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Hakone Private Tour - At the end of the tour, we relax in a hot spring. This spa is furnished with a variety of hot baths in the open air, facing the garden in the middle.
At the end of the tour, we relax in a hot spring. This spa is furnished with a variety of hot baths in the open air, facing the garden in the middle.
Hakone Private Tour - Hakone Ropeway gondolas go over tall tree tops and take you to the fuming Owakudani volcanic valley. Black eggs boiled with the hot water of the volcano taste good, quite different from ones boiled in ordinary ways.
Hakone Ropeway gondolas go over tall tree tops and take you to the fuming Owakudani volcanic valley. Black eggs boiled with the hot water of the volcano taste good, quite different from ones boiled in ordinary ways.
Hakone Private Tour - We can get panoramic view from the ferry boat which is disguised as a pirate ship. Enjoy sailing from Motohakone to Togendai. Mt. Fuji will show its majestic figure on a fine day.
We can get panoramic view from the ferry boat which is disguised as a pirate ship. Enjoy sailing from Motohakone to Togendai. Mt. Fuji will show its majestic figure on a fine day.
Hakone Private Tour - We take a walk on the cobblestone-covered old Hakone Highway, treading in the footsteps of the daimyos or feudal lords and samurais or warriors of old Japan.
We take a walk on the cobblestone-covered old Hakone Highway, treading in the footsteps of the daimyos or feudal lords and samurais or warriors of old Japan.
Hakone Private Tour - Amasake Chaya started operations more than 350 years ago, serves drinks and refreshments: Amazake or non-alcoholic sweet rice-based drink, Iced Macha or powdered green tea, and Chikara-mocchi or pounded rice cake. The earth floors, and irori, or sunken hearth, comfort you with long-forgotten softness of the earth and warmth of the direct fire.
Amasake Chaya started operations more than 350 years ago, serves drinks and refreshments: Amazake or non-alcoholic sweet rice-based drink, Iced Macha or powdered green tea, and Chikara-mocchi or pounded rice cake. The earth floors, and irori, or sunken hearth, comfort you with long-forgotten softness of the earth and warmth of the direct fire.
Hakone Private Tour - We stop at Amasake Chaya
We stop at Amasake Chaya

Tramping the Old Hakone Path (Earlier Start+Hakone Shrine)

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Hakone Tour Guide - Takao M.

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Bus ride up the soaring Hakone mountains, visit a traditional tea house serving a hot sweet drink, walk on a historic stone-paved Hakone path, visit Hakone Shrine, lunch at Motohakone, sail on a pirate boat, panoramic views from a ropeway, stop at fuming Owakudani Valley tasting black eggs boiled by volcanic heat, cable car descent to Gora, train ride to Tonosawa, visit Benzaiten Shrine and a dip in a hot spa.


Itinerary

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08:30 AM

Meeting Point

Just outside the ticket gate of Hakone Yumoto Station

08:30 AM

Hakone Yumoto Station ticket gate

Customers and guide meet

08:40 AM

Yumoto Station

Take a taxi to Amasake Chaya Tea House

09:00 AM

Amasake Chaya Tea House

Taste hot sweet drink and sweets in an old traditional Japanese-style wooden house

09:50 AM

Old Hakone Mountain Path

Walk on a mountain path, mostly covered by cobblestones, which linked Kyoto and Edo (present Tokyo) as Tokaido Highway in the old days

11:00 AM

Hakone Shrine

Visit Hakone Shrine, with its over 1,200 years history, worshipped by two powerful Shoguns, Minamotono Yoritomo and Tokugawa Ieyasu

11:50 AM

Motohakone

Take lunch at a restaurant by the Lake Ashi

12:40 PM

Lake Ashi

Sail on a Hakone Pirate Ship from Port Motohakone to Port Togendai

01:10 PM

Over the moutain side on a ropeway

Take panoramic views from a ropeway

01:40 PM

Owakudani Volcanic Valley

Stop at fuming Owakudani Volcanic Valley, tasting black eggs boiled with volcanic heat

02:20 PM

Down the moutan side on a cable car

Take a cable car ride through forests

02:50 PM

Down to Tonosawa on a Hakone Tozan Railways train

Take a train ride on a railway line which goes zigzags down the slopes using the switchback method at three locations

03:20 PM

Benzaiten Shrine

Visit Benzaiten Shrine at the end of the Tonosawa Station platform, which is said to make worshipper's money many times valuable

04:00 PM

Hakone Yuryo Hot Spa

Take a hot bath at Hakone Yuryo Hot Spa, a traditionally-styled countryside one-day hot spring resort, which offers both public and private baths

06:20 PM

Hakone Yumoto Station

End of the tour: customers and guide part

Ending Point

Hakone Yumoto Station

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guide's transportation fee ¥6,170, guide's spa fee ¥1,600, tourist's transportation fee ¥4,740 (starting from Yumoto Sta.and getting to Yumoto Sta. using taxi from Yumoto Sta. to Amasake Chaya +public transportations from Amasake Chaya to Yumoto Sta.), tourist's meal, tourist's drink, tourist's spa fee ¥1,600 per person (if a private bath is used, ¥9,400 for a 2-people room or ¥10,400 for a 4-people room for two hours on a weekday. On weekends, ¥11,400 for a 2-people room and ¥12,400 for a 4-people room.)

Tour Important Information

We walk more than one hour up a stone-paved path and there are some steep slopes. We take a hot spring bath. So we need following things:

1. shoes for walking

2. rain gear (umbrella or raincoat, just in case for the rain during walking)

3. changing clothes for hot spring bath

4. a washing towel and a drying towel for hot spring bath (you can buy a face towel for 250 yen and a bath towel for 450 yen)

We can shorten the tour time by omitting ferry cruising, ropeway, and cable cars.

(What To Expect)

You can experience a simple and basic style of life in Japan.

Like the travelers of old days, in a part of our tour, we walk on foot, going on a stone-paved path lined with cider trees and bamboo bushes, filled with nature.

It is dark inside the teahouse. Through the opened doors, the sunlight comes in and washes the wooden floors of the living space, elevated from the earthen floors. A hearth is dug in one wooden floor and we sit around the burning fire and are served with a hot sweet drink made from rice.

Hakone Shrine gives you a moment of peace in your mind, with the path quiet and serene leading to the main hall, the precinct light and open, and the surface of the lake bright reflecting the sunlight at the foot.

At the end of the tour, we relax in a hot spring. This spa is furnished with a variety of hot baths in the open air, facing the garden in the middle.

As means of transportation, we can try multiplicity of vehicles including bus, ferry, ropeway, cable car, and train.

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1. The fee doesn't include the tourists' transportation fees.

2. The fee doesn't include the tourists' meals or beverages.

3. The fee doesn't include admission charges for visiting places or charges for hands-on activities.

4. Tourists pay the guide's transportation fees.

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Hakone Tour Guide - Takao M.

Joined 2017

Takao M.
4.35 / 5
(20 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Takao M.

Hi, I'm Takao. I like walking with my friends in the mountains, along rivers and beaches, and visiting historical places and museums. Usually, after enjoying these places, we take a dip in hot springs and drink beer.

As a guide, however, I'll take up places easy to walk around. I assume not many people from abroad are prepared for sweating activities.

If you like, though, I can modify my plan, connecting with a short hiking, hot bath and a drinking place.

Reviews

Poor English, not resourceful

The company itself or some AI must be the one that replied to my massages since Takao, even though a sweet gentleman, can barely speak English and is not resourceful or informed about the area.

Paola M.

Takao M.

Sorry, Paola. We lost about 90 minutes yesterday because the strong wind forced the ropeway to stop, and we had to return to our starting point. I chose that route because: 1. I wanted you to experience a cable car ride. 2. I wanted to minimize the use of buses that don’t accept the Hakone Freepass. The bus ride from the cable car terminal to the highest point of Owakudani Valley is the shortest option. 3. The only buses that reach the volcanic valley when the ropeway is stopped are the ones that don’t accept the pass. 4. There were so many people in line ahead of us that I couldn’t predict how many buses we’d have to wait for. 5. We called all the taxi companies, but none were available due to high demand. Despite this setback, we still managed to experience three out of the four attractions you considered a “must”—the ropeway, pirate ship, cable car, and open-air museum. Mt. Fuji wasn’t visible, and the ropeway was stopped, so we missed out on the great view from it. Unfortunately, that meant we lost two of the main highlights of the tour, and I didn’t have many opportunities to explain the scenery. Still, I did my best to make the tour worthwhile by sharing whatever thoughts came to mind. I truly enjoyed our conversations! I use AI to refine my written English, but I don’t rely on it for speaking. Improving my English is something I truly care about. I sincerely appreciate your understanding. Thank you. Best regards, Takao Mizushima

AMAZING DAY

with my guide. First of all: what a true charming gentleman Mr Takao was waiting for me at the busstop and we just started exploring the amazing sights and scenery of Hakone. Get ready to walk A LOT as Hakone is quite spread out. My hightlight was definitely to see Mt. Fuji clear from all clouds and mist. Also the Hakone trail: walking over a historic path on centuries old stones in the middle of nature was magical. Mr. Takao cn tell you a lot of the history and legends of this beautiful mountian resort. It was dfinitely one of my highlights and I am truly grateful to have spent the day with mr. Takao

Terrence t S.

Takao M.

Hi, Terry. Thank you so much for your kind review. I’ll take care not to get carried away by the compliments. May I ask you two questions? I’m interested in a Duch word “Niksen.” The word seems to mean not doing things, but being as we are. It’s like sitting idly on a chair, looking leisurely out of the window or listening to music without focusing on it too much. Is it a traditional way of living in the Netherlands? Do you practice it? What was the Dutch word you told me? The word Dutch people say quite often without meaning anything. You taught me the word when we were transferring from the ropeway to the cable car if I remember correctly. We have seen all the places and we just started our way back. I thought we have had a good time and had a sense of accomplishment at that time. I’m sorry my questions are too long. Best regards, Takao Mizushima

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