a do Hakone. Musim se priznat, ze jsem od Japonska necekala uplne moc, mela to pro nas byt spise jen tranzitni zeme cestou na Zeland a planovali jsme hlavne relaxovat a podivat se jen tak po Tokiu. Japonsko me uchvatilo v tom, jak jsou zdejsi lide mili a slusni, a jak vse slape, jak svycarsky hodinky. Nakonec jsme se nadchli a litali zas samozrejme sem a tam, a samozrejme i mimo Tokio. Casto si delame srandu, ze bychom nekdy uz meli jet na dovolenou, ktera bude fakt odpocinkova a ne sebeznicujici. Vsechny nase dovolene jsou vzdycky aktivni a plne chozeni. Coz je samozrejme dobre, ale rada bych se uz nekdy naucila najit rovnovahu mezi aktivni a relaxacni dovolenou.
Vylet do Nikkó byl hlavne za chramy a za historii, ale take takovy mily unik z ruchu velkomesta do hor. Cestou zpet na vlak na nas cekalo prijemne prekvapeni, kdyz jsme v teto malinke vesnicce nasli naprosto skvelou vegetarianskou restauraci. Co se mi na Japonsku libilo uplne nejvic, byla moznost jist venku casto a za rozumne penize.
Velkou radost nam udelalo, kdyz jsme konecne rozlustili zahadu rozdilu mezi ramen, soba a udon (v podstate jsou to vsechno polivky, ale vzdycky se nas nekdo ptal jestli soba nebo udon, tak ted uz jsme aspon vedeli o co jde a mohli delat chytry haha).
Hakone je take v horach a je zas krasne jinym zpusobem. Jedna se o jednu z oblasti onsenu. Udelali jsme si tedy vychazku kolem jezera, naobedvali se v pomerne nobl restauraci, a pak uz jsme se po zbytek dne nechali hyckat ve spa. Onseny jsou tradicni japonske lazne, naplnene vodou z horkych pramenu, a jsou zpravidla oddelene pro muze a zeny, ponevadz se do nich vetsinou chodi v uplne nahote. Ja jsem si nas onsen vyhlidla uz z CR na Pinterestu, v hotelu Green Plaza, protoze mel mit krasny vyhled na sopku Fuji. Musim rict, ze jsme si oba paradne odpocinuli, lazne byly skoro prazdne a vyhled na Fuji nezapomenutelny. Myslim, ze vzpominky na tohle odpoledne me budou hrat jeste dlouho. (Pak jsme tedy malem nestihli nas vlak zpet do Tokia, dobehli jsme ho a asi za 5 vterin odjizdel takze asi tak, protoze nase onseny byly na samem vrcholu hory a clovek tam tak trosku ztrati pojem o case...)