When dad Frijas arrived, we visited some new sites including Kawagoe, a town in the Saitama prefecture, which resembles much of Japan's Edo period. There we visited the Bell Tower - a town landmark, and a temple with a Japanese zen garden that surrounded. The structures of the wooden buildings and areas where we strolled reminded me of Kyoto. 
Besides the must-see visits including Asakusa's Sensoji Temple, The Sony Building and Akihabara's "electric town", we took a day trip to Hakone to view Mt. Fuji upclose. Rodney took the day off and again, we rented a step wagon (mini-van). It was a beautiful drive to the mountains, but unfortunately too cloudy to see Mt. Fuji. 
We did however, enjoy a relaxing ferry cruise on Lake Ashi (Ashinoko), one of five lakes around the mountains. One of the highlights of the trip was riding the 
Hakone Ropeway cable car, which took us up the mountain ridge at a 45 degree angle and provided a view of the natural hotsprings, as well as a potent whiff of the sulfur vapors. Markus thoroughly enjoyed the ride. 
Here we are aboard the ferry boat ride on Lake Ashi. It was very breezy on deck. It's obvious that Markus preferred being inside the boat.
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