From the boat, you’ll see the famous floating torii gates of the Hakone Shrine and have another chance to get a glimpse of Mount Fuji, if the weather is right. One of the most popular places to ...

If those mentions of “Fuji” have you thinking of Mount Fuji, you’re spot-on. Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha is the head shrine of the many Sengan shrines (also sometimes called Asama shrines) that can be ...

Hatsumōde (first shrine visit of the year), osechi (celebratory feast) and Hakone Ekiden (what some ... from central Tokyo to the foothills of Mount Fuji and back — has become an essential ...