Hakone

Mount Fuji is on most people’s lists of places to visit in Japan, but this must-see Japan landmark can be rather elusive and is often hidden by clouds. There are a number of places you can see the mountain from, but we decided on Hakone because it’s easy to reach from Tokyo and there are lots of other things to do in the area in case we were out of luck with our sighting.

Despite visiting on a cloudy, drizzly day we were lucky that Mount Fuji emerged from the clouds above Lake Ashi and it was magical!

Hakone is also fun to visit because you can do a loop of the sights on different modes of transport—train, bus, pirate boat (yes, really!), and cable car.

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