A Pleasant Day at Hakone--Nature, History, Fine Art & more!
Joined 2018
Hakone is a volcanic mountain and onsen hot spring resort about 1 hour from Tokyo, en route to Kyoto. It is efficient to travel around the Lake Ashi, Hakone Shrine, volcanic fumarole, museums and historical sites using a Hakone Free Pass or by a chartered car. If there is any particular place you wish to visit, please let your guide know your request!
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto or your hotel in Hakone
Lake Ashi Cruise on a sunny day make you feel so good!
Learn and feel Japanese history a little, with a walk on the 400-old cedar avenue and a visit to Hakone Checkpoint?
Hakone Shrine has a popular photo spot of a red torii gate in the lake.
Walk a part of the historical Tokaido Road and rest at the Amazake tea house like samurais?
Narukawa Art Museum on the Lake Ashi has beautiful Japanese paintings and may offer you a stunning view of Mt. Fuji from its windows.
Aerial gondola will take you to Owakudani fumarole!
Hakone Museum of Art with a beautiful moss garden and a rock garden
Popular Open-Air Museum with modern sculptures and Picasso collections
Stroll Miyanoshita town and enjoy window shopping for antiques!
Ending Point
Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto or your hotel in Hakone
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee and related arrangement
guide's transportation to the meeting spot in Hakone
Half-day tour (within 4 hours) is also available for 40000 yen for a group of 8 people or less.
Transportation fee during the tour (you and guide): ¥5000 for Hakone Free Pass per person from Odawara (¥6100 from Shinjuku), lunch, admission fees (¥1500 for Narukawa Art Museum, ¥2000 for Open-Air Museum, ¥500 for Hakone Checkpoint)
Tour Important Information
This is a fully-customized tour. The items on the itinerary are examples, and all of them do not fit in a one-day tour. The guide will arrange your itinerary listening to your requests.
The guide lives near Hakone and Odawara, and the tour basically starts from these areas. Please ask the guide for availability if you wish to have a hotel pick-up service from Tokyo or elsewhere.
View of Mt. Fuji and some of the ride attractions depend on weather, and the latter is also affected by intensity of volcanic activity.
Customers with cardiac and respiratory diseases are not advised to take the aerial gondola over the Owakudani Valley (fumarole field). Please consult the guide for an alternative plan.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2018
About Tour Guide Fumie U.
I am Fumie Ueda, a National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter in Atami, Shizuoka, only 50 minutes away from Tokyo by Shinkansen trains.
Atami is conveniently located at the foot of the Hakone mountains, and the base of the Izu Peninsula. It is also close to Mt. Fuji and the Shimizu Port in Shizuoka. I am excited to show you around beautiful places that I love.
I grew up in Yokohama, spent 1 year as a high school exchange student in Allentown, PA in the US, went to college and lived/worked in Tokyo for about 10 years before coming to this beautiful onsen resort.
After becoming a guide, I met with guests from various backgrounds, and I feel grateful once again, for my experience to be exposed to different cultures in my youth.
Let’s have a good time together!
Reviews
Gordon M.
“Mr Fuji Area”
Fumie curated an A+++ tour for us. She was very informative and pleasant. She planned out a fantastic private tour that was never rushed but also perfectly timed. Very personal experience and Fumie adapted where necessary for dietary restrictions etc. Do not hesitate to have Fumie as your guide!
Fumie U.
Thank you, Gordon san, for the excellent review. I am glad you enjoyed the tour today. It was my pleasure to guie you around my favorate places because your family was fantastic.
Richard N.
“Book her! ”
Fumie is outstanding! She’s very organized, knowledgeable and a great communicator. She put together an amazing custom tour for ourfamily. She went above and beyond to make sure we had a great experience!
Fumie U.
Thank you, Richard san, for the flattering review. I am glad to hear you enjoyed the tour today. I hope you will enjoy the rest of your trip in our country, and come again!
Judy Y.
“Day with Fumie”
Our family of eight had a great time touring with Fumie. The tour was a mixture of fantastic sites and opportunities to learn. Fumie made it special for each of us ranging in ages from 79 to 14. Thank you Fumie for a wonderful day!!
Fumie U.
Thank you for using my service on your special family trip to Japan! You should be proud to have such a wonderful family. And yes, we had a great time together. The owner couple of the tea farm was very nice and you probably discovered beautiful nature and history of Japan. I hope you will come back to our country in the near future. Thank you!
$406/ per group
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