Zen • Hike • Hot Springs
Hakone: In the Embrace of Forest and Onsen Waters
1,400 – 3,630 USD per person
View Rates & Details ↓Operating Period / Duration
Year-round / 4 Days / Non-group
Price
1,400 USD 〜 3,630 USD / per person
Minimum Guests
Location
Perfect Before or After Your Stay in TokyoHakone
*Only 40 minutes from Tokyo via Shinkansen
Departure
JR Tokyo Station
Departure Time
8:45 AM
Highlights
Zen Meditation Embraced by the Vitality of the Forest
Surrounded by Hakone’s pure, crisp air, you are invited to let go of distractions and gently turn inward. It is a special moment to refine the spirit and bring the mind into quiet focus.
Hakone Shrine and a Cruise in Sight of Mount Fuji
From Hakone Shrine — once revered even by the shoguns — to a spectacular cruise across Lake Ashi. Held within overwhelming natural beauty, a moment of pure release.
Cuisine Cultivated by Hakone’s Pristine Water
An exquisite Japanese cuisine born of pure springs and the gifts of the land — a mindful dining experience that sharpens every sense.
Trekking the Historic Highway
Set out on an adventure along the historic Hakone Hachiri route, tracing its old stone-paved paths.
Itinerary
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Arrival: Your guide will warmly welcome you at Odawara Station.
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Centering Zen Meditation at the TempleView DetailAt a sacred sanctuary where clear streams echo through a verdant valley, you take part in Zen meditation, held in the quiet rhythm of flowing water and stillness.
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Check-in at a Lakeside Hotel on Lake Ashi Arrive at a lakeside hot spring hotel, where hot spring waters and calm waterside views meet.
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An Evening of Renowned Springs and Refined Cuisine Soak in the onsen and savor an exceptional Japanese dinner — body and mind unwinding in tandem.
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A Visit to Hakone Shrine Within sacred air, walk to view the famous torii that rises from the surface of Lake Ashi.
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Walking the Old CheckpointView DetailWander the checkpoint ruins and the village of Moto-Hakone, where the atmosphere of the Edo period still lingers.
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Lunch at a Restaurant Overlooking the Lake Take in the shimmering surface of Lake Ashi as you enjoy a lunch built around the season’s freshest gifts.
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A Cruise on the Lake with Mount Fuji in ViewView DetailBoard a lake cruise and gaze across the water at the majesty of Mount Fuji.
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Forest Bathing Along the Hakone HachiriView DetailWalk the cobblestone path that has carried travelers since the 17th century, drawing in the living energy of the forest.
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Matcha Beside a Beautiful Garden Pause at a teahouse within a graceful garden park to enjoy a quietly indulgent bowl of matcha.
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Returning to the Hotel for Quiet Restoration Spend a quiet evening soaking in the onsen and letting the day’s fatigue gently melt away.
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A Final Morning at the Hotel Within Hakone’s clear morning air, enjoy a graceful, unhurried breakfast.
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Return to Tokyo From Odawara, let the train carry you gently back into the rhythm of the city. Your experience concludes upon arrival at Tokyo Station.
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✓ Included
- 3 nights’ accommodation
- 3 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners
- Zazen (Zen meditation) experience
- All transportation costs, including round-trip Shinkansen from Tokyo
- Water and/or tea provided at restaurants
✗ Not Included
- Transportation to the meeting point
- Transportation and activity costs during free time
- Lunch (Days 1, 3, and 4)
- Guide services
- Visa and passport fees
- Travel insurance
- All personal expenses
- Extra meals and drinks
Accommodation
Day 1-3
Hakone, Kanagawa
- Room Type: Western-style Twin
- Bed Type: Two single beds
A hot spring hotel on the shore of Lake Ashi in the Togendai area. Refined spaces where Japanese and Western sensibilities meet allow you to feel fully integrated with the natural landscape. With hot spring baths and an open-air bath overlooking Lake Ashi, and an expansive water-mirror terrace, it is a setting where you can quietly take in the beauty of Hakone.
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Healing Forged by History: Japan’s Finest Restoration
In this region, where most travelers come seeking hot springs and fine food, I have deliberately designed a wellness journey that steps away from the busiest sightseeing routes. The deeper essence of Hakone — once a place where travelers paused to restore themselves before crossing the harsh mountain paths — lies in a stillness that is often overlooked.
You will hike with views of majestic Mount Fuji and walk along historic routes once traveled by people of the past. After gently moving your body and experiencing nature and history through all your senses, Hakone’s renowned hot springs await.
The hours spent surrendering to the bath bring a soft, floating sense of ease, almost dreamlike. It is rest taken to its furthest expression — the moment body and mind quietly let go. Through this essence of Hakone that I love so deeply, may your body and spirit gently rise into renewal.
Who curated this travel experience?
Central Japan Destination Specialist
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Zen Meditation Embraced by the Vitality of the Forest
At Hakone Kannon (Fukujuin), within the sacred grounds known as Kannonzawa — blessed with lush greenery and clear streams — you will engage in zazen (Zen meditation). In a serene space stripped of ornamentation, you calmly settle your breath, release mental noise, and refresh your inner world.
Guided by a head priest, you fully experience the vitality of the forest, allowing body and mind to feel quietly renewed. This profound practice of stillness offers a true sense of wellness found only in Hakone, gently freeing you from everyday stress and restoring a deep inner clarity.
Hakone Shrine and a Cruise in Sight of Mount Fuji
Visit Hakone Shrine, long revered by the shoguns, and let body and mind be quietly purified in its sacred atmosphere. You will then board a lake cruise across Lake Ashi, where the iconic torii rising from the water and the silhouette of Mount Fuji create a panorama of striking serenity.
The visual stillness of these vast surroundings gently releases daily tension and fills you with a quiet sense of renewal. Where Japanese aesthetics meet the drama of nature, intellectual stimulation and emotional ease come together — a rare and quietly profound cultural experience.
Cuisine Cultivated by Hakone’s Pristine Water
The pure spring water flowing from Hakone’s mountains brings a clarity that elevates every dish. At a long-established restaurant, you will savor a kaiseki menu where this renowned water and carefully selected seasonal ingredients come together in quiet harmony. Each plate reflects the spirit of the season through the artisan’s craft, inviting you to experience it with all your senses.
In the calm atmosphere of the dining room, the meal brings a gentle sense of fullness to both body and mind, deepening the journey itself. Enjoy this quiet dialogue between Hakone’s nature and its cuisine — an experience shaped uniquely by this place.
Trekking the Historic Highway
Walking the Hakone Hachiri is an act of quietly surrendering yourself to a path that countless travelers have shared across centuries. The cobblestones and the stillness of the surrounding forest gradually settle the mind, until awareness returns to the simple sensation of walking itself. Wind on the skin and the feel of stones underfoot soften the boundary between you and the world.
Later, as you sink into the onsen at your hotel, the warmth gathers around you and the tension of the journey gently dissolves. Breath aligns with the bath’s quiet flow, and body and mind come into stillness. To dwell in the pure act of being is to recover the quiet space within.
Centering Zen Meditation at Fukujuin Temple
At a hidden sacred sanctuary in Hakone, set within a verdant valley where clear streams gently flow, you will take part in zazen meditation to bring the soul into balance. In this quiet space filled with the sound of running water, you settle your breath and enter into deep dialogue with yourself — a profound form of self-care that clears the mind and restores inner peace.
Far from the noise of the city, you absorb the vitality of the forest with your entire being, resetting both body and mind. It becomes a deeply transformative experience — a lasting moment of renewal.
Walking the Old Checkpoint
This was once a post town where travelers crossing Hakone’s steep passes paused to rest both body and spirit. Walking the remains of the old checkpoint and the cobblestone roads, imagining the scenes of travelers from centuries past, becomes its own quiet form of yojo — care for the self — set apart from ordinary life.
Feeling the clear breeze that crosses Lake Ashi and touching the weight of history, the heart gently aligns itself with nature.
A Cruise on Lake Ashi with Mount Fuji in View
Lake Ashi is a caldera lake formed by colossal volcanic activity some 400,000 years ago. Cruising across its deep, ancient blue, with the overwhelming presence of Mount Fuji rising directly before you, is itself a wellness experience — the earth’s energy received through every sense.
As you feel the clear lake wind and surrender to a landscape shaped over geological time, the noise of daily life falls away, and body and mind quietly reboot.
Forest Bathing Along the Hakone Hachiri
Following the beautifully preserved Edo-period cobblestones in the quiet breath of the forest, you walk beneath cedars that have stood for centuries. To advance step by step through this sacred air is to feel past and present quietly meeting, bringing a strange, settled fullness.
Embraced by birdsong and the sound of wind, body and mind release their accumulated tension and quietly refuel from within — a mindful, deeply nourishing few hours.
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Last updated: April 23, 2026
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