A hot-spring resort in the mountains near Mount Fuji, ideal for staying in a ryokan (traditional inn) and bathing in an onsen. The 'Hakone loop' takes in a mountain railway, a cable car, the ropeway over the steaming Ōwakudani volcanic valley, where eggs are boiled black in the springs, and a pirate-ship cruise on Lake Ashi.
The Hakone Open-Air Museum has sculptures in the hills. The Hakone Free Pass covers transport from Tokyo. It's about 90 minutes from Shinjuku.
Japan's highest and most sacred mountain, a near-perfect volcanic cone 3,776 m high, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken, set in a forest of 100,000 trees in the middle of Tokyo, entered through huge wooden t…
The busy market streets left behind when Tokyo's wholesale fish market moved to Toyosu, packed with stalls selling fresh sushi, grilled seafood, tama…
An immersive digital art museum where you walk barefoot through rooms of light, water and mirrors, including a room of floating orchids and a pool wh…
Tokyo's oldest temple, founded in 628, entered through the Kaminarimon gate with its giant red lantern.
One of Japan's few original castles, called the 'Crow Castle' for its black walls, with its keep standing above a moat, with the Japan Alps behind.
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