Hakone-en

A huge resort facility by Lake Ashinoko with the popular Hakone Aquarium known for the Bikal Seals and fish-feeding show, the ropeway up to the top of Hakone’s Komagatake Mountain, a play park “Dakkoshite! Zoo!” where you can touch cute animals, souvenir shops and restaurants are plenty. Leisure, gourmet, shopping, you name it. You never get bored here.

Plenty of things to do as well, such as Ninja Bus and motorboat for fun. Ninja Bus can run on land and water like ninja. Ashinoko’s scenery seen from the middle of the Lake is majestic.

An exhilarating cruise on a motorboat is available from Hakone-en pier to Kuzuryu-no-mori (forest) where Kuzuryu Shrine stands.

You can have many more activities in the facilities - paint on cups and plates in the Raku pottery corner or a workshop to learn Hakone’s traditional craft to make a wooden mosaic coaster (minimum 10 participants, needs reservation). Try making your original souvenirs.