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Hakone Grasunomori Museum (Hakone Venetian Glass Museum)

4.0

882 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Sengokuhara 940-48

Located in Sengokuhara district, Hakone, the Hakone Grasunomori Museum (Hakone Venetian Glass Museum) is Japan’s first museum dedicated to Venetian glass. It actually comprises two museums: the Venetian Glass Museum itself, which has on display around 100 masterpieces of the delicate, finely-wrought Venetian glass for which there was a vogue among the noble families of Europe between the 15th and 18th centuries, and the Modern Glass Museum, which displays Venetian glass dating from the 19th century onwards. Particularly worth seeing is the approximately 10-meter-long crystal glass arch over the bridge between the garden and the Museums; the arch is made from around 160,000 pieces of crystal glass, which sparkle in the breeze. The Hakone Grasunomori Museum offers glassmaking experience activities (including sandblasting, etc.), with participants being able to make their own pieces to take home as a souvenir.

We dined in the restaurant for lunch. The chicken wasn’t cooked well, but the rest of the food was very good and dessert was especially good with cheesecake, panna cotta and dense chocolate cake...
Lalique Museum Hakone

4.5

280 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Sengokuhara 186-1

An art museum located in Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo County, Kanagawa Prefecture. The museum’s collection consists of some 1,500 pieces created by French jeweler and glass artisan René Lalique. The museum’s standing exhibition displays approximately 230 select items from amongst this collection. Visitors can view pioneering masterpieces which anticipated modern jewelry trends, perfume bottles, flower vases, and building ornamentation produced by Lalique in the latter stage of his career. There’s also an actual Orient Express train car which was decorated by Lalique and which visitors can actually see inside.

This museum features the work of Rene Lalique who produced amazing art pieces made from glass. The museum itself is a little hard to get to but definitely easy enough and on the bus line. I’ve...
Narukawa Art Museum

4.0

220 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Motohakone 570

It is a museum built on the banks of Hakone’s Lake Ashi. Since the museum opened in 1988, its collection with its focus on contemporary Japanese paintings has surpassed 4,000 pieces and even now continues to increase. The museum is among the first to collect and exhibit works by not just famous artists but also works by artists who show promise for the future. From the one-sided 50-meter-wide picture window which stretches out inside the building, one can look out over the large panorama of Lake Ashi, Hakone. You can also enjoy tea and desserts from precious fine art handicraft serving dishes by Koji Ishii and Ryo Mikami in the museum’s “Kisetsufu” (Seasonal Wind) tea lounge.

A very nice site and building. Note-the museum is open at 9am, cafe at 10. A limited amount of artwork on display and much of it not particularly impressive.
Hakone Museum of Art

4.5

244 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Goura 1300

This is the most historical museum in Hakone. The museum exhibition mainly focuses on Japanese “Yakimono” (earthenware) from the Jomon period through to the Edo period such as vases and pots produced from the Kamakura through to the Muromachi period in the six sites where the production of ceramic ware began in ancient Japan. On the grounds the scenery can be enjoyed from season to season as there are such attractions as the “moss garden” which is colored with moss and autumn colors, “the Japanese clover path” which is at its best in September and also the Chinese style “bamboo garden”. It is also famous for its autumnal leaf display, especially in November when the garden’s leaves change color all at once.

Lovely historical pottery and ceramics. Not big but thoughtful, well displayed pieces. The big surprise is the exquisite garden surrounding it. The moss garden especially.
Okada Museum of Art

4.5

265 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Kowakudani 493-1

An art museum located in Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo County, Kanagawa Prefecture. The museum has five floors of exhibition space, making it one of the largest art museums in Hakone. Focusing primarily on ancient to modern East Asian pottery and early modern to modern Japanese painting, including Japan’s leading artists Katsushika Hokusai, Kitagawa Utamaro, Ito Jakuchu, and Yokoyama Taikan. The museum exhibits some 450 separate works of art. There’s also a café, footbath, garden, and museum shop, giving visitors the chance to experience both art and the seasonal beauty of Hakone up close.

箱根を代表する美術館の一つ。敷地は大きく分けて美術館と庭園の2つに構成されている。美術館は、主に日本・中国・韓国の東アジアの美術品が展示されている。時代は紀元前のものから近現代のものまで幅広く、しかも展示数が極めて多い。展示品はいずれも一級品、もしくは歴史的に極めて価値のあるものばかりで、特に陶器や青磁を始めとする器類の展示は目を見張るものがある。説明も読まず簡単に展示品を鑑賞するだけでも、全て...
Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands

4.0

209 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Sengokuhara 817

Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands is located near Sengokubara Hot Springs Resort, which is a major focus of tourism in the Hakone area. The displays are focused on wetland plants, including plant species that live in or near marshes, rivers, lakes, etc. The Garden has around 200 plant species that are found in wetlands throughout Japan, as well as approximately 1,100 species of grassland, forest and mountain plants, as well as rare foreign mountain plant species. In all, there are around 1,700 different species, with different plants flowering all year round. There are guided tours (lasting around 90 minutes) of the Garden twice a day, starting at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., led by expert guides.

We went to the Hakone Botanical Wetlands on the day we arrived in Hakone. We were staying at a ryokan in walking distance. It was the rainy season and that day the rain did not stop. It got...
Onshi-Hakone-Koen Park

4.0

179 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Motohakone 171

The “Onshi Hakone Koen Park” was established and is maintained on the land where the Hakone Imperial Villa once stood. It is a public park with wonderful scenery which faces Mt. Fuji and overlook Lake Ashi. You can enjoy the feelings of each season, especially with the brightly colored Rhododendrons in May and in summer the Golden-rayed Lilies are exceptional. In 2013 it was selected as a Registered Monuments of Japan.

We didnt realize what we were getting ourselves into when we began walking into the park in the pouring rain!! It was quite challenging going up and down all the steps and not falling! But it was...
The Hakone Open-Air Museum

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Ninotaira 1121

This was Japan’s first open-air Museum which was founded in 1969. Located on the grounds of a 70,000 meters squared premises with Hakone’s nature as a backdrop, the museum has a permanent display of approximately 120 masterpieces by modern and contemporary sculptors. Such large scale works of art couldn’t be displayed but for the outdoor space; there are also works of art which children can enter and play in, and you can touch the pieces of art as much as you want. At the Picasso Pavilion, there is the world’s top collection of 300 plus works which are open to the public. The hot spring foot bath which flows from the source is also popular. Alight at the Hakone Tozan Railway at Chokoku-no-Mori Station, from which it is a two-minute walk to the museum.
Hakone Ekiden Museum

3.5

135 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Hakone 167

A museum located in Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo County, Kanagawa Prefecture operated by the Fujiya Hotel Chain which exhibits materials related to the Hakone Ekiden, a relay marathon held near New Year’s and a much-anticipated seasonal event in Japan. In addition to introducing the history of the Hakone Ekiden, the museum displays rare pictures and moving images taken during every event, from the very first Hakone Ekiden to the most recent; items used by famous runners; Hakone yosegizaiku mosaic woodwork trophies; and little-known details which resulted in the victory or defeat of certain teams. There’s also a theater where visitors can re-experience the thrills of past events, and a special exhibition area. Nearest bus stations: “Hakone-machi” on the Izu Hakone Bus or “Hakone-machi-ko” on the Hakone Tozan Bus / Tokai Bus routes.

友人と話ながら見学していたら、突然大きな声で話しに割り込んできて、話し始めるおじさんがいてこわい。2度と行きたくないです。
Ministry of the Environment, Hakone Visitor Center

4.0

63 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Motohakone 164

At this center, information of Hakone's environs are exhibited through small geological models and high definition videos. Various events are held regularly where one can learn about the flora and fauna. Mini observation sessions, and four-seasons observation workshops where one can experience the season with all five senses, are some that are offered. The whole facility is barrier-free and disabled person friendly.

The Staff is friendly and knows about the whole area and very helpful. He could answer all of our questions and more.
Matsudayama Herb Garden

4.0

45 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarakamigunmatsudamachi Matsudasouryou 2951 (in Nishihirahata Park)

This herb garden is located inside of Nishihirahatake Park in Matsudasoryo, Matsuda Town, Ashigarakami County. It raises a large variety of herbs on its 3,667-square-meter ground. Visitors can view the seasonal herbs while strolling the path through the garden. The attached Herb Kan features a shop that offers herb-related products, a hands-on workshop, and a restaurant which offers views of the Ashigara Plain, Mt. Fuji and others.

You have to choose a sunny day to visit in February for a view of Mt Fuji together with the sakura. There are food stalls on top of the hill too. Walk up the hill to avoid the queue for the bus...
Hakone-en

3.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Motohakone 139

An entertainment complex and resort facility located in Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo County, Kanagawa Prefecture operated by Prince Hotels and Resorts. The resort boasts spacious 660 thousand square meter grounds situated on the east bank of Lake Ashi, and host such facilities as an aquarium, a mini zoo, shopping plaza, camping cottages for lodging, golf swing practice space, and green spaces. The aquarium is famous for its comical “hot spring seal” seal show in which a seal wears a folded wash rag on its head in impersonation of a person enjoying a hot spring bath. There’s a ropeway which travels to the top of Mt. Komagatake, where visitors can enjoy a spectacular view of Lake Ashi and Mt. Fuji; and Lake Ashi pleasure cruises also leave from this key Hakone tourist destination.

寂れたショッピングエリアやお土産物屋は年代を感じます。目新しいのは、唯一水陸両用バスが発着するくらいです。
Forest Adventure Hakone

3.5

45 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Yumoto Tea flower 749-1

A leisure facility approximately two minutes by free bus from Hakone-Yumoto Station where visitors can enjoy exciting and adventurous athletic challenges in a natural forest. There are an abundance of thrilling activities which involve traversing high above the ground in the treetops. The facility offers three courses: The adult-oriented Adventure Course; the less difficult Discovery Course which can be enjoyed by families together; and the extra safe Canopy Course, perfect for young children. Note: Age and height restrictions apply to all courses.

The place was a nice concept with the obstacles perched high up in the trees. There are various obstacles of different difficult levels and it was fun to test our own fitness and agility. The...
Hakone Gora Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Goura 1300

Located near Gora Station, the last stop on the Hakone Tozan Railway, Hakone Gora Park was Japan’s first French-style garden. The Park, which was opened in 1914, is a National Registered Monument. With wide-open spaces open to the sky and surrounded by mountains, the Park features a symmetrical design centered round a fountain. A wide variety of plants are grown in the Park, which is renowned for its flowers; the Park’s appearance changes with the seasons. A tropical plants house, tearoom and experiential activities center are situated within the Park, making it possible to engage in a range of different activities in the same visit.
Pola Museum of Art

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Ashigarashimo-gun Hakonemachi Sengokuhara Kozukayama 1285

The museum exhibits approximately 9,500 works of art collected over a number of decades by Mr. Tsuneshi Suzuki, the owner of the Paula Orbis group known for Paula cosmetics. The collection of Impressionists’ work is also said to be the greatest in both quality and quantity in Japan. The architecture overflows with a translucent quality due to the abundant amount of glass used which is a feature of the museum, and art can be appreciated in the abundant greenery and light which shines in through the enormous picture windows. A promenade was opened in 2013 so you can stroll at your ease in the middle of nature while listening to the birds singing.
Fuji Lake Ashi Panorama Park

3.5

14 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Motohakone 139

Fuji Lake Ashi Panorama Park, located in Hakone, Ashigarashimo County, Kanagawa Prefecture, charges an entry fee. The park, 80,000 square meters in area, has a broad lawn where visitors can enjoy the natural wonders of Hakone or have a picnic. On weekends and holidays, pet-friendly Fuji Lake Ashi Panorama Park is full of people and their dogs enjoying leisurely strolls while viewing the scenery of Lake Ashi and Mt. Fuji.

Takes a drive up here and entrance fee of 500¥ adult and 300¥ children. Good view of Lake Ashi and nice picture location.
Homma Yoseki Museum

4.5

16 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Yumoto 84

An art museum which displays examples of yosegi-zaiku and mokuzogan, renowned traditional woodworking crafts from Hakone. The museum's collection of some 500 pieces includes works dating back to the Edo period, and 200 are on permanent display for visitors to appreciate. The museum also holds a reservation only yosegi-zaiku workshop in which you can make your every own yosegi-zaiku coaster. In the museum's shop, you can purchase charming wooden craft goods such as trick boxes made with yosegi-zaiku.

酒田駅からの徒歩5分くらい入館料は一般1000円ですが旧本間邸・本間美術館2館共通券1,600円があるので両方訪問するかどうか事前に決めておいた方がいいです現代美術が多いのであまり興味がありませんでした展示の数もスペースも狭いですここは美術館より庭園「鶴舞園」と別荘「清遠閣」がとても素晴らしいです
Tamamura Toyoo Life Art Museum

4.0

21 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Motohakone 61

Tamamura Toyoo Life Art Museum is in Ashinoko Terrace complex facility in Motohakone, Hakone Town. It displays and sells art works of Toyoo Tamamura, an artist who paints nature and ordinary people’s lives. It is also attached to La Terrazza, an Italian restaurant offering clay-oven baked pizza and fresh gelato.

昨年秋、芦ノ湖のホテルに滞在する前に時間があり、芦ノ湖沿いを歩いていたら、キレイなテラスがあり入ってみました。テラス内に玉村豊男さんのライフアートミュージアムがあり、水彩画作品の展示会を見ることができました(無料)。花や野菜、ブドウなどの作品は見る人を優しく癒してくれます。玉村さんがコロナ禍の状況の中、アトリエにこもり描いた原画を元に製作した版画作品との事です。また、店内には玉村さんのアート商...
Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

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Shizuoka prefecture, Yamanashi prefecture, Kanagawa prefecture, Tokyo

It is the nation’s representative national park that consists of Japan’s highest, most symbolic mountain Mt. Fuji, the Fuji volcanic belt, and the Izu Islands, and boasts the largest number of visitors in the country. There are many sights such as Shiraito Falls selected as one of Japan’s top 100 waterfalls, Mt. Kintoki, the highest peak of the outer rim in Hakone, and the charm of Izu Peninsula including a varied coastline and beautiful ocean. The area around Mt. Fuji and Fuji Five Lakes is also a popular spot for photos, and many photographers visit in the cherry blossom season and on New Year’s Day. They also visit at the time of “Diamond Fuji,” the magnificent scenery seen only twice a year, when you can see the sun rise and the sunset over the peak of Mt. Fuji.
Hakone Museum of Photography

4.0

18 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Goura 1300-432

The Hakone Museum of Photography is a small private museum that sits quietly amidst the beautiful natural scenery of the Gora district of Hakone. The Museum was founded on April 7, 2002 by the Hakone-born photographer Katsura Endo. Besides the permanent exhibitions, which consist mainly of photographs showing the natural beauty of Mt. Fuji at different times of year, the Museum also hosts themed exhibitions and special exhibitions featuring the work of leading Japanese and international avant-garde photographers. At the Museum café, visitors can enjoy herbal tea, pound cake (sponge cake), and a variety of seasonal dishes.

We stumbled across this place purely by accident, and what a treat A Quaint tucked away little cafe highlighting a renown Japanese photographer, we ordered breakfast & some coffee and while we waited...

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Kanagawa prefecture acts as an extension of the Tokyo metropolis that spills over into coastal towns, most notably Yokohama city, heavily populated and known for its Chinatown and seaside attractions. Just the right distance for a day trip out of Tokyo, Kanagawa is home to some of Tokyo’s most accessible beaches, including around Kamakura, best known for its Big Buddha. Visitors can also travel a little farther afield for a weekend at Hakone onsen town.