Mount Kintoki
Mount Kintoki or “Kintokisan” as the locals call it, boasts great views of Mount Fuji. Mount Kintoki was formerly called Mount Ashigara, but no one calls it this [...]
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Tokyo-Hakone Ekiden
Tokai University just won the Hakone Ekiden, a long, grueling, relay marathon for university students in Japan. Tokai has participated for 46 years and this is the first time [...]
Required Guest Information at Guest Houses in Japan
From mid-June of 2018, the law concerning guest houses in Japan changed. Hosts or managers are required to obtain the following information about all guests who do not live [...]
Car Rental in Hakone
If you want to rent a car in Hakone, I am Hakone.com recommends: The fun2drive Owners’ Club Co., Ltd. 1143 Hakone-Machi Sengokuhara Ashigarashimo-Gun, Kanagawa Prefecture [...]
Make Money with Airbnb
Sign up to host on Airbnb and use the extra income to fund your passions. Here’s my invitation link: Make Money with [...]
STARBUCKS IN MINAMIASHIGARASHI
There is a Starbucks on the border of Minamiashigarashi and Kaisei Town. From Daiyuzan Station you go through the tunnel towards Kaisei and you will soon see Starbucks on [...]
FOREST ADVENTURE HAKONE
Forest Adventure Hakone is a great place to enjoy the forest. One of my students works there. Do you enjoy Zip Lines?! There are different courses you can take depending on [...]
Goose Boats, Atsuko and Little Green Men in Hakone?
Goose Boats, Atsuko, and Little Green Men in Hakone? by Kevin R Burns (Hakone, Kanagawa) Goose Boats, Atsuko, and Little Green Men in Hakone? Goose Boats, Atsuko, and Little [...]
Odawara Resident Talks about Life in Japan
Odawara Resident Talks about Life in Japan by Cristina Zamora (Odawara, Kanagawa) Kanagawa Resident Talks about Life in Japan (Odawara, Kanagawa) Cristina Zamora is from [...]
Minpaku Paper Submission or CSV File Due Dates
Guest House managers must submit papers or a CSV file of the guests they have hosted at their short-term rental. Here are the due dates I have been able to find: According to [...]
