About Hakone Sightseeing Cruise
A guide for your day on Lake Ashi
Hakone Sightseeing Cruise is an independent guide for everyone planning a trip on the sightseeing cruise across Lake Ashi in Hakone, Japan. Here you will find how a coach day from Tokyo with the Lake Ashi cruise works, which ports the ships sail from and what the tickets cost, the three ships and the special cabin, what you see from the deck, whether the Hakone Freepass pays off, the Hakone Ropeway and Owakudani, Hakone Shrine and its torii in the lake, the Hakone loop, the chances of seeing Mount Fuji from the water month by month, other day tours that include the cruise, and the Komagatake ropeway at Hakone-en.
The site is available in English and five additional languages. It is written first in English.
How we research
Every number on our pages comes from a source that we link to at the bottom of the page: mostly Odakyu Hakone's Hakone Navi, Hakone Shrine, Hakone-en and the Hakone Tourist Association, with the Japan Meteorological Agency's official 1991 to 2020 normals, temperatures for its Gotemba station and rain for its Hakone station, and day length we calculate ourselves. Information on tours, that is duration, languages, inclusions, and starting prices, is taken from the offers on GetYourGuide.
Weather on the lake changes fast, sailings and gondolas stop for fog and wind, and fares and timetables change from season to season. Listings also differ in what they include, the cruise ticket above all, and a coach day from Tokyo is not a free day in Hakone. That is why we tell you plainly what a listing states and what it leaves open.
How we make money
Hakone Sightseeing Cruise is funded through the GetYourGuide affiliate program. When you book through one of our links, we receive a commission; your price remains the same. There are no advertising banners here, and we do not sell your data.
Who is behind it
Hakone Sightseeing Cruise is run by Lukas Weber from Munich. You will find all details about the provider in the legal notice. The easiest way to send questions, comments, or corrections is to email [email protected].
