Hakone Private Two Day Tour from Tokyo with Overnight Stay in Ryokan
Description
Explore Hakone and see Mt. Fuji with an English guide on this private 2-day and 1 night tour with round-trip from Tokyo to Hakone and return. Take a cruise on Lake Ashi, ride on the Mt. Komagatake Ropeway that overlooks the Hakone National Park and walk on the Old Tokaido Road. Spend the first day exploring Hakone with your tour guide before your overnight stay at a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn). On the second day, you have the full the day to yourself (with Hakone Free Pass included) before returning to Tokyo.
Tour Options
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Public Transportation – From Tokyo: This option includes an English-speaking guide and covers all public transportation costs, including hotel pickup and drop-off within Tokyo Center. Please note that admission fees and optional activity costs for both guests and tour guides are not included. Private Vehicle – From Tokyo: This option includes an English-speaking guide and a private vehicle for your convenience. The private vehicle covers hotel pickup and drop-off within a 10 km radius of Shinjuku Station. Please note that admission fees and optional activity costs for both guests and tour guides are not included. Public Transportation- From Odawara Station: This option includes an English-speaking guide and covers all public transportation costs from Odawara Station (Pick-up from hotel is not included). Please note that admission fees and optional activity costs for both guests and tour guides are not included. Private Vehicle- From Odawara Station: This option includes an English-speaking guide and a private vehicle from Odawara Station (Pick-up from hotel is not included). Please note that admission fees and optional activity costs for both guests and tour guides are not included.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult (same room as adults, up to 3 children in one room with 2 adults)
- Minimum of 1 person per booking is required
- Passport will be required for transportation on tour day. Passports may be required to verify age on the day of the tour
- Non-smoking: All the rooms are non-smoking, there are designated areas outside for those who would like to smoke.
- The hotel experience will be a traditional Japanese ryokan, in which there will be tatami floors with futon that guests may sleep on top above the floor.
- Hotel accommodation will be 3 Stars. For guests who would like 4 or 5 star hotel or ryokan, additional costs will apply. Please inquire at booking.
- PLEASE FILL OUT THE TOUR FORM: After your booking, you will receive a link to the Hakone Form (within 48 hours) that asks for pertinent information required for this booking. Please ensure that this Hakone Form is completed accurately before three week of your tour date. We will work on an itinerary based on your detail. We will contact you by email (or the platform you made the booking at), but for urgent cases we may send a SMS text message to you from our global phone number.
- How far in advance should I book?
- Preparing a customized tour requires some time, especially if reservations for restaurants or other venues are required. We recommend making a reservation as early as possible. Ideally, it should be 3 months before your travel date, or 1 month before the travel date at the very least. For Custom Tour bookings that are requested with less than 7 days before the travel date, we may not be able to arrange your booking.
- Why am I charged a service fee if I make a cancellation after you started planning the trip?
- Organizing and planning a trip requires a lot of time and if we have made reservations on your behalf, it may be very challenging to cancel some booking requests. Once we receive your booking and your answers from the Custom Tour form, we will begin putting together your Itinerary Sheet and will start arranging your tour guide, buying tickets, making reservations at venues for your tour, etc.
- If you cancel the tour any time after we have sent you the custom Itinerary Sheet, the service fee of 15% of your total tour cost will be nonrefundable.
- Japan Awaits is a licensed tour operator in Japan, with hundreds of registered and vetted tour guides nationwide. We offer tours in any location in Japan and manage all details, including transportation and tickets. Visit Japan Awaits to learn more about our tours or inquire about a custom experience today.
- Every city in Japan has a lot to offer. There are many aspects to the city and many hidden and local spots that you may not have seen or heard of before. In the Custom Tour form that will be sent to you after your booking, you’ll be able to let us know of any attractions you have already visited and would not like to see again on this tour. We will carefully review your requests and will create an itinerary based on your preferences
- Mode of transportation: Transportation within the city only (either public transportation or private vehicle, based on your booking)
- What if I'm late?
- We ask that all guests arrive at the location at least 10 minutes before the designated meet-up time
- Guests are provided with the tour guides’ phone number before the tour and you can call the tour guide if you need help
- Although this is a private tour, the tour guide will only wait for you for up to 30 minutes of start time before the tour is cancelled
- Attire: Please dress appropriately for all weather conditions
Reviews(6)
Kumiko was such a wonderful guide! She was very knowledgeable in showing me around the area. She met me in my hotel lobby and we took the trains together to Hakone. We saw the Open Air museum and did the Hakone Ropeway up to Owakudani valley. Even got several beautiful views of Mt Fuji. She graciously helped me get checked in at my ryokan as well. Thank you Kumiko!!
It was a brilliant 2 day private tour. We got to see mt Fuji and went on a cable car and boat. Our tour guide Kumiko was excellent and very insightful- highly recommend her.
Our stay at Ashika-so from Nov 20-22, 2025 was wonderful. Four of us older adults, including my wife and I, stayed in the main building in what appeared to us as a recently renovated Japanese-style room with tatami mats. It fit the 4 of us very comfortably and we had a great view of the ocean as well. That room probably would fit 8 people quite comfortably as it had a double sink, a WC, safe, and TV and a 'lounging' space with 2 chairs to view the ocean, the beautiful sunrise and sunset. The hospitality by the owner and her daughter was outstanding and we felt very much at home. The sauna and onsen bath were great. The sauna was huge with places for about 10 people who could choose to lie down on the heated pebbles. The bath was also nicely done and was quite large. Two in our group took the sauna and bath twice a day and stayed in there for a long time! The food was very good, the dinner had so many dishes and it was hard to eat all of it. The breakfast also had a variety of dishes that prepared us for the busy days. The location of this ryokan is excellent, close to the train station, and the ocean, and if you choose to walk to the Inubosaki Lighthouse - great view from the top and a very nice museum - it is a wonderful less than 30-minute walk along the shoreline with the refreshing ocean breeze. You can also take a 4-minute taxi ride if you prefer. Taxis are not expensive and for us oldies we need one now and then. If you are driving they have a large parking lot. The ryokan is in a very quiet location. The Ashika-so website does not give this ryokan justice. The exterior shows a 'simple' ordinary ryokan but I was surprised how great it turned out to be. I understand there are a few detached private cottages where one can stay but we had no time to explore that part of the ryokan as we were too busy seeing the Choshi sites and eating great seafood. Try the Ichiyama Ikesu seafood restaurant which is a 10-min walk but be prepared to wait in line.
I really enjoyed getting into the countryside to see a different side of Japan. The mountain train and cabel car were fun things to do. I got lucky with the weather and had a spectacular view of Mount Fuji, it was breath taking! I would probably upgrade to a 4 star Ryokan if you can afford it as the decor in mine was rather jaded and definitely include the dinner option. I was annoyed with Japan Awaits for not warning me the Ryokan wouldn't be able to supply it if not pre-ordered and would have to schlepp it off back into town again to find something to eat! The real gem of this tour however was my guide Izumi. Izumi planned a route to fit in as much as possible of what I wanted to see. He was very fruendly, polite and incredibly helpful. When I arrived at the Ryokan (still exhausted from jet lag) and I couldn't get dinner he went above and beyond to help me. He long overstayed the time he had to in order to help me and thankfully was able to enlist the help of one of the owners (who was also incredibly generous with his time). If I was rating the trip just on Izumi, it would be 5 stars+.
Our guide Kazuo-San was very knowledgeable and experienced. He guided us from our hotel in Tokyo through to our Ryokan in Hakone. We enjoyed a full day and even got glimpses of Mt Fuji. The lunch was traditional and fantastic. We felt comfortable to travel out on our own the next day alone. Highly recommend
Hakone is a truly wonderful and beautiful place and this tour is a good way to see it all. From knowing how to get around and to answering our questions, our tour guide knew it all! If you’re visiting Japan and want to see the beauty that is in Hakone, this tour is the best way to do it!
