This is a Private Tour (one group only, basically 8 hours), Enjoy All "Must-Sees" in your First/Second Visiting Hakone to view Mt Fuji & Japanese wooden culture!
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Hakone-Yumoto station (Odakyu railway)
- Meet at "Hakone-Yumoto"(or "Odawara" station), please note our meeting time/place may be changeable upon your staying hotel (you are recommended to stay at Hakone area one day before our tour date because it takes two hours from Tokyo to Hakone-Yumoto station by train). *let's buy our Hakone Free Pass, if you don't have it. It is a discounted Hakone round-transportation ticket for guest and guide, which costs JY5000-6100/adult, JY1100-1400/ages 6-11) *ride "mountain train 40min, cable car 15min and ropeway 15min" to reach Owakudani valley (altitude1040m) to view Mt Fuji (under the condition of fine weather)
To view Mt Fuji from Owakudani Valley with eating famous black eggs (30min)
Let' enjoy viewing Mt Fuji under the condition of nice weather from an active volcano and feeing the active volcano's sulfur gas gashing from the earth directly.
*Black boiled eggs cost JY500/4pieces (payment to be done with cash only)
Lunch time(40min) then ride Cruise Pilates Ship at Lake Ashi(40min)
Let's enjoy western lunch beside Lake Ashi (40min lunch costs around JY2000 per person for guest and guide, may I know if you have any dietary restriction?) then we can ride cruise ship to find beautiful nature of Hakone from the lake, surrounded by forest, vermillion colored Hakone Shrine etc.
*Our ship's departure time supposed to be 12:00(at latest) after lunch. If the ship is so crowded by many tourists, let's buy the reserved seat: JY700 per person separately, if available.
Hakone Shrine (40min)
After our 40min cruise ship tour, let's visit Hakone Shrine-- we will walk to the Shrine 40 minutes(round) on foot, but if do not want to walk 40min, I may recommend swan-pedal-boat instead(if available, 30min, JY1500/2 persons, cash only, take a memorable photos of an eye-catching red Torii Gate background from boat-no landing-), you can decide it on site. You can feel why the Japanese indigenous Shintoism started from nature worship, let’s take super photos for your brilliant memory.
Visit 400-year-old teahouse(30min) and 200-year-old wooden craft house(30min)
Ride mountain bus to visit an 400 years-old tea house of a thatched roof with grass straw in deep cedar forest on Old Tokaido Highway (located 500km from Kyoto), enjoy "Amazake" (non-alcohol & mold-fermented rice-drink, non-sugar, JY500 per person, by cash) and can sit at the fired hearth talking with 13th generation master (reservation must be done before one week at latest, staying 25min),
*Then ride bus again bound for "Yosegi-zaiku(wooden handicraft marquetry)" workshop running more than 200 years -secret box etc.-, you can listen to the 7th generation artisan's explanation of the production process directly and enjoy shopping (reservation must be done before one week at latest by Munetaka, staying 25min)
Ending Point
back to Hakone Yumoto station by bus 40min (arrival around16:00)
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
guiding fee only
transportation (round trip ticket), lunch, drink fee and entrance fee etc(you and your guide)
Hakone trip is the climbing mountains trip by 5 kinds of transportation to reach to the altitude of nearly 1040m. You may be able to view Mt. Fuji under the fine weather from the ropeway and cursing ship. Simultaneously you can extend your life by eating sulfured-boiled black eggs with smelling sulfur gases from active volcano at Owakudani Valley. Let's take a photo under the eye-catching red Torii Gate at lake side of Hakone Shinto Shrine and pray for your brighter future. Finaly visit 400-year tea house and 200-year wooden craft house as Japanese typical wooden culture.
Important Tips
1)to take your comfortable shoes because we will take around 10,000 steps
2)to prepare some cash in Japanese yen
3)additional fee for guest and guide paid by guest: Hakone one day free pass (JY5000-JY6100 per person), lunch: JY2000 per person, fermented-rice drink fee: JY500 per person etc.
4)please allow me to contact you a few days before our tour date through WhatsApp for safety purpose only.
please let me know
1) your hotel name (you are recommended to stay Hakone area) one day before tour date three weeks before our tour date so that we can decide the most suitable meeting time and place in advance. May I know if you bring large luggage to your Hakone's hotel or not.
2) after we back to Hakone Yumoto station around 16:00 (the end of tour), do you have any other place to go, like not back to the Hakone's hotel but to any other destination?
3) please confirm in advance whether you have any dietary restriction.
4) is this your first trip to Japan?
Transportation fee and lunch of you and a guide will be paid by the customer.
-I am working at Haneda airport from Monday to Thursday, but you can ask me your preferable guiding date as you like.I try my best adjusting it.
-I will reply to you within 24h.
Hellow everyone!
I was born at a small beautiful greenery town in NAGANO prefecture(in the middle of Japan),growing up in OSAKA, now I am living at YOKOHAMA city(harbor city just 20kilimeter from TOKYO) with partly-working at HENEDA airport. Since I was young, I like very much to make my own planned trip all over Japan with chatting with local people, and I had more than nine years experiences stationed at foreign countories,BEIJING, TAIBEI,SINGAPORE and MOSCOW.
Currently I have been starting to do guiding for foreign tourists in English & Chinese language mainly for the Kanto area like TOKYO, YOKOHAMA, HAKONE, KAMAKURA, KAWAGOE,KAWASAKI etc. Whatever you have any desires(cuisine,shopping,valiable experience etc) for your attractive Japan trip, I have confidence to try my best to offer my ceative trip proposal within your budget.
I really happy to be with you to show the NEW&OLD unique to Japan at each spot.
Please let me show you some examples of itinerary as below(you can choose some of them as you like):
1.TOKYO) TSUKIJI FISH MARKET, SENSOJI-temple, MEIJI-shrine,fashion town-OMOTESANDO/HARAJUKU,IMPERIAL-PALACE, NIHONBASHI-with many long established shops more than 100 years,ODAIBA with most advanced echnology& enjpyable play town site.
2.YOKOHAMA) a beautiful havbor view site, SANKEIEN-garden, Ramen noodle museum, China town etc. If you are interested in the famous Japanese painter's open-air-second-house, I show you it only at 1st Saturday of every month.
3.KAMAKURA)Great Budda statue,HOKOKUJI-temple with green tea ceremony experience, to enjoy octopus-rice-cracker getting on ENODEN-local locomotive train/
4.KAWAGOE) you can time slip to this small EDO town of existed 300 years before.
5.HAKONE)Let's experience the active volcano with eating hot spring made boiled-egg, enjoy lake-cruising, sculpture museum& traditional Shinto-shrine of Edo era and view Mt. Fuji, if we are lucky.
6.Special trip)this is my special arragement three months before offered by Japan big companies's SCR activity,like beer factory, auto mobile factory,dumpling factory etc ,pleae contact me three months before.
7.NIKKO) TOSHOUGU-shrine
8.KAWASAKI) If you disembark at DAIKOKU PIRE from cruising, I can show you the Japanese open-air fork houses with experience of dying clothes etc.
您们好!出生在長野县成長在大阪, 住在横滨,工作在東京羽田机场的日本人。
我,從小就很喜欢(❤ ω ❤)旅行跟各种各样的人说活。還有欣賞” 能乐”演出追求日本傳統文化的深奥,因此也深入研究做出”能乐”用的面具。在大学主修中文之后,進入社會已累績了三十多年的工作经验。 曾被派駐過中国北京,台灣,新加坡,俄国等國家受到各個國家朋友們的大力幫助。
现在,我,趁着2020年將舉辦東京夏季奧運會的機會,為各個国家的朋友們用中文和英文介绍一东京,横濱,镰仓,箱根,川越,川崎为主的关东地方。
例如,1,東京筑地市场,东京最古老的神社/浅草寺,东京最大的明治神宫,时装圣地的原宿/表参道,日本象征的天皇起居的皇居/原来的江户城堡,有很多老字号店铺的日本橋,有科学方面尖端技术的台场等地。2,明治维新后发达的离东京半个小时到达的横滨未来港口城市包括三溪园日本传统的庭园,在日本唯一独二的新横滨的拉面博物馆。 3,高为12米大佛的鎌倉,可享受在竹林里喝抹茶的报国寺,同时一起乘坐“江之电车”欣赏海边风景而吃到“章鱼仙贝”吧! 4.被叫做“小江户”的川越。 5,用一天的时间来去看富士山,箱根神社,泸之湖,大涌谷,6,最近我开始安排日本大企业所做的社会贡献活动‘参观工厂’,相信参观工厂也是对各位很有意思的体验,请在3个月以前跟我联络。
非常期待能取得与您的進一步联系,共同探索日本深奧的文化,精緻的藝術及分明的四季之美。
Jewel C.
“Highly recommend! ”
Munetaka was an amazing tour guide. He allowed us to fit SO much into one day and knew all the great spots for photos, food, snacks, and he was very knowledgeable. Even when we were just talking from place to place, he was telling us interesting facts. We had 4 kids and 4 adults (ages 8-56) and we all had fun. We did WAY more in one day than most people did in 3 days after talking to other tourists. Highlight was the ancient tea house and seeing Mt .Fuji. Be prepared to walk a lot and stay on a schedule but we appreciated being able to fit so much in
Munetaka H.
Hi Jewel C, Thank you very much for your appreciated warm comments , which encourages me a lot! All of your pleasure is mine. I wish your all happiness from my family . Thanks, Munetaka
Matt J.
“Exactly what I wanted!”
Munetaka is the best. He cares about sharing his knowledge and ensuring you have a great experience. He is easy to communicate with and put together a wonderful itinerary. Even in very cold, rainy weather he kept a great attitude and joyful spirit over the course of a full day. If you’re coming to Tokyo looking for an easy way to learn about its history, culture, and even using public transportation then Munetaka is the perfect choice for you!
Munetaka H.
Hi Matt san, Thank you very much for your warm comments, which encourage me a lot. Thanks to your gentle manner, we can safely finish our Tokyo hottest spot course + Hachiko dog successfully. Please continue to enjoy your favorite game and new exploring things including UMAMI dishes, ramen etc. in Tokyo .Thank you again! Munetaka
Viktoria S.
“The best guide for my clients!”
My clients enjoyed the tour so muca and I am glad to share their feedback: "Munetaka was the most knowledgeable and experienced guide we had throughout our trip to Japan and very good-humored and conscientious. He took such good care of us, and even got us some special treatment at the Tokyo Sky Tree, which was very crowded, so that my husband, who walks with a cane, would not have to wait in long lines for admission or the elevator. He brought us wonderful snacks and small gifts, including origami figures made for us by his wife. He also knew all of the restaurants in the areas we visited, and when his first choice was too full he quickly found another that we thoroughly enjoyed. He is extremely well-informed about Japanese culture and history." We cannot recommend him more highly!
Munetaka H.
Dear Viktoria, Pattie and Harlan, Thank you so much for posting such a fabulous review. I am very pleased to know that Pattie and Harlan had a very beautiful time with me. Talking to them was really intriguing and fun. I’m very impressed with their story. I’m grateful for you and their kindness and thoughtfulness, I hope I could meet them again someday. Thank you so much again for having me. Have a wonderful journey continuously and take care. Munetaka
$269/ per group