茶のちもと — Restaurant in Hakone

無礼な人 The sales person got angry at me for not speaking Japanese and started mumbling to himself and cussing before I even left. I understand his frustration but while he didn’t have to speak a language other than his own, he shouldn’t treat others who don’t speak his language in this disrespectful way. As a sales person in a famous tourist attraction he should have learned how to communicate with international customers better or he could just apologize nicely. No need for all...

An old cafe serving traditional and regional Japanese sweets and tea. It was nice and all but the staff told me I could only stay there for 40 minutes even though there was only one other person in the cafe other than me. And it was not even close to closing time, so I found it...

I came here specifically all the way from Tokyo and it was definitely worth it. Lovely atmosphere, beautiful place, very helpful staff and the tea & dessert were divine. Definitely worth...