Is there a better way to lay out this 2 day/1 night Hakone itinerary to make sure we make the last shinkansen to Osaka?
I was thinking another option would be to do the cable cars down to Togendai and then just take them back up to Gora on day one and just take a bus from our ryokan to Togendai the next day, but I wasn't sure if that would leave time for Gora park and the Open Air Museum as well.
(Thu) Oct 31 (TOKYO -> HAKONE)
- check out of our hotel in the morning (leave by 8 AM?)
- take romance car from Shinjuku to Hakone Yumoto station (1.5 hr)
📍Hakone pt 1:
- Explore Hakone-Yumoto area (EVA store)
- Hakone Tozan railway from Hakone-Yumoto to Gora station, STOP at Chokokunomori for Open Air Museum (40 min scenic switchback train)
- check out Coffee Camp in Gora, Gora Park
- 45 min bus or train back to Hakone-Yumoto by 4 PM for check in
- dinner and spend night at ryokan in Hakone Yumoto area
(Fri) Nov 1 (HAKONE -> OSAKA)
- breakfast and checkout of ryokan (10 AM)
📍Hakone pt 2:
- Walk to Tonosawa station, Hakone Tozan railway to Gora (40 min)
- Gora station to Sounzan (cable cars)
- Sounzan to Owakudani (cable cars)
- Owakudani to Togendai (EVA station) (cable cars)
- Hakone Sightseeing pirate ship across Lake Ashi from Togendai to Moto-Hakone (45 min cruise)
- Moto-Hakone to Odawara (50 min bus ride)
- Leave from Odawara station to Osaka
- Hikari shinkansen to Shin-Osaka (last train leaves at 6 pm) (2.5 hrs)
- 20 min train to Shinsaibashi station, check into hotel in Osaka
by littledotorimukk