<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5dffc17b-0e69-42dd-b35e-b0f60948f393/FDBFE820-78C9-4636-81C9-BF3946860AC7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720" href="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720" style="font-size: 11px;">www.muza-chan.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/66A7C2FE-7260-42BF-AD55-ADC9741E2134" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><P>The pirate ships from Hakone belong to the Odakyu company and are connecting Togendai, the terminal for the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.odakyu.jp/english/sightsee/hakone/Erope.html" class="linkaj" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" linkindex="21">Hakone Ropeway</A>, to Motohakone-ko or Hakone-machi. Small travel tip, if you buy a <A target="_blank" href="http://www.odakyu.jp/english/freepass/hakone_01.html" class="linkaj" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" linkindex="22">Hakone FreePass</A>, the boat ride is included in the price.</p> <P>The 4 ships are replicas of real historical ships (but not actual pirate ships). I traveled with The Royal, inspired by a 17th-century French sailing warship named Soleil-Royal, colored in red, with a double-decker promenade and observation deck:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/0B9378D2-FE5A-4768-B9E6-75FD930D70D3" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/EB0ABE3B-8D17-46F7-94BD-DF4A273513B0" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/39D3C345-BCE4-40AB-81DC-7CFCDC8BCCD5" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/540F9F16-8BE6-4C96-B217-AE67CED911B5" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/4007649D-4ECA-4856-BA29-03E3D5338C5C" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><P>….The Victory, a replica of a famous 18th century British warship…</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/124C259A-5BA7-4FAE-A864-A4A0A06CA6EC" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><P>…and The Frontier, built after a 19th century American paddle steamer from the Mississippi River in those days:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/D67DC54E-0411-476E-9910-51E36AB3D9B8" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><P>It is steered with a stern paddle:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/9D9DCDA3-00BF-4708-B02C-25CA5BCB1280" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/035E9A4D-5D55-44DE-9807-3201A40B4CF8" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><P>The Lake Ashi is a very good place to admire Mount Fuji. However, even here, the mountain is not visible all the time. I was lucky and I’ve seen it for a few good minutes, then it disappeared in the clouds.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/CAF7ABB5-20C1-448B-86CC-D9DD6F6AA669" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.muza-chan.net/b2/blogs/index.php/weblog/eng/pirate-ships-hakone#c2720"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.muza-chan.net/img/9CCFCD5A-FD6A-49C8-A6EC-E641D99CFB3C" alt="Hakone Lake Ashi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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