#Ashinoko Lake

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Lake Ashinoko in Hakone Prefecture

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Lake Ashi and Mt. Fuji

The Hakone Taikanzan Observatory in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, is on the list of Japan’s Top 100 Scenic Spots—a list that was originally compiled by two major newspapers in 1927.

After several visits to this site in 2022, I was finally able to catch a clear shot of Mt. Fuji towering over Lake Ashinoko in the foreground.

Prior to the pandemic, tour buses filled the nearby parking lot and the local city bus made regular stops at the Taikanzan bus stop. I have no idea if and when services will resume, but if you have a driver’s license,  driving to the peak is half the fun of visiting this peak, especially if you take the Hakone Turnpike from Odawara.

Note that many online English articles of this mountain peak refer to “大観山” as Daikanzan, which is also how some Japanese visitors will assume the kanji is read. However, the correct name is Taikanzan, which you can see on the sign at the nearby bus stop, and is also the reading used by material provided by both the Odakyu train line and the Izu-Hakone bus timetable.

Pentax K-1 II + DFA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6 53 mm ISO 100 for 13.0 sec. at ƒ/20

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Dusk Rolls In por Rekishi no Tabi Por Flickr: Taken at Hakone Shrine, along the banks of Lake Ashinoko, in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture. Hakone Shrine was founded sometime in the Nara period, and has been in its present location since 757 AD. It was an important place of worship in Japan's medieval period for samurai as well as for commoners traveling along the old Tōkaidō Road during the Edo period.

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Hakone and Lake Ashinoko (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Located within a short train ride of Tokyo and Yokohama, Hakone has many offerings that can be enjoyed over several visits. When visiting, you will want to focus on one or two of the various attractions as visiting everything Hakone has to offer would not be possible in just one day!

Check out our blog for more details:

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Photo credit: © 2023 Pix4Japan. All rights reserved. Used with Permission.

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Lake Ashinoko, Japan.  Photography by Makoto Hashimuki

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Kasamatsu Shiro

View of Mt. Fuji from Lake Ashinoko

1935

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Ito Takashi - Ashinoko no ukei (View in rain at Lake Ashinoko), color woodblock print, 1929.

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Japan Day 6 Hakone!

Today we traveled to a mountain town called Hakone.

We got to see mt Fuji on the train and honestly the train ride of just having a full two hours to sit and not do anything was really nice

Then we saw an ad for the Hakone open air muesuem and it was really cool! Highlights including the foot bath, giant fried egg that you could stand on, a stained glass tower, a hilarious interactive display where they put your face on a digital artwork in the museum background and a Picasso room.

We then got to take a gondola up to the mountain top and down to the lake where we got to take a pirate ferry boat across!

And then after some brief chaos with the bus system (it just never came) and taking a taxi (that also went to the wrong place at first) we finally got to check in at the Ryoken and enjoy our private onsen. We also got to enjoy this many courses traditional dinner. There was a lot of sea food and my boyfriend kept trying to get me to keep trying it so I didn’t have the best time. But the non sea food parts were very good and everything was super pretty.

Overly long and tmi travel diary

We get up early to catch a two hour train to Hakone. My tummy is just a little a bit upset this morning. Between travel, stress, being on my period, and lots of new food it’s been through a lot. I also feel like I haven’t been pooping enough. But they could just be not eating enough for how much walking we’ve been doing.

The train is really nice and we get some lovely views of the sun rising over the mountains. I update my travel diary, take a nap and then we get to see a view mt Fuji through the window. It is impressively taller than everything else around it.

We transfer to a smaller train and then a another mountain train. And then it’s a cable car.

5000 yen for Hakone free pass for transit. I am down to 1000 yen in cash. (Really 3000 as I later find another 2000 yen note in my pocket that I didn’t see before)

5000 yen for Hakone free pass for transit. I am down to 1000 yen in cash. (Really 3000 as I later find another 2000 yen note in my pocket that I didn’t see before)

We see an ad for Hakone open air museum and decide to get off a stop early and go see it. (I think I paid by credit card, 1200 yen each including a 200 yen discount from our Hakone passes).

The museum has a couple galleries where you can’t take pictures (although my bf tried) but mostly it’s big outdoor sculptures. There’s a fun star maze and some garden areas, and the whole place is set up with a great view of the surrounding mountains. I love the Picasso room. I hadn’t realized he did so many ceramics. We stop at a foot bath where we get a towel out of a vending machine for 100 yen. It’s small but a surprisingly nice towel and is branded to make it a souvenir. There’s a big tower made of stained glass that’s really fun. And a fried egg sculpture that you can stand on! I deeply love getting to stand on or interact with art.

After the museum we go grab lunch at a little road side restaurant. Ignoring the delightful ninja cafe next door full of authentic delicacies such as spaghetti and ninja ice cream.

Foot bath and a vending machine towel for 100 yen from Anthony

I get pork ginger and rice for lunch in the card.

After lunch we take the ropeway (hanging cable car) to the top of the mountain. On the side of the mountain are a bunch of thermal vents venting steam. You can see the yellow sulfur deposits around it. Supposedly you can get a black egg cooked in the sulfur water that adds seven years to your life, but we don’t get it.

We spend a little time at the top looking at the mountain and then head down the other ropeway to the lake. And then we get to ride a pirate ship!

The pirate ship we get is called queen ashinoko and is gold and red. We take it across the lake. I love all the sights and being on a boat and my bf tolerates it and enjoys the view. It does get a little chilly but is otherwise a delight. I see a lady take a bunch of silly titantic esque photos on one of the interior balconies. Sometimes it’s such a delight to watch other people live their best lives.

After the ferry we try to get on a bus to go to our hotel but it’s super delayed and the lines are insane so we give up and hail a taxi. Anthony impresses the taxi drive with his handful of Japanese and good pronociation and they have a good chat. The taxi ride ends up being just shy of 5000 yen which is more than I thought it would be (and we get a little turned about by the directions. Anthony gave the hotel name but written in English and just said like Japanese so we go to a bit of the wrong place first and then have to give the actual address which gets us to the right place.

We head into the rykone and They take your shoes and give slippers. The ryokan has a very traditional feel. We are shown where our private onsen will be and then to our rooms. Our rooms have yakata (?)robes in them to wear around. Mine is pink and my bfs is blue. They both have blue overcoats. We head down to the onsen before dinner. The sun is starting to set and the view is really pretty. The leaves are mostly either green or fallen but it’s still so peaceful. We shower first in the attached shower and then step into the sulphuric mineral water. It’s so cloudy and so hot but also feels so good. It would be better if it were like five degrees cooler but it’s still lovely. We hang out for a bit stepping in and out to cool off as needed. They’ve also put a thermos jug of cold water which is perfect.

We rinse back off and head back to our room for dinner.

Dinner will be served in our room and is a traditional set meal.

It starts with appetizers and is mostly fish which makes me sad. I knew this was likely that I wouldn’t like a good portion of it but it still makes me sad. The plates and the way everything is presented is so lovely. I try to focus on how fun it is and not how gross all the fish is. I get talked into trying a piece of the raw tuna and it’s awful. I also try a piece of sushi, the first bite is okay but when I take the second bite I realize that the first bite had way less fish in it and I Gag a little and almost throw up. I also try one of the little fish eggs since my bf claims they are mostly salty and not fishy. False. Very false and very gross. Combined with new and questionable vegetables I’m way past my limit of new food. Luckily there are some things that I like too. There’s a beef dish that is so delicious and comes with the cutest little wedge of cheese.

There’s also a hot pot like thing with pork and milk that is so cool and delicious.

We get sweet pudding for dessert.

After dessert we go have more onsen time. It’s fun to be in it at night with it being all dark. Unfortunately it’s too hot to really cuddle in the onsen which bums we out.

We head back up to the room and watch Japanese tv before bed. We get to see some sumo wrestling, a cooking show and some weird childrens tv show. I get a little sad because I had such high expectations for this part of the trip and then I didn’t get to cuddle or do more than cuddle and didn’t like a lot of the food.

It’s a traditional style hotel room so it has two twin beds. We push them together(I push mine into his) but it’s not really what I wanted. I take a moment to cry a little in the bathroom and I feel a bit better. It’s hard when you feel disappointed in something you feel like you should really be enjoying.

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Hakone, the view of Ashinoko Lake, from Fifty-Three Stages on the Tokaido, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

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Gorgeous @hikari in @chanelofficial shot in #芦ノ湖高原 For The Laterals Magazine cover story: @thelaterals With Editorial Director: @bryankjins Design Director: @mlvncky Interview: @debbiejong Photographer: @keiichironakajima Fashion Stylist: @yokoirie_works Hair Stylist: @tetsuyayamakata Makeup Artist: @kie_0 DP: Ikuro Kambe Location: Norichika Funakoshi Special Thanks: @keichen920 @imagemodelstokyo @signo_inc #filmphotography #film #nikonfm2 #nikon #hikarimori #森星 #フィルム #フィルムカメラ #ニコン #カバー #芦ノ湖　#シャネル #chanel (at Ashinoko Lake Hakone) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBXMmerqSG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Eid Greetings 🌸ৎ୭🌸

Peace, happiness, prosperity and endless blessings!

#Cherry Blossom #Tree #White #Flowers #Spring #Eid #Lake Ashi #Ashigarashimo #Springtime #Motohakone #Hakone Lake #Hakone #Ashinoko Lake #Kanagawa #Japan

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Lake Ashinoko in Hakone - Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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Hell Valley (Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)

Until 1873, this area was known as Hell Valley or the Great Hell due to the constant spewing of sulfuric gasses that kill off plant life and paint the reddish brown earth with a tinge of yellow or lime-green.

However, prior to a visit to the site by Emperor Meiji, who had an imperial retreat nearby, the name was changed to Owakudani (boiling water valley) out of sensitivities to the emperor.

Formed over 3,000 years ago, this active volcanic zone draws tourists by the busload and has a ropeway that carries visitors from the shores of nearby Lake Ashi (Ashinoko) over the steaming vents up to the top of the lava dome that formed between 80,000 and 130,000 years ago.

These days, the hot springs and steam are used to slowly boil eggs that are sold at souvenir stands throughout the Hakone area. The hot spring waters are also piped further down into the valley for use by local hot spring resorts.  

Fujifilm X100V (23 mm) with 5% diffusion filter ISO 250 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/2.0 Provia/Standard film simulation

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箱根海賊船 桃源台港 Hakone Pirate Ship Tōgendai Port #箱根 #桃源台 #hakone #togendai (at 芦ノ湖 / Lake Ashinoko) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmxwedMhkO3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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箱根・芦ノ湖 ∣ Lake Ashinoko・Hakone (2) (3) (4) (5) by Iyhon Chiu

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