Lake Ashi CruiseMt. Fuji & Hakone Day Tour with Ropeway and Lake Ashi
Most day trips give you twenty minutes at Hakone Shrine and move on. This Hakone day tour with ropeway included gives eighty, and ninety each at Lake Yamanaka and Oshino Hakkai — the fewest stops and the longest ones of any tour compared here. The boat and lunch are not in the $65 fare; both are bought on the day, and the coach carries on to Togendai for anyone who skips the crossing.
About This Hakone Day Tour
10 hours from Tokyo, with the fewest stops on this page
$65 per adult, ropeway ticket included
4.6 from 129 reviews — guide 4.8, transport 4.8, value 4.7
25 minutes, optional and paid on the day
Shared coach, mixed nationalities, English-speaking guide
Wheelchair users
Listing at a Glance
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- Tour name Mt.Fuji Hakone Day Tour With Lake Ashi Cruise, FREE Ropeway
- Operator Tour Easy
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 1030333
- Starting price $65 USD per adult
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 4.6 out of 5
- Review count 129 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 10 hours
- Time on the lake 25 minutes, if you take the boat
- Cruise leg Moto-Hakone to Togendai
- Cruise fare Not included — the guide buys the ticket on the tour day if you want it
- Ropeway Ticket included
- Pickup window 07:30 departure from Tokyo, two meeting points
- Arrival at the lake Approx. 10:30 at Hakone Shrine; the boat around 12:10
- Expected return Leaves Oshino Hakkai about 16:20 for Tokyo
- Transport Air-conditioned coach from Tokyo
- Group size Shared group, mixed nationalities, multilingual commentary
- Guide language English
- Lunch Not included; the restaurant stop is optional and self-paid
- Drinks None stated
- Hotel pickup Not included — two fixed Tokyo meeting points
- Cancellation deadline 24 hours before departure
- Reserve now, pay later Available
- Minimum age None stated
- Physical difficulty Easy, with steps and a cedar path at the shrine
- Wheelchair accessibility Not suitable for wheelchair users
- Weather limitations Fuji visibility depends on the weather; bad weather or holiday traffic can shorten the stops
- Ethical notes None stated
- Alternative tour See the [highest-rated Hakone day](/hakone-ropeway-owakudani-day-tour/)
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Quick answer
Six stops instead of eight, and each one substantially longer: 80 minutes at Hakone Shrine, 50 at Owakudani, 90 each at Lake Yamanaka and Oshino Hakkai. The ropeway ticket is included. The boat is not, at about 1,700 yen bought on the day, and if you skip it the coach runs straight to the ropeway station.
Key takeaways
- 80 minutes at Hakone Shrine — four times what some tours here allow
- Ropeway ticket included, a 2,000-yen item bought separately
- Sub-scores of 4.8 for guide and transport sit above the 4.6 headline
- Lunch is not included and the restaurant stop is optional
The Case for a Slower Day
Eighty minutes at the shrine
The single number that separates this tour from the rest of the page. Hakone Shrine was founded in 757 and the approach runs through a corridor of cedars several hundred years old; the torii standing in the lake is a short walk beyond it.
On a twenty-minute stop you photograph the torii and rejoin the coach. On an eighty-minute one you can queue for the torii shot — which on a fine weekend is most of an hour on its own — and still walk the cedar avenue and the shrine buildings. If the shrine is what you came to Hakone for, this is the listing.
The boat at 12:10, or not
The itinerary schedules the Hakone Sightseeing Cruise at 12:10 for 25 minutes, marked Optional, Extra fee. The operator's own note is straightforward: "If you want to experience cable car or Lake Ashi cruise, the tour guide will help you buy the ticket on the trip day."
Guests who skip it continue by coach directly to Togendai Ropeway Station. Nobody waits and nothing is lost except the twenty-five minutes on the water — which, on a site about the cruise, is admittedly the point of the trip.
Ropeway, Owakudani and a long Fuji afternoon
The ropeway ticket is in the fare and lifts you over the caldera to Owakudani for fifty minutes among the sulphur vents and the black eggs. From there the day crosses to Lake Yamanaka for ninety minutes at Swan Bay, and to Oshino Hakkai for another ninety among the eight spring ponds.
Those two allocations are the largest on this page by a distance — most tours give Oshino Hakkai forty minutes. Departure for Tokyo is around 16:20.
Tour Itinerary, Hour by Hour
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07:30
Departure from Tokyo
Two meeting points. The operator emails the guide and driver details the evening before.
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10:30
Hakone Shrine
Eighty minutes: the cedar approach, the shrine buildings, and the red torii standing in Lake Ashi with Fuji behind it on a clear day.
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12:10
Hakone Pirate Ship
Twenty-five minutes across the lake, optional and self-paid. Guests who skip it ride the coach to Togendai instead.
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12:40
Hakone Ropeway and Owakudani
Thirty minutes on the ropeway, included in the fare, then fifty in the volcanic valley with the black eggs.
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15:00
Lake Yamanaka, Swan Bay
Ninety minutes on the Fuji Five Lakes side, with the swans that give the bay its name.
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15:40
Oshino Hakkai
Ninety minutes among the eight spring ponds, with the optional lunch stop nearby.
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16:20
Return to Tokyo
About two hours of coach. Bad weather or holiday congestion can push it later and shorten the stops — the operator says so in writing.
Where the Day Goes
Two and a half hours out of Tokyo to the shrine on the southern shore, over the caldera by ropeway, then northwest to the Fuji Five Lakes and back.
The lake's four ports and which boats call at each are mapped on the Lake Ashi cruise homepage.
Who This Tour Suits
Good fit
Photographers, anyone who resents being marched, and travellers with children who cannot be hurried between eight stops in ten hours. One reviewer travelling with a seven-year-old singled the day out for exactly that. The sub-scores — 4.8 for guide and transport, 4.7 for value — say the operation is tighter than the 4.6 headline implies.
It is also a good fit if the torii queue matters to you, which is a real consideration on any fine weekend.
Poor fit
Fewer stops means less ground. There is no Kamakura, no Enoshima and no Oishi Park; if you want the widest possible sweep, the highest-rated tour covers more for less money.
Wheelchair users are excluded. And the review base is 129, which is solid but a long way short of the 7,741 behind the most-booked option.
Questions About This Tour
Is the pirate ship included in the fare?
No. The itinerary marks the Hakone Sightseeing Cruise as an optional extra, and the operator states the guide will buy the ticket for you on the tour day if you want it — about 1,700 yen for an adult. Skipping it costs nothing: the coach continues to the Togendai ropeway station.
How long do you get at Hakone Shrine?
Eighty minutes, the longest allocation of any tour compared on this site — most give twenty to forty. It is enough for the cedar approach, the shrine itself and the queue for a photograph under the lake torii, which alone can take most of an hour on a fine weekend.
Is lunch included?
No. A local restaurant stop of about forty minutes sits in the itinerary marked optional and self-paid. The operator suggests bringing your own food or buying it during the day, and there is plenty at Owakudani and Oshino Hakkai.
What language does the guide speak?
English is the listed guide language. This is a shared group with participants from several countries, and the operator notes the guide provides explanations in multiple languages, so expect some repetition of each commentary.
What happens if the weather is bad?
The tour runs, but the operator warns that bad weather, traffic or holiday congestion can shorten the stops and push the return time later. Fuji visibility is not guaranteed — their own advice is to check the forecast before your date. If fog or wind closes the boat, the crossing is simply dropped and the coach goes round.
What Travellers Said
The trip was exceptional from beginning to end. The icing on the cake was that Mt Fuji revealed herself in all her glory all day long.
We had a great time with a 7 year old and our guide was wonderful.
Our guide was fantastic. Easy to understand, fun, and he knew the best spots for photos. He was also patient with us.
We saw lots of things, with very good explanations by our guide.
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