On a clear day, Mt. Fuji fills the horizon from Lake Ashi's shore. Hakone is Tokyo's favorite escape. Pirate ships on the lake, open-air museums in the hills, volcanic steam vents, and ryokan after ryokan with private onsen baths.
What Hakone is known for
Top-rated in Hakone
Hakone Craft House
4.8craft
A multi-discipline craft studio in Gora Park offering blown glass, pottery, sandblasting, and dried flower workshops.
Hakone Shrine
4.4shrine
Ancient lakeside shrine famous for its vermillion torii gate standing in the waters of Lake Ashi, framed by Mount Fuji on clear days.
Hakone Open Air Museum
4.5museum
Japan's first open-air museum featuring 120 sculptures against stunning Hakone mountain scenery.
Amazake Chaya
4.5cafe
A 400-year-old thatched-roof teahouse on the old Tokaido road serving amazake and mochi by an open hearth.
Cape Irozaki
4.5landmark
Pacific coast cape where millennia of waves carved dramatic rock formations along shoreline.
Enoura Observatory
4.6museum
Sagami Bay clifftop observatory by photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, architectural meditation on time and light.
Mount Kintoki
4.6nature
A moderate mountain hike above Hakone with one of the closest and most dramatic Mt. Fuji views in the Kanto region.
Mt. Omuro
4.6culture
Situated not far from the coastal town of Ito, Mt. Omuro has an interesting and somewhat deceptive profile.