Best around Hakone / Odawara Spot List

Tenshozan Shrine was founded in 1931. It honors the Japanese gods Ameterasu, Sarutahiko, and Taisei, and people from all over Japan come for the festival held each year on May 22, briefly creating a lively atmosphere. Located deep within the forest, the shrine comes alive in each season with flowers and foliage. Access: From Yugawara Station, take the bus headed to Motohakone for about 40 minutes The shrine is a 30-minute walk from the Shitodo-no-Iwaya Iriguchi bus stop

The hotel owns a hot spring source and is proud of the richest hot water supply in the Yugawara hot spring area. With a variety of baths including the large communal bath with hot spring water constantly pouring in from the wall, the open-air baths that face the forest and bamboo grove, and the hot spring pool, guests can enjoy the hot springs to their hearts' content.

An inn popular for their fresh sashimi and home made meals. Breakfast and dinner are served comfortably in the guest room. The bath is gensen 100% kakenagashi (water flowing directly from the hot spring source), making your skin lovely and smooth. Private baths are available.

A calm inn dedicated for grownups surrounded by nature. 4 guest rooms with an open-air bath have different styles. Its original Kaiseki cuisine (traditional Japanese course meal) cooked carefully with selected ingredients from all over Japan including fresh fish caught in Sagami Bay and abalone is also interesting.

We are a privately-owned modern art museum opened in November 1988. We have a range of exhibitions, mainly of oil paintings, but also sketches, photos, sculptures, objets d’art and other works. The museum encourages visitors to engage with art through the experience of not only looking at, but also touching and moving the items on exhibit, or making them produce sounds. Access: From Yugawara Station, take the bus headed to Kajiya for about 15 minutes We are seven minutes' walk from the Kajiya bus stop

The mountain streams passing through the town are a paradise for fishing. Enjoy fishing for Japanese salmon, as well as ayu once the season begins in early summer. Japanese salmon: Season opened on Sunday March 4, 2018 Ayu: ・Season opened on Sunday June 3, 2018 (Chitose river: river mouth - Kawaseki bridge) from one hour before sunrise ・Season opened on Sunday June 17, 2018 (Chitose river: Kawaseki bridge - Ochiai bridge) from one hour before sunrise The season for both Japanese salmon and ayu closes on October 15, 2018 (however, ayu can be fished from December 1-31)