As you can see from this post, I have lots and lots of Hakone suggestions.
Should you decide to stay the night over making this a day trip I highly recommend you stay at my favourite ‘just outside of Tokyo’ hotel – with our without kids (details here.)
Our favourite day trip in Hakone is to see Mt Fuji from Lake Ashi. Details here.
Here are my tips on Where to Stay in Hakone with kids?
And here I have Where to eat in Hakone with kids?
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If you don’t want to stress about ANY of the traffic or logistics for getting to or around Hakone, I recommend booking a day tour with TokudAw – they are my personal favourite company to use. They understand the importance of carseats for children and babies, unlike many other transfer or tour companies in Japan they use legally registered tour vehicles and legally registered tour drivers. Another amazing fact that I love about this company, they don’t hire drivers that smoke (not just while on their breaks – drivers who do not smoke at all!) I have pictures of some of their vehicles and carseats here.
The number one kid-friendly option that always comes to mind for me in Hakone is the Hakone Open Air Museum. It’s fantastic for kids but also it’s so lovely for adults – even if you’re not really an arty person. It’s just a beautiful space and so relaxing just to have a lovely stroll and chat. All my Hakone Open Air Museum tips are here.
Just 6 mins walk from the Hakone Open Air Museum is a restaurant called Gyoza Center. Please note that this restaurant is cash only. The whole venue is non-smoking.
GYOZA CENTER
足柄下郡箱根町強羅1300
OPEN FOR LUNCH 11:30AM-2:30PM
OPEN FOR DINNER 5PM-7:30PM
CLOSED THURSDAYS
If you drive to Hakone, I recommend also checking out this lovely open playground for kids.
