Spring in Hakone

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Dione

Moments with friends are the best times to get away from the city and have some time nature-tripping especially on spring and autumn. If you want to have a relaxing, refreshing experience away from the busy and fast pace Tokyo; explore Hakone. It’s 2 hours away from Tokyo Station and cost ¥2,000 one way by JR Line. The trip is quite exhausting though but the experience is worth it, I can guarantee that. Anyways, you’re riding a train with friends or family –it’s never boring! You don’t have to worry about the transportation or the traveling because it’s all taken cared of especially if you have the Hakone ticket that you can get in Tokyo Station.

By the time you arrive at Hakone, you could see beautiful flowers at both sides of the roads, tall and golden colored grasses. That’s only the start; the real adventure is still far ahead. You can do lots of things with your less than ichiman expenses. You can rent a small boat for ¥1,500 good for two persons or an hour. That’s enough time to explore Lake Hakone. You just have to be gentle in rowing if you don’t wanna get wet or flip your boat.

You could also ride the automatic cable car in watching the green nature upwards for 700 per head for one round trip to the beautiful Hakone place. You can photo shoot, you can meditate, or you can just look at the breathtaking simplicity of nature. If you also wanna ride the beautiful colorful British Ship in touring the Lake Hakone, you can do it 1,600 per head for around 30 minutes….if you’re lucky you can see the views of Mt. Fuji from a distant.

When you get hungry for the sight-seeing or wanna zip some beverages lots of restaurants offering different kinds of food are located at the side of Lake Hakone. Lake Hakone management and organizers are constructing more interesting spots for tourist near the Lake Hakone. You could also avail a ¥5,000 ticket ride all you can, explore all you can entrance fee ticket in the entrance area of Lake Hakone or in Travel finder located in ShinjukuOne of Tokyo's 23 wards and home to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and the world's busiest train station. Station.