Fuji Hakone Izu National Park

March – April always reminds one thing, namely the interest Sakura through the mainland islands of Japan. The period of interest that “once a year” is always a moment of interest for anyone lover of flowers and natural beauty.

This is not a story about the beauty of Sakura, but experience a short time to try a boiled egg in a beautiful place, Hakone, during Sakura session. And this happened ten years ago … March-April 1998 … ooh long time ago …

Hakone is a city in the Kantō region including in district Ashigarashimo, Japan. The city is still thick with the “old-habit” condition, blessed Fuji mountain scenery with a very beautiful hat snow. Mount Fuji a distance of around 30 km to Northwest from this place.

Lake Ashi

Towards Hakone from Shinjuku, Tokyo, can be reached within 70 minutes via high-speed train, Sinkanseng. The nearest train station from Hakone is Mishima Station.

This city has a lake called Ashi circumnavigate the beautiful plains of the higherland (mountain), which is still active, Komagatake. Please see the beauty of Lake Ashi in Google Maps  by clicking here.

Some areas in the mountains is a national park called Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Sulfur active region is one of the attractive tourist destination. Regional sulfur is seen on Google Maps  by clicking here.

boiled egg counter

In almost every area, there are usually active hot sulfur “attraction” in the form of “cooking eggs”. I do not understand why this all happened almost at the same place (in Tangkuban Perahu, West Java, there are also things like this).

And relate all the rituals that come are eating hot boiling eggs while enjoying the beauty of nature plus the warmth of steam, sulfur smelt follow-up is ultimately about … With the yen gained some boiled eggs. I think one with 500 yen just the watchmaker 6 eggs warm.

People in the middle of sulfur area

The transition season in the month of March – April, is from winter to spring, is still to bring the temperature is quite cold (especially for the equator’s man).

So, eating boiled egg in the middle of the warmth of steam, sulfur, despite the smell of a tasty, but “enjoyable”…

: )