Hakone Gōra Park — Attraction in Hakone

We visited this place on a rainy day with our Hakone Day pass. Entry is free if you have the day pass with you. With all the clouds around us, the park had looked very mysterious and beautiful, hiding its secrets and intriguing us enough to explore it. As we walked through the clouds it was interesting to spot the differences between the Zen gardens we had been seeing on our trip and the French Garden in front of us. Gora Park has a beautiful craft shop and two restaurants for you to relax and enjoy the surroundings. The Craft House has a huge collection of beads strings and other materials to make bracelets, necklace etc and it is fun for adults too. Isshikidousarou the sandwich restaurant served us the most amazing sandwiches I've ever had. With its classy ambience, I would not be surprised if they ever played Jazz live with a full house. Even the beverages are crisp and very refreshing. Sandwich in your hand and the view of the park through large windows is just out of this world.

The other restaurant is more traditional and is a great option if you want a heavier meal. It is right next to the main fountain in the middle of the park.

It is a great stop with children and I would recommend it for all weathers.

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This park is awesome. It was a rainy day in Hakone, but we went anyway. Was not disappointed. Cheap reasonable price to get in. Plenty of green houses with an awesome variety of plants to see. Gotta keep your eyes open because there's neat plants tucked everywhere. The grounds were beautiful. Paths all around. A mix between beautiful natural mountain stone and more modern accommodating ways. The tea house with ceremony was like it's own little park. The experience was nice and came with a nice little personal tour of all the houses and bath. I would highly recommend attending this park. We went in March, so not as much going on outdoors but, I can only imagine how beautiful it is in bloom with it's extensive rose gardens and wide variety of other native fauna.

We did not do any experiences, but the craft house is neat. Plenty of beautiful art pieces to purchase and we couldn't help but do so. The experiences looked fun and well set up. Kinda feel like we missed out but that was our decision. Keep note of the timing to receive your works, all clearly labeled. Most are day of, but some like ceramics and glass take time for...

It was our last day in Hakone and we chose to visit the Gora Park gardens. We were pleasantly surprised with the huge variety of plants, flowers, and interesting walking paths. I was even a cafe where you can grab coffee or a drink along with a various selection of cakes. Thankfully on the south entrance there is bag lockers where you can quickly store your belongings to enjoy a hands-free walk of the gardens. We were also surprised to find a huge greenhouse area which housed botanical tropical plants. Ranging from ferns, bromeliads, Venus fly traps and even pineapples. There was also an amazing display roses in every color and variety you could imagine. There is also a big engraved stone which explained about the original man who created this garden back in approximately 1910 and how when it was created there was no people living in the area where the garden is situated. It was a very remote and uninhabited location in hokone and when they started construction the whole area was just barren rocks. It was a wonderful way to finish our...