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Why visit Hakone?

Hakone anchors itself in the volcanic caldera of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, offering a precise ritual of hot spring bathing and engineering feats. Visitors board the Hakone Tozan Railway, climbing the steep forested slopes of Mount Hakone before transferring to the Hakone Ropeway, which suspends passengers over the steaming sulphur vents of Owakudani valley. Here, vendors sell kuro-tamago—chicken eggs boiled in mineral-rich geothermal pools that turn the shells jet black and subtly sulfurous.

Down on the shores of Lake Ashi, travelers board replica pirate ships to cross the deep blue water, framed by the red torii gate of Hakone Shrine rising straight from the surf. For art enthusiasts, the Hakone Open-Air Museum grounds display monumental sculptures by Henry Moore and Picasso against a backdrop of mist-veiled peaks. By evening, guests retreat to historic ryokan like *Tenzan Tohji-kyo* to soak in outdoor rotenburo mineral baths, followed by multi-course kaiseki dinners featuring locally sourced freshwater trout and glistening sashimi.

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