かおりんさんの おぼえた日記 - 2024年12月17日(火)

We went back to Sounzan and took the cable car to Gora Park. We ate rose soft serve ice cream while looking at the beautiful fountain. It was warm so everyone was eating the soft serve. It was a pity that the roses had already finished blooming. Next time, I'd like to visit there when the rose garden is in full bloom. Our next stop was the Hakone Art Museum. I had heard on TV two days before that the autumn leaves there were spectacular. It was indeed a beautiful autumn color. Luckily, an area that is usually closed to the public was open only during the autumn season, and there were lots of colorful autumn leaves in red, orange and yellow. The autumn leaves were late this year, so we seemed to have found the perfect time to visit.
We took the mountain railway to Hakone Yumoto. Actually, I've never been there before, so I really wanted to visit. I had heard by word of mouth that “when you come to Hakone, you should go to Yumoto." It was a Sunday, so there were a lot of people. We’re not as young as we used to be eating, so we ate inside some of the shops. As a result, I spent more time than I expected and bought too many souvenirs... I had intended to go to the Hakone Open-Air Museum, but decided to pass it up. (I promised myself that I would give myself more time next time.) Instead, since the weather was nice, I went to Owakudani again and took some photos of Mt. Fuji.
Maybe thanks to my sunshine bringer, we had great weather for three days and I was happy to get a good view of Mt. Fuji. A guy at the shop said, "It's been cloudy for the past week, and it's been a while since we've had such good weather." Thank God for my sunshine bringer.

早雲山まで戻り、そこからケーブルカーに乗って、「強羅公園」へ。素敵な噴水池をみながら、バラのソフトクリームを食べました。温かったので皆ソフトたべていました。バラが終わっていたのが残念でした。次はバラ園が満開の時に訪れたいです。次に寄ったのが、「箱根美術館」です。前々日にテレビでここの紅葉が見事だと言っていたのでよりました。本当に見事な紅葉でした。運良く、普段は通れない場所が「紅葉期のみの特別公開コース」になっていて、赤、オレンジ、黄色と色とりどりの紅葉がいっぱい。今年は紅葉が遅いのでちょうどいい時期に巡り会ったようです。
　登山鉄道に乗り、箱根湯本へ。実は一度も行ったことないのでどうしても行きたかったんです。「箱根と言えば湯本へ行くべし」と口コミもいっぱいあったので。日曜日だったので、人、人、人…。食べ歩きするほど若くないので、お店の中でいろいろ食べました。おかげで、思っていた以上に時間を使い、お土産も買いすぎて…。「彫刻の森」によるつもりでしたがパスしました。（今度ゆっくり行こうと心に誓った私です。）そのかわり、いいお天気だったので、またも大涌谷まで行って、富士山の写真を撮ってきました。
　晴れ男のおかげか、三日間すごくいいお天気で、富士山がよく見えたのでうれしかったです。お店の人が、「ここ1週間ずっと曇っていて、こんなに天気がいいのは久しぶりです。」と言っていました。晴れ男様様です。

旅行記、読んでいただきありがとうございました。次はアンディを連れて出かけます。