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Hakone Private Tour - Natural mineral pigments used for modern Japanese-style painting in Narukawa museum
Natural mineral pigments used for modern Japanese-style painting in Narukawa museum
Hakone Private Tour - Modern Japanese-style painting in Narukawa museum
Modern Japanese-style painting in Narukawa museum
Hakone Private Tour - Vewing Ashinoko-lake, Hakone Shrine & Mt.Fuji if whether is fine
Vewing Ashinoko-lake, Hakone Shrine & Mt.Fuji if whether is fine
Hakone Private Tour - Enjoy riding of rope-way into Hakone mountain
Enjoy riding of rope-way into Hakone mountain
Hakone Private Tour - Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Private Tour - Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Private Tour - Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Private Tour - Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Private Tour - Cruise on Lake-Ashi
Cruise on Lake-Ashi
Hakone Private Tour - Narukawa Art Forum
Narukawa Art Forum
Hakone Private Tour - Modern Japanese-style painting in Narukawa museum
Modern Japanese-style painting in Narukawa museum

Hakone 8 hours Scenic and Culture tour from Hakone Yumoto

Art, Culture, & Historical
Hakone Tour Guide - Kashima H.

Joined 2017

Kashima H.
4.70 / 5
(89 reviews)
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Hakone
Japanese (Native), English
8 hours
Private tour (only you and Kashima H.)
Up to 8 people

This tour includes several essential sights such as scenic and modern culture spots, exciting riding experience and healing spots. You will be impressed with the magnificent natural landmark and mysterious power of the nature. I will help you to make interesting experience which include not only the common stories from standard books but also the unbiased stories.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

To meet with you at Hakone Yumoto station,

- At the lobby of your staying hotel in Tokyo

09:50 AM

To move to Chokokunomori station by Hakone Tozan railway.

To move to Chokokunomori station by Hakone Tozan railway.

10:40 AM

Open air museum,

This museum exhibits mainly field sculpture. The museum site is very wide with lots of green trees and many arts of world famous sculpture masters such as Rodin, Bourdelle, Milo, Moore and so-on are exhibited with around 100 pieces.

12:20 PM

Lunch near open air museum,

Lunch near open air museum,

01:30 PM

Enjoy riding of rope-way into Hakone mountain

Enjoyment of riding

To enjoy Hakone Tozan Railway ,Hakone cable car, ropeway and sightseeing boat (cruise) in Ashinoko-lake. During these riding, you can enjoy the sightseeing of beautiful scenic and Mt.Fuji if weather is fine.

(Hakone Tozan Railway):

This Ride connect from Odawara to Gora as mountain railway and has started to open in 1919.

Hakone railway path, the length of each vehicle is designed as short length

so that the vehicle can be run safely. Between Hakone-Yumoto and Kowakudani stations, the steep is 80/1000 gradient which is the steepest in Japan for an adhesion railway.

Switchback: The railway climb the steep inclined rail by a switchback zig-zag way, changing the direction

back and forth.


(Hakone Cable Car):

This car travel approximately 1.2km to connect Gora and Souzan stations in 10 minutes. The difference in elevation is 209 meters. The vehicle of the Cable Car is consisting of two units and the floor inside the vehicle is formed as stepwise to fit the slope of the railway.


(Hakone Ropeway):

You can enjoy the views during a 30 minutes ride across 4 kilometers between Sounzan and Togendai stations, including Owakudani volcanic valley where sulfurous fumes gushing out of cracks in the earth which make hot spring, Lake Ashi and Mt.Fuji (if whether is fine).

03:00 PM

To take Pirate cruise on Lake-Asi to Moto-Hakone,

This Cruise operates between Hakonemachi, Moto-Hakone and Togendai on Lake Ashi. You can enjoy beautiful scenery such as green mountains surrounded by sky and lake, wave splash near the Cruise and Mt.Fuji if whether is fine with breathing clear air.

04:00 PM

Narukawa Art Forum

This museum is located near Ashinoko-lake in Hakone. The works in the exhibits are replaced several times a year and you can enjoy some fresh works every time you come here.

Because this musem is located at a little upper side hill from the best area of Hakone/Ashinoko-lake, you can see the best scenic spots in Hakone that overlooks both Mt.Fuji (If whether is fine), green moutains and Ashinoko-lale being pleasure cruise at the lake.

05:00 PM

To move to Hakone-Yumoto station by Hakone Tozan bus,

To move to Hakone-Yumoto station by Hakone Tozan bus,

Ending Point

Hakone-Yumoto station

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This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide fee (8hours),

Transportation fee for a guide to pick up guests at Hakone Yumoto station,

What‘s not included

Hakone free pass ticket for you and a guide: JPY5000/adult,

Entrance fee for you: Hakone open air museum: JPY1600/ adult,

Narukawa museum: JPY1300/ adult,

Lunch fee,

Tour Important Information

1) For fairly long walking of sight-seeing, please put on the shoes to walk with ease.

2) Please prepare the cash to spend any train riding, lunch and souvenir.

3) I prepared the blog of Hakone related items with photos and detail explanation each shown as below,

Blog title: (1) Ashinoko-Lake How this lake was appeared and Various Hakone Sight Spots

(2) Various Rides in Hakone

(3) Hakone Shrine Power Spot to Encourage People

(4) Modern Japanese-style Painting by Natural Mineral Pigments

(5) Natural Mineral Pigments used for Modern Japanese-style Painting

Important message from the supplier

I am now focusing tour guide area for East Japan area such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Hakone, Kamakura, Mt.Fuji, Nikko, Gunma, Saitama and Kanazawa.

However, I can support you for one day trip of Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nara and Himeji from Tokyo.

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
Hakone Tour Guide - Kashima H.

Joined 2017

Kashima H.
4.70 / 5
(89 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Kashima H.

I am Kashima. I have gained the Government Licensed Tour Guide authorization in 2017/2.

I passed a licensing examination of Kyoto Tourism Culture Certification Test 3rd grade in 2023.

I passed a licensing examination of Tokyo city guide in 2023.


I had worked for one of biggest Electric Company in the world which manufacture various type of Electrical products. I had a task roll of design development of Semiconductor for Video movie appliance in Japan and semiconductor marketing for 5 years in USA. Secondly, I had worked for one of big grovel Electric part Company which manufacture connectors for Electrical appliance usage. I had a task roll of quality assurance cooperating with the grovel college including USA, Europe (Ireland, Germany, France), China and Eastern Asia. As a result, I have communicated with people from different countries and I have become interested in introducing Japan to them. That is why I made decision to become an English tour guide.

<Primary Itinerary>

By introducing Japan to non-Japanese tourists, I would like to do my best to serve the best customized private tours in Japan that you and your family are looking forward to enjoying the fantastic experience as below.

1) Sightseeing of natural scenic spots, historical landmark (Temples, Shrines, Palace, Gardens) and cultural assets (Paintings, sculptures, swords and so-on)

2) Strolling of the bustling streets & towns

3) Traditional town atmosphere experience

4) Japanese Modern Architecture in both Tokyo,

5) Experience of Traditional performing arts & events enjoyment such as Kabuki, Sumo-training, tea ceremony and Ninjya training

6) Famous relaxation spots enjoyment such as Onsen and Japanese bar

7) Crafts art of Japan experience such as Sake brewery and Bonsai museums

8) Enjoyment for kids such as Amusement facility (Anime, Games, Comics), shopping of latest trendy goods, entertainment café and so-on.

9) Night-time foods and drinking enjoyment in Food market & Drinking streets


Reviews

Gunma Tour

Knowledgeable guide with lots of experience. He made a change for viewing Sakura which was a good decision which increased the cost of our van. Says that transportation company increased the cost due to the change but I can’t recall being notified of this change. Was also charged with 2900yen of tolls which I paid but was never told about this prior. I paid all of this but don’t think I was told ahead of time

Edward O.

Kashima H.

Edward san, Thank you very much for your excellent review for me. We visited Tomioka Silk Mill, Takasaki Daimonya, Daruma, Shiraijuku Yaezakura street and I am pleased that you could enjoy there. Also, we tasted the specialty food of Gunma as Mizusawa Udon noodle that was good for you, I think. We could talk and exchange various information about every tour spots. I am sorry to bother you about the Van taxi fee payment. I hope that you could continue to enjoy your tour in Japan. Thanks, Kashima

A Wonderful Day Exploring Kamakura

We had a lovely day visiting Kamakura with Kashima as our guide. He kindly picked us up from our hotel in Tokyo and accompanied us all the way to Kamakura, which made the experience very comfortable and easy from beginning to end. During the day, Kashima guided us through several of the most important and beautiful places in Kamakura, including Kōtoku-in and the Great Buddha, Hase-dera, Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, and the charming streets and atmosphere that make Kamakura so special. At every stop, Kashima shared a great deal of historical information and context, and it was clear how much knowledge and passion he has for the history of the area. At times, it was a little challenging for us to fully understand everything in English, but we very much appreciated the effort and the amount of information he wanted to share with us. One detail we especially appreciated was that Kashima prepared a document for us in advance with information about the different places we would be visiting during the tour. It was very helpful and showed the care and preparation he put into making the day special. At the end of the tour, he also took the time to explain to us clearly how to continue our journey to Hakone, which was extremely helpful and made the next part of our trip much easier. Overall, we are very grateful for the experience and for the opportunity to discover Kamakura with him.

Ignacio F.

Kashima H.

Ignacio san, Thank you very much for your upmost review to me. We visited Kamakura city including Great Buddha in Kotokuin-temple, Hasedera temple, Houkokuji temple and Tsuruoka-Hachiman shrine. Kamakura used to be a Samurai town where Shogun lived and dominated Japan. Therefore, there are still Samurai related atmosphere remained at present and I am pleased that you could feel that. Also, during through Komachi-food & souvenir street with tasting sweets, we could feel the nice atmosphere Thanks to your strong curiosity about Japan, we could talk and exchange various information about every tour spots. I am very much pleased that you could enjoy the tour. Thanks, Kashima,

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