こどもの国

the cows were eager to be fed 

it was a very cloudy day. later it rained 

we saw swans in the lake 

we changed boats in the middle of the lake. selena hopping on to the row boat, and i bumping my head as i gracelessly boarded the pedal boat 

paragliding was awesome. and the instructor guy said i had the best running start. i have got to try this for real 

mom enjoys being a passenger on the row boat. i did most of the paddling 

ian feeds the cows 

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it's dark, but this is me. i'm on this small pathetic lake in a row-boat in Kodomonokuni. Just after we tried rafting. 

scene of the river and all just in front of hakone yumoto station. 

a view from up there 

more of the hakone kyuukaidou trail 

last picture i took before told "no!!!" by the gaurd. 

this is a "kujaku" bird. very cool. apparently lives in the shrine. 

view of the shrine and the gaurd that shoed us out. 

shrine in hakone 

here is the view from the top of the stairs of the shrine 

This is ashinoko lake.  

this dude was in the crazy shrine. we saw a pink buddha too but were warned not to take photos of him 

we saw these bungalos... got me excited about the idea 

the trail. it was a beautiful day 

an interesting building we saw along the 5 hour walk down the mountain 

jennifer on the hakone kyuukaidou 

a view from the trail in hakone 

me in front of that shrine. 

cassandra in hakone