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Mt. Fuji from Lake Ashino

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Overview

Offering serene onsen, world-class art museums, traditional inns and spectacular mountain scenery crowned by Mt Fuji, Hakone (箱根) can make for a blissful escape from Tokyo. Ashino-ko (芦ノ湖) is the lake at the centre of it all, the setting for the iconic image of Mt Fuji with the torii of Hakone-jinja rising from the water.

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Spilling inland from the coast southwest of Tokyo, Hakone serves up unreal scenery on all sides. From hot springs to hikes, here are the top things to do.

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