I will pick you up at 8:00 at your hotel in Tokyo, and start the tour from Tokyo Sta. by Shinkansen (bullet train) or Shinjuku Sta. by Odakyu Express. After arriving at Odawara Sta. we will go up to Mt. Sounzan and Owakudani Volcanic Valley by mountain train, funicular cable-car and gondola ropeway, cruise through Lake Ashi in a Pirate Ship, visit Hakone Shrine and go back to Tokyo or to Shinjuku.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel in Tokyo or a railway station nearby
- At your hotel in Tokyo or a railway station nearby
Hakone-yumoto and Gora
We will take a mountain train from Hokone-yumoto, the biggest town in Hakone area, and go up thru zigzag railway line towards Gora where we will change to a cable-car then a ropeway towards Oowakudani Valley up there.
Oowakudani Volcanic Valley
We will, by a gondola ropeway, visit Oowakudani, a volcanic valley, with steam and sulfur gas gushing from the mountain side. Famous for its black boiled eggs.
Cruising Ashi Lake
Cruising in a pirate ship thru the frozen-free lake made by the explosion of surrounding volcanos about 3 thousand years ago
Hakone Shrine
Mysterious 1270 years olf shirine surrounded by high cedar trees with a large Torii gate standing from Ashi Lake
Ending Point
At your hotel or railway station nearby
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Guide fees, hotel pick-up in 23 wards of Tokyo, etc... ,
Transportation fees (you and guide), lunch, entrance fee if any, etc... ,
Mt. Fuji can be seen (if weather is fine) but visiting Mt. Fuji is not involved in this tour, because this excurtion tour through Hakone Caldera (from Odawara, Hakone-yumoto, Gora, Mt. Sounzan, Oowakudani Valley and Ashi Lake and back to Odawara) is perfect with its scale and spectacular views.
I am able to guide you almost every day except every 3rd Wed of the month on which I attend Haiku gathering. I will reply to you within 24 hrs with rough itinerary for your tour.
Transportation fee and lunch of you and a guide will be paid by the client.
- If you pay extra service charge for 10,000 yen, I can also guide you to Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and/or Shiga.
- If you want me to meet up at Narita Airport, it costs 6,000 yen. Hotel meetup inside Tokyo 23 wards is free. Outside of the area costs extra.
- If you book me before sending an inquiry, please note you may be requested to pay extra guide fee for hotel meetup (about 2,000 JPY) depending on the location.
Hello, my name is Yasuro (Mr). I was born and brought up in Kansai, graduated from a univ in Kobe city, after moved into Kanto, 30 years in Tokyo, 2.5 years in Nagoya city, 7.5 years abroad (KL & S'pore) as a rep of a construction company and I got the National Guide Certificate in 2011. My hobbies are making Haiku poems, singing various songs (voice-training for 18 years), playing the folk-guitar, trekking in mountains like Takao and Okutama in the West of Tokyo, visiting museums like in Ueno Park and travelling around Japan to make Haiku poems.
Thank you for your attention.
Natalie C.
6 Hour-Tour in Tokyo City-East Side around Imperial Palace, Asakusa
“Excellent Tour Guide”
Yasuro was a wonderful guide. He was a pleasure to explore the sights of Tokyo with. He is very knowledgeable, speaks good english and helped us navigate getting from the airport to our hotel is Asakusa and showed us many wonderful sights on our first day in Tokyo. Thanks so much Yasuro!
Yasuro C.
Dear Natalie and Iain Cuthbert, Thank you very much for your generous review. How did you find Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Osaka and others? It seems you enjoyed your holiday in Japan. Please take care of yourselves and come back to Japan again. Thank you again. Best regards, Yasuro
Shwe M.
6 Hour-Tour in Tokyo City-East Side around Imperial Palace, Asakusa
“Two days in Tokyo and Kamakura ”
We spent two days with Yasuro exploring Kamakura and Tokyo. On both days, Yasuro went above and beyond to give a joyful experience. On our day in Kamakura he ended up going significantly over the alloted time to ensure we saw the key sites on our tour (because of delays caused by the public holiday crowds) and on our Tokyo day he combined taxi and train rides to ensure minimum time walking and maximum time site-seeing. We enjoyed our time with Yasuro. (Review duplicated across both days)
“Two days in Tokyo and Kamakura”
We spent two days with Yasuro exploring Kamakura and Tokyo. On both days, Yasuro went above and beyond to give a joyful experience. On our day in Kamakura he ended up going significantly over the alloted time to ensure we saw the key sites on our tour (because of delays caused by the public holiday crowds) and on our Tokyo day he combined taxi and train rides to ensure minimum time walking and maximum time site-seeing. We enjoyed our time with Yasuro. (Review duplicated across both days)
$259/ per group