Easygoing Nature Walk in Hakone Tour

Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands hosts 1700 wild plants including 200 marsh plants. Not only royal family member in Japan, but also visitors from famous gardens both in Japan and abroad such as Kew Garden in UK have visited the garden. Guests will meet wild flowers of the season, and other creatures such as insects, fish, and wild birds resident in the garden. After visiting the garden, we will walk to Sengokuhara Pampas Grass Field. Total time includes visit to the garden and walk to the pampas field.

Hakone Pampas Grass Field is one of the remaining pampas grass fields in Japan. Japanese used to use pampas grass for roofing the house, feeding livestock. Guests will get magnificent views of Sengokuhara and surrounding mountains, and silver waves of pampas grass in autumn. Guests wll also spot wild birds. After visiting the pampas field, we will take a short bus ride from the pampas grass field to Hakone Visitor Center. The total time includes bus ride to the visitor center.

Hakone Visitor Center is a 'Must Visit' facility for the nature loving guests from abroad as introductory leaflets and short introductory videos in English are available. The center has a network of trails around the facility.After visiting the center, we will walk on the trails, some of which lead us to Tougendai station where the tour ends. While walking on the trails, the guests will meet wild plants, insects, wild birds, and if lucky, we may spot wild mamals such as deer, wild boars. The total time icludes trail walk to Togendai station.