Inokashira park had a little zoo which had some fairly sad-looking animals in and a less-sad sculpture park.We went to a cat/capybara cafe. The cats were much softer than the capybara and much more agileShinjuku at night is crazy. There’s people everywhere and a giant 3D cat, and Godzilla is just chilling out. We went to the dirtiest bar in the world, possible ground zero of whatever the next contagion isThe area we’re staying in is mostly Italian restaurants and gay bars so it’s not that easy to find somewhere to serve you Japanese food but we did find somewhere doing good ramen. I was still a bit hungry so I had a raw lamb heart at a pubWe took a trip out on the train to Hakone and tried our first eki-bento, a pre-packed meal sold at train stations. Also you can get hot drinks from vending machines but they are just bottles that come out surprisingly hotHakone is a bit up in the hills so there was a fair bit of snow about. It’s a volcanic area so a few places had hot foot baths They are known for their black eggs which are cooked in the hot springsThe journey back to Tokyo began with a trip on a pirate ship across lake Ashi. The views were incredible but we couldn’t see Mt Fuji, at times we couldn’t see what was 10 m ahead of us
Jack and Niamh's Sabbatical Adventures 
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