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The red torii of Hakone Shrine standing in Lake Ashi

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Hakone & Mount Fuji: a journey from Tokyo

Hot-spring inns, Lake Ashi and the torii in the water, Ōwakudani, and Mount Fuji above Lake Kawaguchi: a UNESCO landscape within two hours of the city.

The back story

  1. The back story

    Hakone and Mount Fuji: lakes, hot springs and the mountain

    Hakone·In depth

    Hot-spring inns in the hills, the red torii of Hakone Shrine on Lake Ashi, the steaming valley of Ōwakudani, and Mount Fuji above the Five Lakes.

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What to see

  1. The torii in the water

    Lake Ashi and Hakone Shrine

    Hakone·Lake and shrine

    The crater lake of Hakone, with the shrine’s red gate standing in the water.

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  2. UNESCO, 2013

    Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi

    Fujikawaguchiko·UNESCO landscape

    Japan’s sacred mountain, seen across Lake Kawaguchi.

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