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Hakone: The wonderful world

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Hakone

English

8 hours

Private tour (only you and your group)

Up to 5 people

Hakone attract many people because of great view of Mt. Fuji, volcanic activity in front of you, various transportation, hot spring, historical site and etc. If you want to enjoy everything, you need to stay in Hakone at least 3 days. But you can enjoy Hakone even one day by taking golden route.

Hiroshi Y.

4.96 / 5

(46 reviews)

09:30 AM

Meeting Point

Odawara station or Hakone-Yumoto station. If you are staying in Hakone area, at your hotel

09:30 AM

Hakone-Yumoto satation

This is the gateway of Hakone. From this station, we will start to take a bus to Hatajuku, the first destination of this tour

10:00 AM

Hakone Yosegi-zaiku National certified craft-man shop.

We learn how to make a wood combination pattern from real producer. Items he produces are sold only in Hakone area. It is impressive to learn how to make this Hakone Yosegi-zaiku which is listed as a traditional craft item by government.

11:10 AM

Amazake-chaya

This is an old tea house found more than 400 years ago and one family succeed this business. Current owner is 13th generation.

Amazake is a non-alcoholic beverage made from Koji( a mold used in fermentation) and rice. This tea house has a small museum related to travel in Hakone in old days. Addition to it, there is an old road used for 400 years. It means you can see how people travelled in old days.

12:00 PM

Lake Ashi

Lake Ashi was created by eruption of volcano about 3100 years ago and is never be frozen even in winter. There are some spots to enjoy very nice view of Mt.Fuji. We will take lunch around this area

01:00 PM

Hakone Shrine

This is the oldest shrine in Hakone found about 1300 years ago. Approaching road to the main building was covered by cider trees and you can enjoy nice atmosphere which Japanese love.

02:30 PM

Lake Ashi cruise

This Lake Ashi cruse is very enjoyable one to see Hakone mountains from different angle.

03:20 PM

Owakudani - seeing volcanic activity and eat black-shell egg

This is one of the hi-lights of Hakone sightseeing. You can see actual volcanic activity in front of you and smell surfur.

Here you can find a very unique item which is an egg with black shell. It is a normal boiled egg but color of shell is black.

It is said that this one egg extends your life by 7 years.

03:50 PM

Air cruise by taking rope-way (cable car)

After Owakudani, we will take rope-way (cable car) to Sohunzan station where you can enjoy hotspring for your feet if you wish.

On the way, you can enjoy nice view of Hakone mountains and feel you are flying.

04:40 PM

Gora station

From this station, we will take a train to Hakone Yumoto. Because this train pass very steep slope, train is special and change train direction 3 times (switch back).

05:30 PM

Hakone Yumoto

End of this tour

Ending Point

At your hotel, Hakone Yumoto station or Odawara station

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee only

transportation cost from my home to the meeting point

What‘s not included

all transportation, lunch, entrance fee for you and guide.

My recommendation is to purchase Hakone free ticket for 2 days. It cost ￥5000 for an adult and ￥1000 for a kid (under 12 years old). This ticket covers all transportation from Odawara to Hakone area including bus, train, pirate ship, cable car and rope-way.

Tour Important Information

This is one typical route to enjoy Hakone. But there are many other places which is unique in Hakone for example many museums and historical sites.

For example, there is a famous "Open Air museum" where all sculptures are displayed in open air. If you wish to visit any specific place, please advice me. I will arrange this tour to meet your request.

If you can see Mt.Fuji depends on the weather condition. And please note that during summer, visibility is low and in winter it is high. It means chancesis to see Mt.Fuji in summer is low and in winter is high

Also, transportation in Hakone is affected by weather condition, especially cruise ship and rope-way ( cable car)

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 Reviews

Matthew S.

5 / 5

Jan 17, 2024

Hakone sightseeing and Onsen

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Jan 17, 2024

“Fantastic tour of Hakone”

Hiro is an excellent tour guide! He designed a fantastic day trip visit to Hakone for our family of 8 and was highly communicative and organized both leading up to our tour date, as well as during our visit to Hakone. We got very lucky with stunning views of Mt. Fuji and appreciated Hiro's historical knowledge and Japanese cultural insights. I highly recommend booking your private tour with Hiro.

Noah K.

5 / 5

Jan 3, 2024

Mt.Kintoki and Open air museum

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Jan 3, 2024

“Amazing Day in Hakone”

We loved our day with Hiroshi! He allowed us to plan a very specific itinerary of the 2 things we wanted to do in Hakone: Hike Mt. Kintoki and visit the Hakone Open Air museum. This required navigating and timing the trains and buses perfectly, which he easily did for us. Hiking with him was safe and fun and he shared great stories. Lunch at the top was a treat and resting our tired feet in the hot springs at the museum was an unexpected highlight. It was a stress free day in Hakone and we would love to travel with Hiroshi again.

Hiroshi Y.

(46 reviews)

Thank you for your comment and I had great time with your family. I am waiting for another chance to guide you.

Andre S.

5 / 5

Dec 31, 2023

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Dec 31, 2023

“Great time with Hiroshi”

My wife and I had a great time wish Hiroshi. We did not have much time in Tokyo and having Hiroshi as a guide was a must. We had a chance to visit many places and most important learn about the culture and Japan history. Hiroshi was a 5 star guide! Also fun and great companion.

Hiroshi Y.

(46 reviews)

Dear Andre Thank you for your evaluation of my tour. I enjoyed being with you and your wife. I am glad to find you had fun with me and explanation about Japanese history and culture. I think you have many reasons to visit Japan again and I wish to show you many other places in Japan. Hiroshi