Visit Hakone on a Beautiful Day | Shinkansen from Shinagawa Station

Join me on a great day trip to Hakone from Tokyo. Fortunately, today’s weather is pleasant, and we will start our journey from Shinagawa Station, taking a Shinkansen to Odawara Station, and then a local train on to Hakone-Yumoto, which is the quickest way to get there.

We will experience a full day in Hakone, starting with a visit to a traditional tea house to drink amazake. We will then ake a hike over Mount Byōbu, visit the beautiful Hakone Shrine and Gateway to Peace on Lake Ashi, and have a delicious pork cutlet for lunch. After lunch, we will take a sightseeing cruise in a pirate ship up Lake Ashi to Togendai, followed by the ropeway to the geothermic site of Owakudani, take a footbath at Sounzan with a view over the mountains, and then a cable car down the mountain to Gora Station. At Gora Station, we will take the “Hydrangea Railway” to Tonosawa Station, and then walk to a nearby onsen to relax for a couple of hours and have Soba and Tempura for dinner. After this full day in Hakone, we will head back to Tokyo on the Shinkansen.

Also see the video of the trip to Hakone the day before by Romancecar from Shinjuku:

Filmed on 20 July, 2022.

— Links —
Shinagawa Station → https://goo.gl/maps/CeocYYxT4cdmiv3D7
700 Series Shinkansen → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/700_Series_Shinkansen
Amazake Tea House → https://goo.gl/maps/BZa6YMrLgqZ3YBxk7
Mount Byōbu → https://goo.gl/maps/sHhU1UVV879bkKxG7
Hakone Check Point → https://goo.gl/maps/hqDUDdzyYQb3Y97n8
Motohakone Port → https://goo.gl/maps/k2weFEw3n3Vixgm8A
The Third Torii of Hakone Shrine → https://goo.gl/maps/ZSbyFFyao1fzHjjYA
Hakone Shrine → https://goo.gl/maps/6dZt53LCyePsi9UMA
Kuzuryu Shrine Shingu → https://goo.gl/maps/WA62w9YbZVAbeLws9
Heiwa no Torii (Hakone Shrine) → https://goo.gl/maps/Fc2rCKHqcNQ26HMG9
Hakone Sightseeing Cruise (Pirate Ships) → https://www.hakonenavi.jp/international/en/spot/105
Hakone Ropeway → https://www.hakonenavi.jp/international/en/transportation/hakone-ropeway
Owakudani → https://www.hakonenavi.jp/international/en/spot/99
Footbath and Terrace (Sounzan Station) → https://goo.gl/maps/eHrxDFmmFGYA7Hau7
Hakone Yuryo (onsen) → https://www.hakoneyuryo.jp/english/

— Summary of Costs —
Shinkansen Shinagawa Station ↔︎ Odawara Station (return trip): ¥6,200 ($44.90 · €44.90)
Hakone-Tozan Train: Odawara Station ↔︎ Hakone-Yumoto Station (return trip): ¥640 ($4.65 · €4.65)
Bus Hakone-Yumoto Station → Amazake-chaya (one-way): ¥710 ($5.15 · €5.15)
Amazake: ¥400 ($2.90 · €2.90)
Chikara-mochi (kurogoma-uguisu): ¥500 ($3.60 · €3.60)
Bus (close to Hakone Check Point) → Motohakone Port (one-way): ¥180 ($1.30 · €1.30)
Lunch (boiled pork cutlet set meal) at Hiroshiya: ¥1,700 ($12.30 · €12.30)
First class cabin tickets for sightseeing cruise Motohakone → Togendai: ¥1,800 ($13 · €13)
Ropeway (one-way) Togendai → Sounzan: ¥1,550 ($11.20 · €11.20)
Cable Car (one-way) Sounzan → Gora: ¥430 ($3.10 · €3.10)
Hakone-Tozan Railway (one-way) Gora → Tonosawa Station: ¥370 ($2.70 · €2.70)
Hakone Yuryo (onsen) public bath with meal: ¥2.700 ($19.60 · €19.60)

— Approximate Exchange Rates Used (July 2022) —
$1 (USD) ⟺ ¥138 (JPY)
€1 (EUR) ⟺ ¥138 (JPY)

— Chapters —
00:00 Video preview
01:10 Map
01:25 Shinkansen to Odawara
02:22 Local Train to Hakone-Yumoto
02:58 Bus to Amazake-chaya
03:16 Amazake-chaya
04:29 Hiking over Mount Byobu
07:04 The Third Torii of Hakone Shrine
07:41 Hakone Shrine
08:49 Heiwa no Torii
09:27 Lunch at Hiroshiya
10:05 Pirate Ship Sightseeing Cruise
12:47 Ropeway from Togendai
14:00 Owakudani
15:04 Sounzan Station
15:29 Hakone-Tozan Cable Car
17:40 Hakone-Tozan Railway from Gora Station
21:06 Hakone Yuryo onsen
21:53 Dinner at Irorisaryo Hachiri
22:20 Shuttle bus to Hakone-Yumoto Station
22:39 Local Train to Odawara
22:52 Shinkansen to Shinagawa Station
23:35 Farewell

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