Kanagawa Hidden Gems
7 spots
Lake Ashi — Volcanic Caldera Lake with Mt. Fuji Views
Lake Ashi formed when Mt. Kamiyama erupted roughly 3,000 years back, collapsing part of the mountain and damming the Hay…
Owakudani Valley — Active Volcanic Fumes and Black Eggs
Owakudani (大涌谷, 'Great Boiling Valley') is an active volcanic valley where sulfurous fumes vent from fissures in the roc…
Hakone Open-Air Museum — Outdoor Sculpture Garden
The Hakone Open-Air Museum (箱根彫刻の森美術館, Chokoku-no-Mori Bijutsukan) is Japan's first open-air museum, established in 1969…
Hakone Yumoto Onsen — Gateway Hot Spring Town
Hakone-Yumoto (箱根湯本) is Hakone's largest and most accessible onsen town, located at the base of the mountains where the…
Hakone Shrine — Lake Torii Gate and Cedar Forest
The torii gate standing in Lake Ashi's shallows is what phone cameras were invented for, but the shrine complex itself c…
Old Tokaido Road — Edo-Period Cedar Avenue
The Old Tokaido Road (旧東海道, Kyu Tokaido) is a preserved section of the historic highway that connected Edo (Tokyo) and K…
Pola Museum of Art — Impressionist Collection in Forest
Pola Museum sits 700 meters into Hakone's beech forest, connected to the road by a narrow access drive that discourages…