7 Museums Hakone's Glass Forest Museum Sandra Isaka The 'Gurasu-no-mori', Hakone's Glass Forest Museum, has an impressive collection of Venetian glass set into an equally impressive Italian-style garden.
Museums Hakone's Six World-Class Museums Larry Knipfing Hakone is home to some of Japan's best museums. And in fact, six of them are (in my opinion) world class.
12 Museums Hakone's Wonderful Open-Air Museum Larry Knipfing If you've got half a day free and will be in the Hakone area, this open-air museum is a must-see.
7 Gardens & Parks Botanical Garden in Sengokuhara Masato Kitamura The Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands (Hakone Shisseikaen or 箱根湿生花園 in Japanese) is a wonderfully designed garden with a great variety of marsh and alpine
Historical Manazuru's Mitsu-ishi (Three Rocks) Tomoko Kamishima onto a small, beautifully wooded peninsula that sits just southeast of Hakone... the neck and head of the crane and is partially composed of lava from Hakone
8 Historical Odawara Castle's Cherry Blossoms Hana Joy Odawara Castle alone is a well-deserved tourist destination.
Museums Japanese Tea Experience in Odawara David Maher The beautiful scenery of the Itabashi area, with its views of the Hakone... Matsunaga Estate provides a getaway between the more crowded areas of Hakone
12 Temples & Shrines Kamakura's Hongaku-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Locals say there are ghosts about, but although I have been there alone