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
Taryn L.
Atami Tour Customized for You!
“Best Tour Guide Ever!”
I had the pleasure of booking a tour with Fumie during our visit to Ito and Atami in Japan, and I can't recommend her highly enough. From the start, Fumie took the time to ask all the right questions to tailor the tour to our specific needs and interests. Her communication was prompt and clear, making it easy to finalize all the details of our itinerary. Fumie was incredibly organized and well-prepared, providing us with useful flyers and brochures about the places we would visit. Her extensive knowledge of the area added so much depth to the experience, and she was thorough in sharing interesting facts and history with us. Her English skills were excellent, ensuring we never had any language barriers. What impressed me the most was how she seamlessly adapted when our plans changed. Despite the shift, Fumie handled it effortlessly, ensuring the tour continued smoothly and without any disruption—almost as if the change was part of the original plan. In addition to the tour, Fumie also provided professional interpreter services during our business meetings with other companies, and her support in that area was invaluable. If you're looking for a knowledgeable, flexible, and highly professional guide and interpreter, I wholeheartedly recommend Fumie. She made our experience unforgettable, and I will certainly book her again for future tours and interpretation services.
Fumie U.
Hi Taryn san, Thank you so much for taking your time to write such a great review. You must be very busy. I feel flattered by the praise, and it was my pleasure to be a part of your productive tour this time. I look forward to seeing you again in the near future! Fumie
Jorge M.
A Pleasant Day at Hakone--Nature, History, Fine Art & more!
“Amazing experience ”
Five stars to Fumie. She is very kind and very knowledgeable about the area. We were a big group and she happily helped all of us with a smile on her face.
Fumie U.
Thank you Jorge san, for using me yesterday. Your group was fantastic. It was my great pleasure to be a part of your special vacation.
Rebecca S.
A Pleasant Day at Hakone--Nature, History, Fine Art & more!
“Fumie was great!”
Wonderful tour and Fumie was able to change everything when we realized that the day of the tour would be rainy. She moved everything up a day earlier and did a great job of planning a fun day and allowing us to see all the highlights. Highly recommend Fumie!
Fumie U.
Thank you, Rebecca, for using me and writing a good review. I am glad to hear you enjoyed your tour with me. I am also grateful that everything worked out quite well despite change of the date.
$380/ per group
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