1時頃に箱根湯本に到着。蕎麦で空腹を満たした後、日本で一番、世界でも二番目に傾斜のきつい鉄道
箱根登山電車で
3回スイッチバックしながらジグザグに山を登って彫刻の森美術館に着いたら、もう3時半。美術館が閉まる5時まで美術鑑賞。もうちょっと時間が欲しかったです。その後、箱根ケーブルカーに乗って終点の早雲山（標高767m）まで行ってみましたが、誰もいなくて静まり返ってました。さらに高く登るためのロープウェイは4時半で終了。次は箱根に泊まって芦ノ湖の方へ、そしてもちろん温泉にも足を運びたいです。
We arrived at Hakone-yumoto around 1pm, and we had Soba noodle for lunch at a restaurant. We took
Hakone Tozan Tetsudo (mountain climbing railway) which is the most steepest train in Japan, and the second steepest in the world, and the train made
3 switchbacks on the way. When we got to the open-air museum 'Choukoku no Mori Bijutsukan' it was 3:30pm already. We were in the museum till 5pm which is the closing time of the museum, but it would be nice to have more time. We took a cable car to the top (767m) even we were late for the ropeway (last one leaves at 4:30pm) from the top. There were nobody there on the top, and kind of sad place. Next time, I want to check around Ashinoko lake, and take a hot bath in hot springs!
