Hot Springs & Sea of Clouds Adventure!

First thing after arriving in Hakone: Rush to the hot spring inn! ♨️ There was actually a chubby tanuki statue at the entrance—after staring at it for 3 seconds... it won, way cuter than me! (≧∇≦)ﾉ 🍱 Had an onsen tamago set meal—the runny yolk shone like a golden sunrise over Mt. Fuji～ Woke up at 5 AM the next day to see the "upside-down Fuji" (reflection on the lake), but... the peak was hidden by clouds like it was wearing a milk cap! (╥﹏╥) A local grandpa laughed: "It’s sleeping in today～" （´-`）.｡oO At noon, rode the "pirate ship" on Lake Ashi and pretended to be a pirate king! 🦊 (Hakone specialty: fox-shaped postboxes—took 100 shameless selfies!) Played hide-and-seek with rainbow bubble domes at the Hakone Open-Air Museum～（ﾉ≧∀≦）ﾉ Then saw a giant steel cat statue puffing smoke and yelled like an anime nerd: "Is this a Digimon evolution?!" (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و **💖 Verdict:** Hakone feels like it jumped out of a manga! Though Mt. Fuji kept playing hide-and-seek, the hot spring eggs and sea of clouds melted me into a happy mochi ball～ Next time, I’m coming in winter to soak in onsens while watching snowfall ❄️! (clenches fist)