After our final day in Tokyo, we took the Shinkansen from Tokyo Station and in just a short 30-minute ride arrived in the beautiful town of Hakone! On the ride over we got extremely lucky with the visibility and caught some epic glimpses of Mount Fuji (sit on the right side if you're taking the train from Tokyo!). When we arrived at Odawara Station, we then took a 30-min bus ride to Hotel Indigo Hakone and dropped off our bags.

From there we headed over to Gora Station to make our way up (and then back down) to Lake Ashi via cable car and ropeway. On the way up we, again, got lucky and had some even more amazing close-up views of Mount Fuji. Later that night we had our first Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) experience before soaking in the onsen at our hotel. If you're looking for a quick escape from the busyness of Tokyo, Hakone is definitely a great option to be closer to nature while being able to relax. If you're going around end of March to early April (Sakura season), you will indeed see plenty of cherry blossoms here.

While we were only there for a day, there are still plenty of other things we didn't get to do. Here are a few of those recommendations:
- visit the Hakone Open Air Museum ([ Ссылка ])
- Hakone Gora Park ([ Ссылка ]).
- Hakone-jinja shrine Torii Gate ([ Ссылка ])

If you're looking to stay at a more traditional accommodation (not that we didn't enjoy Hotel Indigo and having a private onsen!), then there are plenty of ryokan options here as well!

Book your Hakone Freepass here if you don't want to go through the struggles that we did (and will be spending more time in Hakone): [ Ссылка ]

TImestamp:
0:00 bullet train to Odawara Station
3:32 Arriving at Hotel Indigo Hakone
4:52 Gora Station cablecar ride
6:37 Sounzan Station ropeway to Lake Ashi
7:33 walk around Lake Ashi
10:16 Hotel Indigo room tour
12:10 Yakiniku dinner
14:01 After dinner onsen

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