{"id":312,"date":"2014-05-29T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T09:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/japan.atlanteans.net\/?p=312"},"modified":"2014-06-05T20:04:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T18:04:29","slug":"japan-2014-days-4-5-japon-2014-jours-4-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan.atlanteans.net\/?p=312","title":{"rendered":"Japan 2014 Days 4 &#038; 5 \/ Japon 2014 Jours 4 &#038; 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As planned yesterday no wifi network was available so here comes the update for the last two days.<\/p>\n<p>We left our hotel early in the morning twoo days ago, our plan was to check on the Tokyo Skytree the new tower that has opened two years ago, and is twice as high as the Tokyo Tower. Unfortunately there was just too much wait for us about 60 minutes just to get the tickets, and it would not fit with the schedule. So we just went a little for the shopping street, and then as there is a long distance from Tokyo Station, we went back to the main station for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>There we found what is called the Ramen Street, a long hall in the basement of Tokyo Station where you can find a lot of Ramen establishment. We selected one, and then on the vending machine got our lunch choices done and payed, before waiting a little for two seats to get free. And then had some nice ramen, as you&#8217;ll see in the pictures. We then went on over the ground to waitand take our first shikansen ride to Odawara.<\/p>\n<p>At this point we changed for a very different railway that is operated in the mountain, the Hakone Tozan Railway, which is a nice experience, with a pretty high gradient and three places where the driver will change of side to continue the trips, these switchback and station are also the only places where train going both side would cross each other, as otherwise it is a single track all the way. So we got from about 12m above sea to more than 500m above. And a little but tiring walk later (the climb was steep), we got to our Ryokan. And got for a very nice experience.<\/p>\n<p>After beingintroduce to the team there, and leaving our shoes at the entrance, we were then taken to our room, where we would be served dinner and breakfast, but also sleep, our bed would be made after dinner, but also our room included our own private outside bath just for us to relax in this hot water, and also where we would take our shower. Obivously hidden from the outside. What a treat after a nice dinner\u00a0composed of many different small portion of meals, to go outside in the dark get our shower and then just relax in the hot water watching the starry sky. Something you can&#8217;t see on pictures but have to live.<\/p>\n<p>After a nice night on our &#8220;beds&#8221; on the ground and another very nice set of meals for the morning, we would just make a little tour of the ryokan, before getting back to odwara where we would have meal and then catch a shinkansen that got us to Kyoto we&#8217;re will be staying for the next 5 nights.<\/p>\n<p>Finally here are the pictures :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114773392268686655181\/albums\/6018766505153280849\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114773392268686655181\/albums\/6018766505153280849<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Comme pr\u00e9vu hier aucun r\u00e9seau internet n&#8217;\u00e9tait disponible aussi voici la mise \u00e0 jour de ces deux derniers jours.<\/p>\n<p>Nous avons quitt\u00e9 notre h\u00f4tel il y a deux jours et nous avions pr\u00e9vu de visiter la Tokyo Skytree, nouvelle tour qui a ouvert il y a deux ans, et eest deux fois plus haute que la Tour de Tokyo. Malheureusement, il y avait vraiment trop d&#8217;attente pour nous, 60 minutes rien que pour acheter des tickets, et cela ne rentrerai plus dans notre planning. Aussi nous avons juste visiter un peu le centre commercial sous cette derni\u00e8re, et sommes ensuites all\u00e9s \u00e0 la station de Tokyo assez \u00e9loign\u00e9e, pour prendre notre d\u00e9jeuner.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e0 bas nous avons trouv\u00e9 ce qui est appel\u00e9 la Ramen Street, un long couloir au sous sol de la station de Tokyo o\u00f9 vous pouvez trouver de nombreux \u00e9tablissement proposant des ramen. Nous en avons choisi un, puis avons achet\u00e9 nos repas via la machine automatique, avant d&#8217;attendre un peu que deux si\u00e8ges se lib\u00e8rent. Nous avons ainsi pu d\u00e9guster de tr\u00e8s sympathique ramen. Nous sommes ensuite remont\u00e9 au dessus du sol afin de prendre notre premier Shinkansen jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 Odawara.<\/p>\n<p>A cet endroit nous avons chang\u00e9 pour une ligne de train radicalement diff\u00e9rente dans les montagnes, L&#8217;Hakone Tozan Railway, ce qui fut une exp\u00e9rience sympathique avec ses pentes assez forte, et les trois points auxquels le conducteur change de c\u00f4t\u00e9 pour repartir en sens inverse. Ces changement de sens et les stations \u00e9tant les seuls endroit o\u00f9 l&#8217;on peut croiser un train en sens inverse, le reste du trajet \u00e9tant une voie unique. Nous sommes ainsi pass\u00e9 de 12 m d&#8217;altitude \u00e0 plus de 500m. And apr\u00e8s une nouvelle marche un peu fatigante car en assez forte pente, d&#8217;un kilom\u00e8tre, nous sommes arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 notre ryokan. Et nous y avons v\u00e9cu une bonne exp\u00e9rience.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 introduit au personnel, et avoir laiss\u00e9 nos chaussures \u00e0 l&#8217;entr\u00e9e, nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 men\u00e9s \u00e0 notre chambre, o\u00f9 nous serait aussi servi d\u00eener et petit-d\u00e9jeuner, mais ou nous allions aussi bien s\u00fbr dormir, les lits \u00e9tant mis en place apr\u00e8s le d\u00eener. Mais surtout notre chambre incluais notre propre petit bain priv\u00e9 en ext\u00e9rieur pour se d\u00e9tendre dans cette eau tr\u00e8s chaude mais aussi o\u00f9 nous prendrions nos douches en ext\u00e9rieur. Bien entendu cach\u00e9 des autres personnes. Quel pied apr\u00e8s avoir pris un bon d\u00eener compos\u00e9 de nombreux plats diff\u00e9rents en petites portions de se plonger en pleine nuit dans cette eau chaude et de regard\u00e9 le ciel \u00e9toil\u00e9. Ca c&#8217;est quelque chose que vous ne pouvez voir en photo mais vraiment \u00e0 vivre.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s une bonne nuit de sommeil \u00e0 m\u00eame le sol sur les fameux futons, nous avons eu un nouveau tr\u00e8s bon petit d\u00e9jeuner, l\u00e0 encore compos\u00e9 de nombreux plats, avant de faire un petit tour de l&#8217;\u00e9tablissement et de retourner \u00e0 Odawara o\u00f9 nous devions prendre un\u00a0autre shinkansen \u00e0 destination de Tokyo o\u00f9 nous resterons les 5 prochaines nuits.<\/p>\n<p>Enfin voici les images :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114773392268686655181\/albums\/6018766505153280849\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/114773392268686655181\/albums\/6018766505153280849<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/japan.atlanteans.net\/?p=312\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As planned yesterday no wifi network was available so here comes the update for the last two days. 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