While most people who travel to Japan go to Tokyo or Osaka, there’s so much more to discover in this beautiful country beyond ...

A Tokyo-3 Stamp Rally is also being held as ... a special stamp collection sheet that also serves as their guide map to the Hakone area. In addition to showing all the locations where visitors ...

The mountainous town of Hakone lies about an hour and a half by train from Tokyo, making it a popular day trip or weekend getaway from the capital. It has had a long and illustrious tradition as a ...

On clear days, you might even spot Sagami Bay and central Tokyo in the distance. Photo: Hakone Ropeway If you’re looking to linger a little longer, grab a drink or snack at Valley Marche ...

Hakone flourished as a stopover on the road connecting Tokyo and Kyoto many years ago. It is said that many people have healed away the weariness of travel in this town where people today still ...

a mountainous town in Japan's Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park west of Tokyo. The little villages dotting the ravines and hills of Hakone were like nothing else. Tiny bridges, babbling streams ...