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Tramping the Old Hakone Path (Earlier Start＋Hakone Shrine)
Joined 2017
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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Meeting Point
Just outside the ticket gate of Hakone Yumoto Station
Hakone Yumoto Station ticket gate
Customers and guide meet
Yumoto Station
Take a taxi to Amasake Chaya Tea House
Amasake Chaya Tea House
Taste hot sweet drink and sweets in an old traditional Japanese-style wooden house
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
Hakone Shrine
Visit Hakone Shrine, with its over 1,200 years history, worshipped by two powerful Shoguns, Minamotono Yoritomo and Tokugawa Ieyasu
Motohakone
Take lunch at a restaurant by the Lake Ashi
Lake Ashi
Sail on a Hakone Pirate Ship from Port Motohakone to Port Togendai
Over the moutain side on a ropeway
Take panoramic views from a ropeway
Owakudani Volcanic Valley
Stop at fuming Owakudani Volcanic Valley, tasting black eggs boiled with volcanic heat
Down the moutan side on a cable car
Take a cable car ride through forests
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
Benzaiten Shrine
Visit Benzaiten Shrine at the end of the Tonosawa Station platform, which is said to make worshipper's money many times valuable
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
Hakone Yumoto Station
End of the tour: customers and guide part
Ending Point
Hakone Yumoto Station
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee
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.
Important message from the supplier
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.
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
Joined 2017
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
“Very happy customers”
Takao-san was very kind and flexible from the beginning and put a lot of effort into making this tour a great experience. Thank you very much!
Takao M.
(18 reviews)Hi, Tina. Thank you very much for your kind review! I’m very happy that I was able to show Mr. & Mrs. Linder around in Hakone. I loved them and Germany so much that I bought German beers the following day. They tasted excellent! Please say hello to Mr. and Mrs. Linder, thank you. Best regards, Takao Mizushima
“it was an amazing day in Hakone”
Takao took us around Hakone. He also gave us useful information during the trip. He also was kind to fulfill our request to find places that accommodate our requirements. The amazake was also very delicious! Takao also walked us to the hotel we are staying at in Hakone. Hakone overall was also nice. And as the song says "The Hakone Mountains are the steepest mountains in the world"!
Takao M.
(18 reviews)Hi, Mohammed and Hanah. Thank you for your nice review. I really enjoyed travelling with you. You were so considerate and sent your luggage to your hotel beforehand. You also told me that you were ready to go after lunch. Those things made our trip go so smoothly. I appreciate your kindness. I’m sure Mt. Fuji will smile at you today. Have a nice trip. Best regards, Takao Mizushima
“Thank you takao!”
Thank you takao for fitting in all our "must do" sights. We had a great day!
Takao M.
(18 reviews)Hi, Amanda. Thank you for your good review! I really enjoyed the tour with you. Today I worked in the field, harvesting rice. Grasshoppers flew up and swallows flew down. And eaglet kept watching the field. I wanted to show Anderson the sight. Have a nice trip in Japan! Best regards, Takao Mizushima
$165/ per group
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