Walk the stone-paved Old Tokaido through Hakone — the historic road that once linked Edo and Kyoto, past cedar avenues, the Hakone Checkpoint, and a 400-year-old teahouse.
The former summer villa of Japan’s Imperial family, now a quiet lakeside park with manicured gardens, historic architecture, and some of Hakone’s finest views.
The last thatched teahouse on the Old Tokaido, run by the same family for 400 years. Rest with a bowl of warm amazake and toasted chikara-mochi, just as travelers did in the Edo period.
The 1,200-year-old shrine on the shores of Lake Ashi, famed for its red torii gate on the water. A place of legend, samurai patronage, and a nine-headed dragon.
