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Attached the breakdown of my tokyo 8D7N expenses. In fact, I spent less than that, around SGD 1500 ~ 1650. hahaha…
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spent almost every single $ in my pocket… feel sad to go home…. I wanna work here and stay here forever and ever…..
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(Will upload all the photos after my trip.. hehe..)
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friday fever at Hakone, eating fuji apple while enjoying Mt. Fuji scenary…
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Hakone (箱根町, Hakone-machi?) is a town in Ashigarashimo District in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the mountainous far west of the prefecture, on the eastern side of Hakone Pass.
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As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 13,585 and a density of 146 persons per km². The total area was 92.82 km².
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Hakone is the location of a noted Shinto shrine, the Hakone Gongen, which is mentioned in Heian period literature. During the Gempei War, Minamoto no Yoritomo prayed at this shrine for victory over his enemies, after his defeat at the Battle of Ishibashiyama, which was also located with the borders of present-day Hakone. As with the rest of Ashigarashimo Distrct, the area came under the control of the late Hōjō clan of Odawara during the Sengoku period. After the start of the Edo period, Hakone-juku was a post station on the Tōkaidō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. It was also the site of a checkpoint known as the Hakone Checkpoint (箱根関所, Hakone sekisho?), which formed the border of the Kantō region. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, all travellers entering and leaving Edo along the Tōkaidō were stopped here by officials, and their travel permits and baggage was examined.
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After the start of the Meiji Restoration, Hakone was a part of the short-lived Ashigara Prefecture before becoming part of Kanagawa prefecture in August 1876.Hakone attained town status in 1889. After merger with five neighboring towns and villages in September 1956, it reached is present boundaries.
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for more information, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakone
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(Will upload all the photos after my trip.. hehe..)
