Hakone was one of the most touristy place not too far away from tokyo. It was supposed to have beautiful landscape made up by lakes, mountains, volcanos, and many other museums such as the open air sculpture museum & museum of the little prince. Most importantly, it offered good view of Mt Fuji. All these could be explored through various modes of transportation within that area. Hakone was an overnight trip for us. When looking for suitable lodging, I noticed the accommodation was really expensive. Then, we found Gora Ichinoyu which made our trip by offering comfortable lodging, ryokan hotspring (with private open air bath!!!) experience at a price that didn't overwhelm us. Once we had direction to Ichinoyu, it wasn't too hard to find. (Thanks to an extremely kind obasan who helped us to search
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