-Catch Tokaido Shinkansen Kodama #707 ETD Tokyo 07:57 (own arrangement), get off at Odawara Station at 08:30, then the local train to Hakone Yumoto station, where I will meet you.
then bus taxi up to near Amazake Chaya teahouse, one of the few remaining of hundreds of teahouses that adorned Old Tokaido.
-After some heart-warming amazake (non-alcoholic) we follow the stone-paved Tokaido on foot through the forest down to the shore of Lake Ashinoko in Moto-Hakone.
-We stroll the mile-long Cedar Avenue, lined both sides with towering 400 year-old cedar, then through Hakone Checkpoint.
- Lunch by the Lake.
- We rejoin Old Tokaido for a largely forested hike to Yamanaka Castle Ruins, Mount Fuji photo opportunity (weather permitting).
-We then bus to Mishima, and stroll along Genbe River World Heritage Water Area to Mishima Station.
-Catch Tokaido Shinkansen Kodama #734 Mishima/Tokyo 17:24/18:18 (own arrangement)
About 8 miles walking total.