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Hakone, Enjoy Geopark and Traditional Culture

Art, Culture, & Historical
Hakone Tour Guide - Kaneo U.

Joined 2017

Kaneo U.
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(58 reviews)
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Hakone has been boasting its beautiful nature and historical background. Many hot bathing spots, a beautiful and tranquil lake and a wild volcanic vent will welcome you. You can enjoy a gigantic view of Mt. Fuji on a fine day. You will find Hakone shrine, a check point house and an old cobbled pathway by the lake. You can also enjoy traditional local foods and wooden mosaic works. Hakone Free Pass ticket is a must item. With this ticket you can use almost all the transportation system.

Itinerary

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09:00 AM

Meeting Point

At Odawara station. In case you stay at a hotel in Hakone area, it can be the nearest Hakone mountatin climbing train station from your hotel.

09:00 AM

Odawara station

Starting spot of this tour

10:30 AM

Gora

The Modern Hakone spa started from here when gorgeous resort was developed here 100 years ago.

11:00 AM

Owakudani

a volcano vent, you will experience unusual strolling. You can enjoy eating black eggs boiled in hot spring water.

12:30 PM

Ashinoko lake and a Pirate Ship

A beautiful mountain lake. You can see a red Tori gate in the water while you are crossing by a Pirate Ship.

01:00 PM

Moto-Hakone

A main tourist spot by Ashinoko lake. An old check point house, a wooden mosaic work shop and an old path lined by cedar trees are some of the tourist spots.

We can enjoy lunch here.

02:10 PM

Hakone Onshi Park

A beautiful park by the lake. You can see a beautiful Mt. Fuji with its image on the water surface here.

02:30 PM

A Check Point House

To guard Edo area against enemies, a check point house was built here in Edo era. You can enjoy seeing traditional Japanese houses and how to check tourist those days

03:00 PM

Hakone Shrine

This shrine is said to have been founded 1200 years ago. The red Tori gate seen from the ship belongs to this shrine.

04:30 PM

Hakone-yumoto:

A foot of Mt. Hakone. Many souvenir shops and hot spring baths you can enjoy here

05:00 PM

Odawara statton

The end of the toru

Ending Point

At Odawara station. In case you stay at a hotel in Hakone area, it can be the nearest Hakone mountatin climbing train station from your hotel.

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Inclusions & Exclusions

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What‘s included

guide fee

hotel pick up fee

transportation fee for guide

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What‘s not included

transportation fee of you ( Hakone Free Pass ticket at Odawara :5000 yen)

entrance fee of you and guide(about 1000 yen)

lunch ( you and guide )

extra person fee per person: adult 40000 yen, kid 2000 yen

Tour Important Information

Hakone Free Pass ticket is a must item. With this ticket you can use a Pirate Ship, a moutain train, a cable car and a bus freely. You can buy this at Shinjuku, Odawara and many Odakyu line stations.

The possibility to see a gigantic view of Mt. Fuji differs depending on the weather and season.

The temperature of Hakone is lower by 5 degree Celcius than that of Tokyo because of its height. You had better take precautions against the cold.

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Hakone Tour Guide - Kaneo U.

Joined 2017

Kaneo U.
4.98 / 5
(58 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Kaneo U.

I’m so excited to have a chance to show you around my favorite spots in Kanagawa prefecture. I was born in Kanagawa. I spent my whole school life, including university, here in Kanagawa. I worked as a high school English teacher here for 40 years. I love Kanagawa so much. We have many interesting tourist spots, like Hakone, Kamakura, Enoshima and Yokohama.

I got my tour guide license in English in 2009. I am still an English teacher. To give an interesting and impressive lesson to young high school students, I’ve learnt and gathered many kinds of information. I also have a license to teach social studies, so I have a wide range of knowledge about Japanese culture and history. I’m sure to provide you an interesting tour.

Reviews

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Jin K.

5 / 5
Nov 18, 2024

Tokyo,Now &Then

Tokyo
8 hours

Great day in Tokyo

Kaneo was great. He took us around to different parts of Tokyo and imparted some good history on the various places. And it helped to take the subways with him to get an understanding of it all. It was a lot of walking and a full daux

Jin K.

Thank you for a very quick and good review. I am glad to hear I could give you some help to understand Japan.

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Brendon S.

5 / 5
Nov 16, 2024

Hakone, Enjoy Geopark and Traditional Culture

Hakone
9 hours

Hakone Tour

Kaneo arrived early, which I respect greatly in a tour guide. He is extremely knowledgable on all aspects of the tour in addition to questions we had about Tokyo outside of the tour. His English is very good and we could understand him with ease. Would 100% book again.

Brendon S.

Thank your good and kind review. I enjoyed talking with you about miscellaneous things about Japanese culture, too. Oh, I found Musashi's tomb. It is in Kumamoto prefecture in Kyushu island. I hope I can see you again someday.

Hakone Highlights

Though the weather was rainy and hazy for most of our tour, my family and I still had a wonderful time touring Hakone. Kaneo was an excellent guide to help us navigate the best places to go given the weather and was kind and considerate to cater our plans as we went. We had a nice lunch at a local restaurant to keep us warm with soba and ramen noodles, which included good conversation with Kaneo as we ate. With Mt. Fuji hidden behind the clouds, the greenery of the forest was quite apparent as we walked the Old Cedar Path. Making our way to Hakone Shrine, the mist created a feeling of the movie 'Spirited Away' that was quite enchanting. Kaneo captured great photo shots of us and was very helpful in sharing his knowledge of other areas we explored, such as the volcanic vents and Open Air Museum. It was a great day and I would happily choose Kaneo as our guide again.

Terry H.

Thank you for your warm and long review. I am glad to know you enjoyed the tour in spite of rather bad weather. I also enjoyed talking with you about a part of Japanese culture. I wish I have another chance to guide you someday.

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