today is our last full day in japan! tomorrow we will head back to taipei via haneda around noon, so it was time to get our run in and go for some ramen!
we woke up relatively early to a beautiful cool morning and did a few loops around shiba-koen and tokyo tower. during our run, we saw more trees and flowers blossoming, as the weather was warming up through the weekend.
after the run, we headed to tokyo station and it took a little while to find the station's yaesu south entrance and *drumroll* ramen alley! we were gunning for rokurinsha again, but given that there was another 45 minutes before opening and a line beginning to form, we decided to have it next time. we opted for the veggie ramen shop which was really tasty! i don't feel like i eat enough fresh or green vegetables whenever im in japan, so the bean sprouts were a welcomed addition. here is a picture of kevin finishing off my bowl :p
in the afternoon, we headed to shinjuku-gyoen to enjoy the thousands of cherry blossom trees - there are so many different types! shades of powder, pink, rose, to hues of purple. there were mobs of tourists around the larger blossoms, so we eventually made our way to an open grassy field with a view of the empire state building in shinjuku. lol.
in the evening, masa and chisa picked us up from the hotel and we took a long drive to tenzan onsen in hakone. hakone is a mountainous area in kanagawa prefecture, just south west of tokyo. it surrounds fuji mountain and lake ashi, two iconic places to visit in japan. we had a nice shabu shabu dinner and then everyone enjoyed the onsen for an hour while i napped in the quiet room. it was a lovely way to spend the evening and the onsen grounds were very lovely.
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