9-Hour Hakone Hachiri Hike with Lake Ashi and Edo Trail Heritage
About This Tour
Hike a section of the ancient, forest-clad Tokaido Highway that once linked Tokyo with the former capitals of Kyoto and Osaka. Travel to Hakone Yumoto to visit...
Duration: 9 Hours · Tour type: Shared · Activity level: Moderate · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Included · Wheelchair access: No · Cities: Mount Fuji, Odawara, Hakone · Languages: English
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What's Included
- Guiding service
- Local public transport between Odawara and Mishima
- Morning tea
- Lunch
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Hakone Hachiri Hike from Odawara to Mishima
Catch the Tokaido Shinkansen from Tokyo, Shinagawa, or Shin-Yokohama and get off at Odawara Station, the tour start point, where your guide will pick you up at 08:30 am. Catch the local Odakyu train to Hakone Yumoto, then take the Hakone Tozan public bus up to Amazake Chaya teahouse, one of the few remaining teahouses from the hundreds that once adorned the old Tokaido. After some heart-warming amazake (non-alcoholic), follow the stone-paved Tokaido on foot through the forest down to the shore of Lake Ashinoko in Moto-Hakone. Next, stroll the kilometre-long Cedar Avenue, lined on both sides with towering 400-year-old Japanese cedar (sugi), to Hakone Checkpoint. This faithful recreation on the original foundations demonstrates life on the Tokaido during the Edo Period. Have lunch at a restaurant by the lake. After lunch, rejoin the ancient Tokaido for another 6 km forest hike to Yamanaka Castle Ruins, with a Mount Fuji photo opportunity, weather permitting. Then take a Tokai Bus to Mishima and stroll along the Genbegawa World Heritage Water Area to Mishima Station, the end point of the tour, at 17:10. Mishima is also a setting in James Clavell's epic novel Shogun.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Odawara Station, 1 Chome-1 Shiroyama, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan
