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Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

Fuji, Hakone, Izu and volcanic islands

Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park covers about 470 sq mi across Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. It isn't one block of land but four separate areas with Mount Fuji and its five lakes forming the largest. Hakone is a volcanic caldera with a lake and hot springs. The Izu Peninsula has coastline, onsen towns and mountain ridges while the Izu Islands are a chain of volcanic islands in the Pacific. Visitors can climb Fuji in summer, ride the Hakone loop or soak in an Izu onsen. It's the most visited national park in Japan and most people pick one or two areas.

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Excellent for volcanic landscapes and hot springs. Cruise scenic lakes, ride ropeways over valleys, hike mountain trails and relax in traditional onsens.

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New Year (January)	One of the most important holidays, expect crowded temples and high prices. Plan ahead.
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Climate details

Mt. Fuji climbing season early July to early September, trails are closed and dangerous with snow and ice outside this period

Mt. Fuji is often hidden by clouds in summer, with the best chance of clear views from November to February, especially in the morning

Typhoon season August to October can cancel ferries, cable cars and Hakone transport at short notice

Don't miss

🗻 Climb iconic Mount Fuji for sunrise views
♨️ Relax in Hakone’s renowned hot spring baths
🥚 Explore volcanic vents and black eggs at Owakudani
🌊 Stroll the scenic Jogasaki Coast and suspension bridge
🖼️ Visit the enchanting Hakone Open-Air Museum of art
🐠 Discover marine life at Izu Islands’ beaches and reefs

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Why travel to Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park?

The park's appeal is variety. Mount Fuji, at 12,500 ft, is Japan's highest peak and the centerpiece, with the Fuji Five Lakes, the Aokigahara forest and lava tunnels around its base. The official climbing season on the Yamanashi side runs from July 1 to September 10 and a hiking fee of ¥4,000 ($25.28) applies on the Yoshida Trail. Outside that window conditions on the upper mountain are dangerous. Fuji looks its best from the lakes in clear winter air. Hakone, the smallest area, is often called a volcano museum. Lake Ashi formed after a mountain collapsed and Owakudani is full of steaming vents. Sengokuhara has a pampas grass plateau and the old Tokaido road has a former post town. A loop of railway, cable car, ropeway and boat links the highlights in a day. The Izu Peninsula has a different feel. Hot springs, a varied coastline and the Amagi mountain range are beside Suruga Bay, Japan's deepest bay. Further out the Izu Islands are 75 mi to 180 mi south of Tokyo. Oshima and Miyakejima have active volcanoes. Other islands have white sand beaches and dolphins swim off Mikurajima. A weekend suits Hakone or the Fuji lakes while the islands need more time.

🏯Places worth seeing

1 Hakone Shrine
2 Hakone Open-Air Museum
3 Owakudani
4 Atami Jyo Castle
5 Observatory To See The Direction Of Cape Suzaki And The Izu Islands

🎡Places for activities

1 Lake Kawaguchi
The easiest of the Fuji Five Lakes to reach from Tokyo, with Mount Fuji reflected on its calm surface. Visitors take lake cruises, ride a ropeway for panoramic views and soak in mountain-facing hot springs.
2 Fuji-Q Highland
3 Hakone Ropeway
4 Atami Onsen Hotel Yumeiroha
5 Shuzenji-Onsen Parking Area
6 Cafe Island

🏞️Natural landmarks

1 Mount Fuji
A snow-capped volcano {{distance:m:3776}} high west of Tokyo and the tallest peak in Japan. You can climb it from July to early September or see it from the lakes and foothills nearby.
2 Shiraito Falls
3 Lake Ashi
4 Izu Peninsula
5 Mount Takanosuyama
6 Aokigahara Forest
7 Jogasaki Coast
8 Observatory To See The Direction Of Cape Suzaki And The Izu Islands

🛍️Shopping

1 Gotemba Premium Outlets
2 Heiwa Street Shopping Street

🍽️Eat & Drink

1 Hoto Fudo Kawaguchiko Ekimae
Hoto Fudo specializes in hōtō, Yamanashi’s wide wheat noodles simmered with pumpkin and vegetables in a hearty miso broth. It stands beside Kawaguchiko Station in Funatsu, at the Fuji Five Lakes gateway on the park’s northern side.
2 Fuji Tempura Idaten
Fuji Tempura Idaten serves tempura rice bowls, including a Mt. Fuji-shaped tendon, with seasonal ingredients from the Fuji Five Lakes area. It is at 3486-4 Funatsu, roughly five minutes on foot from Kawaguchiko Station.
3 Hatsuhana Soba Honten
Hatsuhana specializes in jinenjo soba, buckwheat noodles enriched with natural mountain yam and egg. It is at 635 Yumoto in Hakone-Yumoto, about seven minutes on foot from Hakone-Yumoto Station.
4 Yuba Don Naokichi
Naokichi serves yuba-don, tofu skin and egg cooked in dashi over rice, made with Hakone spring water. It is at 696 Yumoto beside the Hayakawa River, five minutes on foot from Hakone-Yumoto Station.
5 Kuro Tamago-kan
Kuro Tamago-kan sells Owakudani’s black eggs, hard-boiled in volcanic hot-spring water that darkens their shells with mineral deposits. It is at 1251 Sengokuhara by Owakudani Station on the Hakone Ropeway.
6 Bakery & Table Hakone
Bakery & Table offers breads, sandwiches, café meals and sweets, including a lakeside footbath terrace. It is in Moto-Hakone on Lake Ashi, beside the sightseeing-boat pier and near Hakone Shrine.
7 Kinme-tei
Kinme-tei specializes in Shimoda kinmedai, or splendid alfonsino, as sashimi, simmered fish, fried cutlets and rice bowls. It is inside Shimoda Fish Market facing Shimoda Bay, at the southeastern Izu Peninsula edge of the national park.
8 Shimoda Ryori Kinme-ya
Kinme-ya serves Shimoda kinmedai and daily-sourced Izu fish in seafood bowls and simmered dishes. It is at 1-4-3 Higashihongo in central Shimoda, near Izukyu-Shimoda Station and the harbour approach.
9 Amago-jaya
Amago-jaya specializes in locally raised amago trout, served grilled, as sashimi or in rice dishes, alongside wasabi-based flavours. It is in Amagi-Yugashima, inland on the Izu Peninsula, near the trail area around Joren Falls.
10 Kitchen Kawasemi
Kitchen Kawasemi serves tofu dishes made daily with Japanese soybeans and clear spring water from the Kakitagawa River. It is at 86 Fushimi in Shimizu, beside Kakitagawa Spring Park on the park’s northwestern Izu approach.

🎈Events

Fuji Shibazakura Festival (April-May)
Atami Fireworks (multiple times throughout year)
Oshima Camellia Festival
Hakone Ekiden Relay Race (Jan)
Lake Kawaguchi Fireworks (Aug)
Izu Peninsula Cherry Blossom Festivals (Feb–Mar)
Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu Parade (Nov)
Autumn Leaves Festivals (Nov)
Dogashima Fireworks (Summer)
Izu Islands Summer Festivals

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Knowledge before you go

Book Yoshida Trail huts well ahead for July and August.
Choose one or two areas per trip since the four parts are far apart.
The Hakone Free Pass covers the loop and costs ¥7,100 ($44.88) for two days from Shinjuku.
Jetfoils to Oshima from Takeshiba take about 1 hour 45 minutes while flights from Chofu take about 25 minutes.

How to travel to Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

Tokyo is the main entry point for all four areas through Haneda and Narita airports. Hakone is about 90 minutes from Shinjuku on the Odakyu line. The Fuji lakes take around two hours from Shinjuku by limited express or about 2 hours 20 minutes by highway bus. For Izu the Shinkansen reaches Atami from Tokyo in 40 to 50 minutes. The Odoriko limited express runs from Tokyo to Atami in about 80 minutes and to Shimoda in around 160. The Izu Islands start at Takeshiba Pier where the jetfoil reaches Oshima in about 1 hour 45 minutes. Flights from Chofu Airport take roughly 25 minutes and overnight ferries serve the farther islands, though weather can cancel sailings.

Access summary

From Haneda (HND): Airport bus or train toward Hakone/Fuji area, ~2 hours.
From central Tokyo: Trains or highway buses to Hakone or Kawaguchiko, ~2 hours.
From Osaka/Kyoto: Shinkansen to Odawara or Mishima, then bus into park.

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Where to stay in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

Base yourself by area. Kawaguchiko and Fujiyoshida suit Fuji with hotels and ryokan near the lakes and the station. Hakone-Yumoto, Gora and the Lake Ashi shore suit Hakone, with Hakone-Yumoto the easiest for trains. Atami, Ito, Shuzenji and Shimoda are the main bases for Izu. Each has hot spring hotels and a fish market or a seafront. Many ryokan include dinner and breakfast and some have private baths. Many public baths restrict visible tattoos so ask before booking. Weekends, cherry blossom time, autumn foliage and Golden Week fill rooms early. Yoshida Trail huts can sell out in July and August. The islands have small inns and campsites that book out in summer.

Hotel recommendations

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HOTEL MYSTAYS Fuji Onsen Resort

8.8

Tokinoyu Setsugetsuka -Kyoritsu Resort

8.9

Hakone Ashinoko Hanaori ORIX HOTELS & RESORTS

9.1

Hakone Kowakien TEN-YU

9.1

Highland Resort Hotel and Spa

9.2

Fuji Kawaguchiko Onsen Konansou

9.3

Hotel Kaneyamaen

9.2

Fuji Kawaguchiko Onsen Hotel New Century

9.2

Toyoko Inn Fuji Kawaguchiko Ohashi

9.1

Hananoyado Yumefuji

9.4

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How to get around Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

The park has no single transport network because its four areas are far apart.

Fuji and Hakone:
Around Fuji the Fujikyuko Line and sightseeing buses link the lakes. In Hakone a railway, cable car, ropeway, boat and buses make a loop that one pass covers.

Izu Peninsula:
The JR Ito Line goes from Atami to Ito and the Izukyu Line continues to Shimoda. Atami to Shimoda takes about 70 minutes by limited express. The Izuhakone Line links Mishima and Shuzenji in 35 minutes and Tokai Bus covers the rest. Two-day bus passes exist for Ito and for Irozaki and Shimoda.

Cars and islands:
A car adds freedom but east coast traffic is heavy at weekends. Some neighboring islands are linked by short ferry hops.

Food in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

Each area of the park has its own food, from noodle dishes around Fuji to seafood on the Izu Peninsula. Convenience stores and supermarkets cover breakfast and snacks. Vegetarians should ask about fish or pork stock, since it's common in local dishes.

Around Fuji:
The local noodle dish is houtou, flat noodles simmered in miso broth with pumpkin and vegetables. Fujiyoshida has firm chewy udon topped with cabbage and sweet simmered meat.

Hakone:
Look for kuro-tamago, the black eggs boiled in sulfur springs at Owakudani. Soba and yuba made with local spring water are also worth trying here.

Izu:
The peninsula is about seafood. Shimoda has the nation's largest catch of kinmedai, a red fish served grilled or simmered. Suruga Bay supplies shirasu whitebait and sakura shrimp while wasabi is another Izu specialty.

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Travel style categories explained:

Backpacker:
Staying in hostels or budget hotels, cooking your own meals or eating cheap and choosing low-cost activities.

Mid-range:
Staying in mid-range hotels, eating at a mix of restaurants and casual spots and enjoying a variety of activities.

Luxury:
Staying in luxury hotels, dining out at high-end restaurants and enjoying premium experiences without worrying about the price.

	Backpacker	Mid-range	Luxury
💵 Total costs per day, including accommodation	$70	$144	$361
🏨 Accommodation per night, per person	$40	$90	$180
🍝 Food per day	$23	$43	$131
🚕 Transportation per day	$7	$10	$50

Food & Drink

🍽️ Restaurant Dinner, per person	$16
🍛 Lunch Set, per person	$6.50
🍟 Fast food combo	$5
🍝 Preparing your own food, per day	$9.50
☕ Cappuccino	$2.90
🍺 Beer in a restaurant, 0.5 l / 16 oz	$3

Transportation

🚌 Public transport ticket	$1.80
🚕 Taxi Ride, 10 km / 6 mi	$31
⛽ Gas, 1 l / ¼ gal	$1.10

Other

🎞️ Movie ticket	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's consult	$41
🤧 Cold medication	$10
💇 Basic haircut	$13

Safety information overview

General safety

The towns are very safe with low crime and the risks are natural. Fuji is dangerous outside the July to early September climbing season. Owakudani in Hakone can close when volcanic gas rises and some islands have active volcanoes. Typhoons can cancel ferries and flights.

Health & Medical

Medical care is good in towns such as Atami, Odawara and Fujiyoshida though English is limited at smaller clinics. Facilities on the islands and on the mountain are basic and altitude sickness and cold are the main concerns on Fuji. Travel insurance is sensible.

Accessibility

Access varies a lot by area. Lakeside paths and the centers of onsen towns are mostly flat while Hakone and the Izu Peninsula have steep hills and stairs. The Fuji trails are rough and not suited to wheelchairs and island ferries involve steps.

Tap water

Tap water is safe to drink here like in the rest of Japan. Vending machines and convenience stores sell bottled water in the towns. Mountain huts and island villages have limited supplies so bring water. Don't drink from streams or lakes.