Best places: Museums in Hakone, Japan

👍👍 For many people, the attraction here will largely lie in the exceptionally beautiful gardens. Part of them consist of a shady moss-covered area and part of a more formal display of Japanese shrubs and trees. The whole thing amounts to what I think is the best small garden I have ever visited in Ja...

Museum in scenic surrounds with glass objects & jewelry by René Lalique, plus a stylish restaurant.

👍👍 Symphonic Sculpture is a tower enclosed by colorful stained glass. Furthermore, inside the stain-glass tower is an 18-meter tall circular staircase that you can ascend to the viewing platform. Needless to say, the views of the park and the surrounding mountains are spectacular.

Modern museum tracing the history of the popular Hakone Ekiden collegiate relay marathon race.

👍 寄木細工の製法、歴史等が学べます。制作の体験が出来るときも有るようです。 シンプルな施設ですが、子供でも興味深く学んでいます

Exhibits, crafts & guided walks are offered from the visitor center of a nature & wildlife park.

👍 Visited on weekdays and Mondays. Perhaps because of the autumn leaves season, the parking lot is full due to the heavy congestion around Hakone Shrine and Lake Ashinoko. If you get tired and come here, it's rattling. I thought it was an oasis. The admission fee is 1200 yen, and I think it's expensi...