Hakone and Mount Fuji

There is so much to say about our time in Hakone. It was as if the gods that we prayed to at the temples in Tokyo were looking out for us. The weather was great, we had seats at the very front of the Odakyu Romancecar to Hakone and Mount Fuji appeared out of the clouds for us while we were cruising on Lake Ashi. We could even see the top of Mount Fuji from our hotel room terrace. We stayed at the Hotel de Yama in Hakone and it was a terrific hotel. The highlight, other than Mount Fuji, was our Japanese dinner. Again, it didn't help that I couldn't read the kanji menu but we had a 9-course dinner which was very pretty and yummy. Every dish was presented oh so perfectly and the servers were so very patient when we asked dumb questions about what we were eating. I did get a copy of the menu to take home to my mother so that she can tell us exactly what we had. Craig and Kathi had a sake-sampler which I believed they enjoyed quite thoroughly.