Food Hakone-Yumoto’s Soba shop "Jihei" Tomoko Kamishima Jihei(治兵衛) is a casual soba shop along the main shopping street of Hakone-Yumoto. It is easy to drop in and enjoy soba the...
10 Culture Hakone Museum of Art, Garden Tomoko Kamishima The moss garden of the Hakone Museum of Art becomes a hidden paradise in mid-November. 130 kinds of moss cover the garden, sh...
Activities The Hakone Open-Air Museum Christopher Harley Nestled in the hills of Hakone resides an art museum like no other – at least in Japan. The Hakone Open-Air Museum is just th...
Culture Walk the Old Hakone Highway Tomoko Kamishima Can you believe that you can take a walk down the exact same road and see the exact same view that people did 400 year ago?
Activities Black Eggs of Owakudani, Hakone Abby Rodriguez Owakudani is an active volcanic valley (known as Jigokudani—Valley of Hell) in Hakone, where you can experience the local tra...
Activities POLA Museum of Art, Hakone Tomoko Kamishima The POLA Museum of Art features large number of pieces from the private collection of Tsuneshi Suzuki (1930-2000), the son of...
12 Culture Onshi Hakone Park in Spring Tomoko Kamishima Strolling around Onshi Hakone Park and enjoying several kinds of cherry trees and a great view of Mt. Fuji over the lake will...
7 Pampas Grass in Sengokuhara, Hakone Masato Kitamura Beautiful Japanese pampas grass viewing in October and November each year.
8 Hakone Shrine: Divine God of Luck Masayoshi Hirose I had to give up taking photos of Mt. Fuji due to the bad weather, and instead, visited the Kuzuryu Shrine (Hakone Shrine) at...
11 Culture Museum of the Little Prince, Hakone Tomoko Kamishima This charming museum in Hakone is devoted to "The Little Prince" and Saint-Exupéry’s life, displaying his hand-written letter...