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Things to do in Mount Fuji & Hakone
19 places13 stories2 routes
Sightlore has 19 places to explore in Mount Fuji & Hakone, and 13 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Mount Fuji & Hakone's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Oshino Hakkai
Oshino Hakkai are the eight springs found in Oshino, Yamanashi, Japan. The aquifer water from Mount Fuji comes out to the ground to form these springs.
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Yamanashi Prefectural Fujisan World Heritage Center
Yamanashi Prefecture's guidance centre in Fujikawaguchiko, opened in 2016 after Mount Fuji was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2013.
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Arakurayama Sengen Park
Arakurayama Sengen Park is a block park located at 3353 Arakura, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Installed in October 1959. Located on the hillside of Mount Arakura, it covers an area of about 4.3 hectares.
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Hakone Barrier
The Hakone Barrier was a security checkpoint which was established by the Tokugawa Shogunate on the Tōkaidō highway connecting the capital of Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. In 1923, the site was recognized as a National Historic Site.
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Ōwakudani
Ōwakudani is a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was created around 3,000 years ago, as a result of the explosion of the Hakone volcano.
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Lake Ashi
Lake Ashi, also known as Hakone Lake or Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshū, Japan.
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Hakone Open-Air Museum
The Hakone Open-Air Museum, opened in 1969, is Japan's first open-air museum. It is located in Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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Hakone Shrine
The Hakone Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine on the shores of Lake Ashi in the town of Hakone in the Ashigarashimo District of Kanagawa Prefecture. It is also known as the Hakone Gongen.
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Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine
Shinto shrine in Fujiyoshida at the start of the Yoshida climbing trail up Mount Fuji; part of the Mount Fuji World Heritage Site.
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Fugaku Wind Cave
Fugaku Wind Cave is a lava tube at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, Japan. It is the largest of the several lava tubes that are found in the Aokigahara forest in Fujikawaguchiko Town, Yamanashi Prefecture.
Discovery routes in Mount Fuji & Hakone
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Fuji Five Lakes: Oshino Hakkai, Chūreitō and Lake Kawaguchi
From the Oshino Hakkai springs to Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine, Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine and Arakurayama Sengen Park with the Chūreitō pagoda; then the Mount Fuji World Heritage Centre, Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Sai and the Fugaku Wind Cave.
Hakone: Ōwakudani, Lake Ashi and Hakone Shrine
From the Hakone Open-Air Museum to the Ōwakudani valley and Lake Ashi; then Hakone Shrine and the Hakone Checkpoint.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Hakone Barrier
The Hakone Barrier was a security checkpoint which was established by the Tokugawa Shogunate on the Tōkaidō highway connecting the capital of Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. In 1923, the site was recognized as a National Historic Site.
Kawaguchiko Bridge
Bridge across the eastern part of Lake Kawaguchi in Fujikawaguchiko, leading to National Route 137.
Saiko Iyashi no Sato Nenba
Open-air museum near Lake Sai where thatched farmhouses were rebuilt on the site of a village relocated after a typhoon disaster; opened in 2006.
Museums
Yamanashi Prefectural Fujisan World Heritage Center
Yamanashi Prefecture's guidance centre in Fujikawaguchiko, opened in 2016 after Mount Fuji was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2013.
Hakone Open-Air Museum
The Hakone Open-Air Museum, opened in 1969, is Japan's first open-air museum. It is located in Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Kawaguchiko Museum of Art
Kawaguchiko Museum of Art is an art museum that opened on the shore of Lake Kawaguchi in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan in 1991. The collection comprises paintings, prints, and photographs of Mount Fuji.
Places of worship
Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine
Shinto shrine in Fujiyoshida at the start of the Yoshida climbing trail up Mount Fuji; part of the Mount Fuji World Heritage Site.
Sangoku Daiichisan Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine
Shinto shrine on Mount Arakura in Fujiyoshida, within Arakurayama Sengen Park.
Hakone Shrine
The Hakone Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine on the shores of Lake Ashi in the town of Hakone in the Ashigarashimo District of Kanagawa Prefecture. It is also known as the Hakone Gongen.
Nature
Oshino Hakkai
Oshino Hakkai are the eight springs found in Oshino, Yamanashi, Japan. The aquifer water from Mount Fuji comes out to the ground to form these springs.
Arakurayama Sengen Park
Arakurayama Sengen Park is a block park located at 3353 Arakura, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Installed in October 1959. Located on the hillside of Mount Arakura, it covers an area of about 4.3 hectares.
Lake Kawaguchi
Lake Kawaguchi is located in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in southern Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is the second largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in terms of surface area, and is located at the lowest elevation.
Lake Sai
Western Lake, sometimes Saiko, is one of the Fuji Five Lakes and located in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in southern Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji, Japan.
Fugaku Wind Cave
Fugaku Wind Cave is a lava tube at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, Japan. It is the largest of the several lava tubes that are found in the Aokigahara forest in Fujikawaguchiko Town, Yamanashi Prefecture.
Ōwakudani
Ōwakudani is a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was created around 3,000 years ago, as a result of the explosion of the Hakone volcano.
Lake Ashi
Lake Ashi, also known as Hakone Lake or Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshū, Japan.
Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft 3 in).
Kawaguchiko Tenjōyama Park
Park on Mount Tenjō above Lake Kawaguchi, reached by the Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway, with views of the lake and Mount Fuji.
Shoji-no-Osugi
Giant Japanese cedar in Shōji, Fujikawaguchiko, said to be about 1,200 years old; a Natural Monument since 1928.
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