Japan 3

Town of Furano in Hokkaido

Walking through Sapporo

Owls in the pachinko (like video poker) window in Sapporo

Flew back to Tokyo and took the train to Hakone

Hakone, kind of a resort/hot spring town

At the hot spring/spa place (onsen)- this is big in Japan.

Mt Fuji

On a pirate boat crossing a lake

Went to the town of Gotemba as a base for climbing fuji.  This is where we were when the typhoon came and dumped solid rain for 2 days.  All trails closed so we were kind of stuck here for a while.

Went to meet our friends and drove to the small fishing town of Heda.  They had a local beach and this plesiosaur to jump off of.  

 
At night was the festivaland we got a boat ride in the bay to see the fireworks

This is the bay where Heda is located

Fuji in the distance from Heda

Local museum showing lots of deep sea creatures.  Here, the water gets very deep not too far offshore so the town is known for these giant deep sea crabs.

Giant deepwater isopods.  They grind these up and make crackers out of them.

Heda and the bay where we were swimming from the adjacent hill

Took the ferry back to Shizuoka.  This is a Japanese warship in Shizuoka Harbour.  Research shows that it is the JS Takanami, "lead ship of the Takanami-class destroyers."

I have more from the other camera so will probably do another post or 2.