Hakone to Kyoto

early morning looking to the view of Fuji

waiting in the rain for the bus to take us to the ropeway then to the cable car 

 cable car looking to Fuji

 Fuji

 what we should have seen

 looking down from the cable car

 cable car station

blossoms lined the route

Bullet train
We took the bullet train to Kyoto

then a taxi to
 our traditional room

 down a little back alley in the centre of Kyoto

 where the blossoms gather on the side of the road

and cherry blossom trees line the river