X3: Hakone/箱根 (italiano/English/日本語)

Primo Torii del tempio di Hakone

ITALIANO

In questo post in tre lingue cercherò di rievocare la mia esperienza a Hakone, nella prefettura di Kanagawa.

Visitai Hakone la scorsa estate, approfittando di qualche giorno di vacanza e dell’Hakone Free Pass, che offre corse illimitate sulle linee Tozan, tra treni, autobus, funicolare, cabinovia e una nave di… pirati.

Dalla stazione di Shinjuku (Tokyo) presi un treno della linea Odakyu per Odawara, dove cambiai, e proseguii su treno della Tozan fino a Hakone Yumoto, uno dei centri più rilevanti della zona, in cui avevo prenotato un alloggio.

Da Yumoto salii su un altro treno e presi funicolare e cabinovia diretta a Owakudani, un particolarissimo catino di terra, ciò che resta di un millenario cratere che rilascia ancora fumo e gas. Il tempo era uggioso e le nuvole basse e la nebbia si confondevano con il fumo, creando un paesaggio un po’ sinistro eppure ammaliante.

Un altro giro in cabinovia e via verso il lago Ashi, immerso nel verde. Tradizionalmente regala tra le viste più belle e celebri di Hakone. Il tempo, tuttavia, continuava a non essere dalla mia parte: vista del monte Fuji non pervenuta dalla nave dei pirati purtroppo.

Sentiero Yuzakaji

Il giorno seguente il tempo era incerto, erano previsti intervalli di pioggia alternati a sporadici raggi di sole. Decisi di percorrere il sentiero Yuzakaji, parte dell’antica strada per Kamakura, da Ashinoyu a Yumoto, passando anche per le suggestive cascate Chisuji. Il sentiero passa diversi siti di importanza storica, di resti, però, rimane/si vede praticamente nulla.

Ma come venni a conoscenza di Hakone… la natura? le terme? No. Hakone entrò nel mio radar come la Neo Tokyo 3 di Evangelion. I fan del franchising possono visitare le location viste nelle produzioni animate e il caratterisico Evangelion shop di Yumoto.

Un breve video sulla mia visita a Hakone alla fine del post.

Owakudani

ENGLISH

Practicing English by writing about Hakone, Japan.

Summer of last year I visited Hakone, in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Before my trip, I bought the Hakone Free Pass, which allows unlimited rides on Hakone transportation. That is the Hakone Tozan railway, cable car, buses, ropeway and the Hakone Pirate Ship.

I took the Odakyu Line from Shinjuku to Odawara and then the Tozan Line to Hakone Yumoto, a well connected centre where I had booked a hotel for my stay.

From Yumoto, I got to Owakudani by riding the cable car and the ropeway. Owakudani is a very old explosion crater that still emits smoke and gas. From there, I took again the ropeway bound for Lake Ashi. The lake, surrounded by nature, is a great spot for sightseeing in Hakone. The path around Ashi offers stunning landscape and views, which I could not capture because my battery died. I arrived at Motohakone and took the pirate ship, a very popular ride because of the views of Mount Fuji. Unfortunately, it was too cloudy and I couldn't see Mount Fuji, but I enjoyed a quaint view of the first torii gate of Hakone Shrine.

The next day, the weather was bad again, so I went hiking near Yumoto. I walked the Yuzakaji course from Ashinoyu to Yumoto. It is part of the old road to Kamakura, it passes several historical sites and, by a small detour, the peaceful Chisuji falls. It is a long walk, which I suggest to do in the direction I chose and not starting from Yumoto, which would be mostly uphill.

Evangelion Unit 01 at Togendai Station

Being a fan of the Evangelion franchise, of course I knew Hakone is New Tokyo-3 city. For all the other fans out there, there are several places you may want to visit, such as the Evangelion shop in Yumoto and the Evangelion Unit-01 display area at Togendai Station.

Please scroll down for a short video about my visit to Hakone.

千条の滝

日本語

2年間日本語を勉強している。日本語を練習するためにこの投稿を書いている。

去年の箱根旅行を紹介する。

旅行の前に箱根フリーパスを買った。箱根交通機関が乗り放題のパスだ。つまり、箱根登山電車、箱根登山ケーブルカー、箱根登山バス、箱根ロープウェイと箱根海賊船だ。本当に便利だ。

箱根に行くには、新宿からOdakyu線で小田原まで行き、そこから登山線で湯本まで行った。湯本は交通の便が良いので、そこのホテルに泊まることにした。

箱根湯本

湯本からは大涌谷や芦ノ湖へも行きやすい。ケーブルカーとロープウェイに乗る。大涌谷は古い火口だ。火口は今も煙とガスを出している。大涌谷からはロープウェイに乗り、芦ノ湖へ行くことができる。自然に囲まれた芦ノ湖は、箱根の観光に偉いスポットだ。芦ノ湖一周コースを歩くことができる。東側コースを歩いた。自然はすばらしかった。元箱根まで歩き、海賊船に乗った。普通は船から富士山が見えるのでとても人気がある。残念ながら私が乗った時は曇っていたので富士山は見えなかった。でも箱根神社 一の鳥居 の眺めはきれいだった。

次の日はまた天気が悪かったので湯本の近くにハイキングに行った。芦の湯から湯本まで湯坂路 コースを歩いた。鎌倉へ向かう古道だ。千条の滝を過ぎ、浅間山に登るコースだ。長い散歩だが、とても楽しかった。

最後に、箱根はエヴァンゲリオンの第 3 新東京市だ。 ファンなら行きたい場所がたくさんある。例えば湯本のエヴァンゲリオンショップと桃源台駅のエヴァンゲリオン初号機など。

以下は箱根に関する短い動画だ。

Music

00:00-01:13 New Again by Josh Woodward

01:13-01:17 Coin-op by Josh Woodward
02:08-03:38 Bread crumbs by Josh Woodward
All downloadable for free at https://www.joshwoodward.com

01:18-02:08 Voyage by TELL YOUR STORY music by ikson™ Link: https://ikson.com/tell-your-story

Voice AI

Matilda at IIElevenLabs

See you soon cyberspace cowboy...

Links:

Hakone Freepass: https://www.odakyu.jp/english/passes/hakone/
箱根フリーパス: https://www.odakyu-freepass.jp/hakone/ 
New Again by Josh Woodward: https://www.joshwoodward.com
Coin-op by Josh Woodward: https://www.joshwoodward.com
Bread crumbs by Josh Woodward: https://www.joshwoodward.com
Voyage by TELL YOUR STORY music by ikson™ https://ikson.com/tell-your-story
Voice AI - Matilda at IIElevenLabs: https://elevenlabs.io/