We had a great day yesterday traveling to Hakone and seeing the sights. The boys were pretty good traveling companions as far as 16 year olds go, and they seemed to enjoy themselves. They took a lot of pictures. I tried to take a lot of pictures, but my camera broke when we got aboard the pirate ship. So I only have half the day documented.
The day was uneventful except for the point during the day when I left the boys for a short while in a trinket shop. The stores in Japan frequently create "Lucky Bags." They put left-over merchandise in bags and close them up so you can't see what you are buying, and sell them for usually about the equivalent of 10 dollars. Well, when I was sitting outside in the sun waiting for them to join me, they emerged from the store with one of these "Lucky Bags." Apparently they had each put forth change from their pockets and jointly paid for said bag. They sat in the sun, unpacking the bag to great gales of laughter, and after they looked through the contents, re-named said bag as the "Crap Bag." Well, after that None of them wanted to carry it. Art was a good sport, and had carried it most of the way, but I only carried it a few minutes before reminding them that I had nothing to do with it whatsoever, and made Matt carry it. The afternoon was then spent with Art plotting to ditch the newly named bag, but to no avail. It made it home, and the handles ripped finally at the station, but it was a great source of jocularity for most of the afternoon. They will be bringing home some of the contents as gifts.
We took trains, a bus, walked, sailed on a pirate ship, took a gondola, and a cable car to travel through the Hakone region under the bright blue sunny sky. We ate soba noodles in broth for lunch, and watched the sun set behind Fuji-san. (Affectionately nicknamed "The Fuj" by the guys) All in all, a very good day.
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