Is this the perfect place to say sayonara? Legend suggests so. The Hakone Turnpike has been immortalised in Japanese car culture, most notably by the manga of Initial D, cartoonish tyre smoke an ...

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For tourists who have exhausted all of Tokyo’s most popular sites, Kanagawa’s Miura Peninsula is a great place for beautiful scenery and delicious gourmet food. The peninsula’s Misaki Port, about 90 ...

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Yunessun is a hot spring theme park situated in the picturesque mountains of Hakone, Japan. Located about 90 minutes from Tokyo by train, Yunessun incorporates unique features into the traditional ...

Since long before foreign tourists were freely coming in and out of Japan, tattoos have been traditionally been seen as a mark of the more nefarious elements in Japanese society. However, don’t give ...

From Hakone-Yumoto, most visitors will do at least part of the Hakone sightseeing loop; a round trip that looks complicated but is actually very easy to follow in practice. A map of the Hakone ...

Seven days was enough to give Tokyo’s surface a good scratch, while I also had a couple day trips to Kamakura and Hakone to see Mount Fuji. Here’s what I learned along the way: When it comes ...

Thanks! There are lots of reasons to visit Hakone; the beautiful scenery, views of Mount Fuji and the opportunity to relax in a traditional Japanese onsen hot spring bath, fed by Hakone’s ...

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