2018/09/26: Hakone - Owakudani & Lake Ashi

Day 13: Our second day in Hakone started cloudy but at least the torrential rain of yesterday had stopped. After breakfast we took the bus back to Gora station then continued on up mountain first on the Tozan Cable Car and then over the top on the Hakone ropeway to Owandaki (The great boiling valley). There had been a small erruption here since our last visit and some of the changes were dramatic. After a few hours here we headed on down to Lake Ashi, rather than take the boat back to Hakone Machi we hiked the 8 mile trail on the West side of the lake and got most of the way there before the rain started again!