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rae ootd

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Got up for an early morning ‘hike’ at Mount Takao. It was a 45 min ride away from central Tokyo - rather near. Weather was good, not flooded with crowds as well.

base of takao

serious photo of us

monkey sign

On the way up we tried Takao’s famous dango. It tasted like a ball of flour with the Tori q sauce. Pretty nice to chew on with the cool air.

dango campfire

Took a chair lift up half the way as we didnt want to wear ourselves out. Totally did not regret that decision hahah as the walk up was actually quite terrible as we found out later.

rae walking

chair lift

sesame dango

rae and icecream

boy walking dog

dog

stairs to temple

sign otw to temple

water at temple

The walk up to the summit was nice as we got to see the japanese temple and snack on lots of random stuff from vending machines and shops along the way.

at the top finally!

japanese people

dom smiling

monks chanting

Finally reach the top we saw many jap families + aunties & uncles were resting and having picnics. The japanese love their camping stuff, as we saw many people bringing gas cookers up the mountain to cook food. Ourselves, we were chomping on all the unhealthy 7-11 snacks we stocked up on (guilty smile). It was scenic and a good change away from bustling Tokyo.

rae at top

uncle with stick

We walked the whole way down. Boy it was many steep slopes, this was when we knew paying 490 yen for the chair lift was worth it hahahahha. Anyway fyi - the hike is only 4.1~km!

rae and stump

lord of the rings

Headed to Akihabara & tried the famous Pablo Cheese Tart! It was yummy but both of us felt that the Hakone Honey Cheese Tart was still the best tasting tart so far!

rae and pablo shop

pablo tart

We managed to book a slot to the Owl cafe and it was a good experience as we never knew we would ever stroke/hold owls! Dom was excited while I was a bit hesitant as I was intimidated by the owls’ gaze lol. Only can manage the mini owls heh. The biggest owl in the shop was almost the size of a cat? Huge!

rae touch owl

owl

dom and owl

Continued on with a bit of electronics viewing for the boy & dinner at Mawaru Ganso Sushi, a conveyor belt sushi place which was yummy. Ate about 16 pieces of sushi, was SO full of carbs. Walked a bit and headed back to rest our feet :>

big camera

camera lens

mechanical keyboard

gachapons

dom as a mountain

rae as fish

sushi guy