Starting Point:  Hakone Yumoto Station

Ending Point: Mishima Station around 4:00pm where you can take Shinkansen train to Tokyo or Kyoto direction. Guide can advise how to go back to your hotel.

Tour duration:  About 8 hours (depending on the hiking pace)

What to bring:  Good walking shoes, water, small towel, transportation card (e.g. Suica) with deposit at least 2000 yen, Japan Rail Pass (optional)

What is included in the tour price: Nationally Certified Mountain Guide with wilderness advanced first aid training

What is excluded from the tour price: Transportation to the meeting point and between sites and lunch

How to pay:  By paypal, credit card or bank transfer

Cancellation policy:  100% refundable 7 days before the tour starts (minus 10% transaction fee), no refund within 7 days.

Tour price:  

1 person – 45000 JPY

2 -3 persons – 22500 JPY each

4-6 persons -19000 JPY each

You will hike around 8km in this trip and visit Amasake Tea House, part of the old Tokkaido Highway, Lake Ashi, the Hachiri heritage path, Yamanaka Castle Ruins, Mishima Shrine and Genbe River in Mishima. The transportation between the sites is either on foot, by local bus or shared taxi. The hike is for beginners and mostly on gentle slopes or cobbled paths.

In this tour, you will traverse the Hakone Mountains like Edo period travellers and understand the history of Japan using your own feet. You will see Mt Fuji while you walk if weather permits. This path is very scenic and can be for the beginners.

Hakone Hachiri is a Japan Heritage where you can experience how people traveled between Kyoto and Edo (today Tokyo) during Edo period (17-19th century). It is a part of the Old Tokaido Highway including going through the steep slope of Hakone mountains. These days, Kyoto and Tokyo are linked by bullet trains and buses but walking this path can make you understand the history of Japan from a new perspective.

‘Hachi’ in Japanese means ‘eight’ and ‘ri’ is a measurement of approximately 4km these days. Therefore Hachiri means the difficult 32km of mountain path which travellers in the past need to walk in order to reach Edo. In this tour, we will walk some parts of this 32 kilometre pathway and skip the steepest parts by buses.

Our Hakone Hachiri tour starts from Hakone Yumoto. We take the bus/shared taxi together to reach the trailhead and then we walk to Hatajuku where the Amazake Tea House locates. After some Japanese snacks and a cup of energising amasake, we walk on the cobble stone path along the old Tokaido Highway to reach Lake Ashi where we will have a break admiring the lake, Mt Fuji and the Torii gate of Hakone Shrine which is always seen in the postcards of Hakone. Then we walk along the lake and through the famous cedar avenue with trees over 400 hundred years old. After this, we reach the Hakone Checkpoint – the gate where the Edo government controlled the traffic of travelers.

Lunch will be followed in a local Japanese restaurant. After lunch, we take a bus to get past Hakone Pass and visit castle ruins. Then depending on your pace and preference, we either go to Mishima to visit Mishima shrine or come back to the lake area.

This tour is suitable for people who want to understand the history of Japan and who don’t mind walking around 8km a day.

Photo gallery (Hakone Hachiri)

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Starting Point:  Hakone Yumoto Station

Ending Point:  Togendai Station (The guide will help you with the bus route to your hotel or further destination)

Tour duration:  About 7 hours (depending on the hiking pace)

What to bring:  Good hiking shoes, sunscreen, hat and water, change of clothes after onsen

What is included in the tour price: Nationally Certified Mountain Guide with wilderness advanced first aid training

What is excluded from the tour price: Transportation to the meeting point and between sites, lunch and onsen fee

How to pay:  By paypal, credit card or bank transfer

Cancellation policy:  100% refundable 7 days before the tour starts (minus 10% transaction fee), no refund within 7 days.

Tour price:  

1 person – 45000 JPY

2 -3 persons – 22500 JPY each

4-6 persons -19000 JPY each

This Traverse outer rim of Hakone caldera and enjoy onsen hiking tour involves 4-5 hour hiking in Hakone (about 8-9 km) and you need to be fit to complete it. You will traverse the outer rim of Hakone caldera and enjoy lunch and onsen in this experience.

The 90-min ascent up to the mountain top involves an elevation gain of 400 meters. You get to see the Pacific Ocean, the Hakone mountains, Owakudani, Sengokuhara and of course, Mt Fuji (if the weather permits) once you reach the mountain ridge. Then the 3-hour ridge walk gives you a panoramic view of the Hakone area. As you walk through the bamboo field, you will hear the birds singing, see sakura in spring, red leaves in autumn and step on the powdered snow in deep winter. After the ridge walk, you will go down the mountain in 30 minutes and reach Togendai. Lunch will be arranged in a local Japanese restaurant.

If the weather is good, you can see Mt Fuji most of the time while you are on the ridge walk. Even when Mt Fuji is hiding behind the clouds, you still have a view of Hakone town in this traverse mountain hike.

We take a bus to the trailhead. Transportation cost is not included in the tour price and will be shared by the group.

In this tour, you will hike like a Japanese – have a good onsen to relax the tired muscles after traversing the beautiful mountains. Many Japanese like to soak in a good quality natural hot spring after a hike. It is kind of a ritual when the situation allows. There are always onsen at the foot of mountains throughout Japan. It is lucky that Hakone is famous for its onsen quality. We will take you to our favorite onsen to enjoy after lunch. You will understand this Japanese hiking ritual!

We reserve the right to use a different onsen at the end of the hiking, depending on the possibility of seeing Mt Fuji. Most onsen facilities we use do not allow visible tattoos, but previous customers can enter if they cover their tattoos with powdered sheets which can be bought online. Please let us know if you need our help to get one.

The meeting point is Hakone Yumoto Station at 8:45am. Normally Mt Fuji is more visible earlier in the morning. If you are already staying in Hakone area the night before, we may be able to suggest another meeting point which is nearer to the trailhead than Hakone Yumoto. Please contact us for luggage storage or delivery options and how to get to Hakone Yumoto. Your guide is called Akihiro Wada, the owner and the chief guide of Coconuts Hike Japan. Thanks for reading our tour. We hope we will be guiding you in your hiking adventure in Hakone.

Photo gallery (Traverse Hakone Caldera)

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