Sunday, August 16, 2009

For some reasons, there was a museum dedicated to The Little Prince and its author Saint-Exupéry at Hakone. Being a fan of the book, I decided to visit the museum and spent the day at Hakone before returning Tokyo to see Cirque du Soleil’s show, Zed.

Asteroid B612, welcomed visitors to the museum.


French esque street in the Little Prince museum.


Photos and scripts of Saint-Exupéry were displayed in the museum.


Also on display were replicas of places Saint-Exupéry lived.


The fox was an important character in The Little Prince.


Statue of the Little Prince in the garden.


After left the museum, I took the ropeway to Ōwakudani. The ropeway provided great view of Mount Fuji, weather permitting.


Sulphur vents and hot springs at Ōwakudani.


People lined up to buy black eggs, the specialties of Ōwakudani that were cooked in boiling hot spring.


View of the volcanic valley of Ōwakudani from the ropeway.


The zigzagging Hakone Tozan Railway was about to switch direction.


Traditional Japanese sweets I had at Hakone-Yumoto.


The ekiban (railway lunch box) I had on the train back to Tokyo.


The Cirque du Soliel Theater in Tokyo Disney Resort before the show started.


The Cirque du Soliel Theater in Tokyo Disney Resort after the show ended.


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