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

From the Fudo Waterfall, if you continue walking along the stream toward Okuyugawara, you will come across the Godan Waterfall. Godan means ”five steps” in Japanese and the 100-meter-tall waterfall appears to flow down five steps. Steam from hot spring water gathers around the falls, creating a real hot spring atmosphere. Access: From Yugawara Station, take the bus headed to Okuyugawara or Fudo-Taki for about 20 minutes The falls are a two-minute walk from the Fudo-Taki bus stop

An ideal casual accommodations for group travelers. Enjoy your stay in a lakeside forest cottage.

We welcome only one group of guests per day. Enjoy an elegant and tranquil moment at a Hakone villa once cherished by the late Japanese Showa era diva, Aki Yashiro. The villa boasts a 2,000-square-meter property, located with a view of Hakone's beautiful mountains. The spacious and open indoor area of 292 square meters is exclusively yours. While soaking in the milky-white natural hot spring with free-flowing water, indulge in the grand scenery enveloped by the vast natural surroundings of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park without any obstruction. Accommodates up to 12 people, no additional charges.

A resort hotel where you can enjoy hot springs and forest bathing surrounded by the mountains of Hakone.We have a large public bath that effectively utilizes a pool and eight types of hot springs.Guest rooms offer a spacious area of approximately 40㎡.Wi-Fi is also fully equipped.Just a 5-minute walk to Hakone Kowakien Yunessun!It's about a 20-minute bus ride to Owakudani and Lake Ashi, allowing you to fully enjoy Hakone sightseeing.

[Takes around two hours 20 minutes at a regular pace (or two hours and 30 minutes if walked in the reverse direction) - suitable for regular walkers] A course where you can enjoy the view while touring historic relics dating back to the days when Yugawara was called Doi-go. You will get a feel for the close ties between Yugawara and Yoritomo Minamoto as you take in sights such as Joganji Temple, Sanehira’s family temple, the Doi castle ruins (at the peak of Mt. Shiroyama), and Shitodo Cave. The grassy meadow of the picnic area is a best place to stop and have lunch. The superb view from the top of Mt. Shiroyama enables you to look over Sagami Bay, as well as the Izu Peninsula, and even as far as Hatsushima and Oshima islands.