Best Activities Spot List

Hot spring steam drifts through the town: a picture perfect onsen

Hakodate's greatest hot springs, ripe with history and port town charm

A lively onsen area brimming with shops

One of the world's rare moor hot springs

Overlooking Showa-Shinzan and Lake Toya

Dig in the sand to unveil this hot spring

See the Shiretoko Peninsula from the ocean

A river of hot spring water winds through old-growth trees of Noboribetsu

Find out how Furano's wine is made

Venture into drift ice on a customized icebreaker

Look for the ”Morris” cable car

A popular outdoor bath near the lake shore

An onsen town lined with Western-style multi-story wooden buildings from the Taisho Period. Exuding a nostalgic atmosphere, the town is often used as a location for movies and TV dramas.

The concept is ”festival.” There's lots to enjoy after bathing too

A distillery of Japan's representative whisky brand. The red brick buildings and factory tour are popular.

A rickshaw service with flexible routes

This studio has started offering a new experience called the Maiko Location Photo Plan, where you can take a photo in front of a Kyo-machiya (townhouse in Kyoto) or in the Higashiyama area. To experience being a maiko, you can choose from a variety of gorgeous attire and wear traditional Japanese makeup using face powder and a water-soluble lipstick. Other popular plans include Couple Plan where you can take a photo with your partner wearing a kimono, and the Kids Maiko Plan for children aged five and over (height: 100 centimeters or more).

A resort train with superb views

The Hakone Ropeway operates for about 4km from Tougendai station, facing Lake Ashi via Ubako and Owakudani stations, to Sounzan station. Opened in 1959, currently over 2 million people ride it each year. On the route going through Hakone mountains, you can view the nature which changes by seasons, such as cherry blossoms, azaleas, hydrangeas, and red and yellow leaves, as well as allowing you to view Mount Fuji in the distance on a sunny day. From Sounzan Station, the terminal station, you can change trains to Hakone Tozan cable cars and go to Gora Onsen (hot springs) and further down to the Hakone Open-Air Museum by Hakone Tozan Railway.

A bathhouse exuding old-fashioned charm