Hakone - day two

Well, the next day couldn't have been more different. After our dip in the inside onsen we caught a bus back towards Gora. First to check out the Open-air museum as recommended by David and Lolly (good plan as not only was it an excellent venue to see top notch sculptures - they also did good coffee, the best so far). After a good 3 hours at the museum, BW also got to play on some amazing exhibits, we retraced our steps of the previous day, train, cable car, ropeway etc. The weather was very kind, no low lying cloud, just great views of Mt. Fuji again. As a friendly Japanese man said to us on the ropeway: " You very rucky, not normal to see this time of year!" After the ropeway we headed back to retrieve our bags and catch the ship to cross Lake Ashinoko down to our next guest house, Moto-Hakone GH, sister to Fuji-Hakone GH. We had a brilliant crossing, weather and visibility perfect. No sooner had we dropped our bags off and headed back to the lake shore to find supper, the mist had rolled in and we couldn't see a thing. Talk about divine timing! We walked part of the Old Tokkaido Highway (parts still in the shade of old Cedar trees planted to shade travellers of old) and then caught a bus back to our digs where we headed for bed.