Hakone open air museum

Another Wednesday field trip day. This time we took a bus ride to Hakone to visit the open air sculpture museum. This trip we were accompanied by some KAIT students from the International Club. Here are a few of my favorite sculptures from the collection:

Water comes out like tears and keeps the plants alive.

Just plain awesome.

Biggest sculpture around...

You can go up inside it!

Pretty awesome museum. I got pictures of a lot more sculptures these were just my favorites. Anyway, When we were done at the museum we got back on the bus for a short trip to another spot in Hakone. A lake of some sort. We walked around the side of the lake to a temple that was nearby.

There was a long staircase.

Little girl playing with gravel at the top of the stairs.

Dressed up in a kimono.The celebration of Shichi-Go-San
(a holiday for 3, 5, and 7 year old girls and boys)
was just a couple days earlier.

So when we were done with the temple we headed back to the lake. This is when I found out that the whole trip to the temple was just to keep us occupied while we waited for our PIRATE SHIP. Yes, a pirate ship.

Here it comes...

There goes the Cap'n.

Floating gate.

An exciting trip all around!