Hakone Mototsumiya Shrine — Attraction in Hakone

This is a nice summit walk. The cable car is not included in the Hakone Free Pass, but you do get 10 percent off. The price is 1440 yen for a return ticket, about 12 euro. When we visited in early March, there was still snow on the summit, which gave it all a very nice look. We did not or could not walk back down so we took the gondola back down. There is a shrine, a viewpoint and a lot of mean looking Chinese people. Back on base we discovered that the busline stopped servicing at 16h. So we had to walk back for half an hour towards Koiji, so keep that in mind! The summit looks best close to sundown or sunrise, but keep in mind it is always...

This shrine on the summit of Mt. Koma honors the deities of nearby Mt. Kami or Kamiyama, the name of which translates to “mountain of the gods.” Local people and pilgrims alike worshiped the peaks of Hakone. You have to take the cable car to the top station and this shrine is a hill climb under a unsealed track. It can be windy and cold up here. Wear proper clothes, comfy shoes, hat, sunscreen, take water. Superb views of the lake and landscape from here. Great place for photography. Free entry here but the cable car needs tickets. Lots of locals, some tourists...

Hakone Shrine Former site is located in Motohakone, Japan. We visited there last 2 week. Very very beautiful nature place in Japan .weather was very cold. We reached The mountain top by Rope way in five minutes. 1300m high. On the top point we saw heaven on the earth such as seven colours trees surrounding areas as like drawing, beautiful great view of Mount Fuji, big Ashi Lake, The Pacific Ocean and little temple. I love it. ...