How long have you been giving food tours in Japan?

I have been giving tours since 2017.

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What might surprise travelers about Japanese cuisine?

The variation of food would surprise travelers. Japanese cuisine has a wide range of food to offer from vegan Shojin cuisine from Buddhist temples to raw chicken sashimi and poisonous puffer fish. You will never get bored trying new types of food in Japan.

What are some of your favorite Japanese dishes? 

Sushi! People would say they love tuna and salmon. Of course, they are good, but I love Anago eel – a seawater eel, different from Uangi. It is rather lean meat and if it is fresh and cooked well, it has a very fluffy texture, which goes very well with tare sauce (Japanese BBQ sauce).

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Which traditional Japanese dish should every visitor try in Tokyo?

You should try okonomiyaki, which is a Japanese savory pancake. It is a regional dish, so you can find many different styles in Tokyo, Osaka and Hiroshima, for example. If you are a first-timer to Tokyo, visit a neighborhood called Tsukishima. You can find countless restaurants serving okonomiyaki.

Okonomiyaki

What is sake? And, do you have any tips for drinking it like a local?

Sake is Japanese rice wine. We take sips of sake (not shots!) with some snacks. In the winter, try to order hot sake at up-scale restaurants. Good warm sake might change the stereotype of sake.

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What are some of the best food markets in Tokyo?

Tsukiji Fish Market! Even after the relocation of the wholesale market, Tsukiji has a lot to offer as far as food to see and eat. If you like to shop for Japanese knives and cookware, go to Kappabashi, which is next to Asakusa.

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Are there any social errors to avoid when dining out?

You will most likely be trying a lot of Izakaya restaurants, which are Japanese gastropub. They are restaurants, not bars. At Izakayas, it is considered as a good manner to order food or some small snacks in addition to your drinks.

How does Tokyo’s food culture differ from other parts of Japan?

This is a tough one! Tokyo is always the center of food trends and some say Tokyo gathers good parts of regional food from many parts of Japan and does not have a unique food culture by itself. We believe Tokyo has a powerful food culture to bring new waves of food and restaurant scenes compared to other cities.

In addition to the food, what do you enjoy most about living in Japan?

Japan offers so many domestic travel options from beaches in Okinawa to powder snow snowboarding in Hokkaido! There are tons of nature and outdoor activities and sightseeing across the country, and you will never get bored!

Thank you, Yuma!

Ninja Food Tours
Locations: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka
Website: https://www.ninjafoodtours.com/
Email: support@ninjafoodtours.com
Telephone: +81-50-5240-8828

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Joe McPherson

How do you order Korean barbecue in Seoul?

In Korea, most good restaurants specialize in only one type of meat. The best in very few cuts. You can order the meat according to how many people are at your table. If there are four people, you order four portions. You can always order more if you run out.

For me, I prefer certain cuts of pork. My favorite is jowl meat. I don’t like marinated meats, like galbi, because the marinade gets in the way and burns easily on the grill. Besides, the lower quality meats are the marinated ones.

Mapo Jeong Daepo is my go-to Korean barbecue restaurant. If I want something on the higher end, I go to Congdu. It’s more advanced Korean food, though. You should already be familiar with its flavors before going, or it will fly right over your head.

Mapo Jeong Daepo, photo by Joe McPherson

What are the most common flavors found in Korean cuisine?

Korean food’s strength is in fermentation. Everyone knows kimchi, but the sauces, like gochujang, deonjang and fermented soy sauce, play a large part. I also think the nuttiness of sesame oil and the bright licorice aroma of perilla leaves dot the edges of the cuisine.

What are your favorite local dishes?

My favorite side dish is a leaf from Ullengdo Island called Myeongi Namul (Siberian Onion). It’s pickled in sweet soy sauce and is such a great wrap for anything. I also love spicy marinated crabs, and any time oysters are at the table, I dive for them. In Korea, side dishes aren’t ordered. They just come with the meal. You can always ask for more when one has run out.

Can you recommend one dish that every traveler should try?

One dish that I would recommend is Dalkgalbi, which literally means “chicken ribs,” but that’s a tongue-in-cheek moniker. Local expats and Koreans love this dish, but it is practically unknown outside of Korea. It is made with spicy marinated boneless chunks of chicken thighs that are grilled over charcoal or stir-fried with hearty root vegetables. This dish is such a treat.

What is the proper way to drink soju?

The first rule for drinking soju: never pour for yourself. You should hold the glass with two hands or with your right hand with your left hand supporting it (like you’re holding back a loose sleeve) while someone pours for you. Everyone toasts after each pour. If someone is much older or higher in hierarchy at the table, face away from them when you drink. Rule number two: never let anyone’s glass go empty, but this is where it gets tricky. Rule number three: you can only pour into an empty glass. So, if a round is being poured around the table, you need to empty your glass before accepting more. Korean drinking etiquette is designed to get you drunk quickly. And, everyone watches out for each other.

Do you have a favorite brand of soju?

I’m not a fan of the common green bottle table soju. There’s a growing movement to revive traditionally distilled soju that had been lost during the colonial period (1905–1945). My favorite, when I can get my hands on it, is Pungjeong Sagye.  Its character comes from nuruk, a wild yeast starter. And, even though it packs a punch with its high alcohol content, it drinks smooth with lots of subtle character.

Are there any social errors to avoid when dining out?

Most social errors are easily forgiven. We’re quite laid back here. It does gross people out when one blows their nose at the table. If you need to do so, walk away from the table and do it outside. We share almost everything but our rice bowls, so don’t freak out over that.

What are some of your favorite food markets in Seoul?

I love outdoor markets. I recommend getting away from the ones in the tour guides. Go to markets in more blue-collar parts of the city and have fun. Also, I love Noryangjin Fish Market and Majang Meat Market.

Joe’s daughter eating DalkGalbi, photo by Joe McPherson

What is your favorite local restaurant?

My favorite all-time Korean restaurant is San Maul Boribap. It is located just outside Seoul in the southern suburb of Anyang. It’s a place at the foot of Gwanaksan Mountain that originally catered to hikers. It’s rustic honest Korean food at its best.

What might surprise travelers about the Seoul’s food culture?

It may surprise people how much everything is shared. In restaurants, servers don’t voluntarily come to your table. You have to ring a bell or yell for them. Yelling to call your server over goes against a lot of westerners’ upbringings. The other hard thing to get used to is the metal chopsticks. They can be heavier and more slippery than most diners are accustomed to.

Have you noticed any recent food trends?

Right now, we’re heading into the tail end of the Malatang trend. It’s a Chinese dish of skewers soaking in a broth loaded with Sichuan peppers. My favorite Korean trend that’s growing is Nureungji Tongdalk, whole chickens spit roasted over wood. Then they’re butterflied and served on an iron skillet of sizzling crispy rice. It tastes like Thanksgiving. Every time I take anyone out for it, they go at it like velociraptors.

Which of your street food tours would you recommend to first-time visitors?

I recommend the Ultimate Korean BBQ Night Out. Guests get a basic idea of how to order and eat in typical Korean restaurants. At our second stop, they get a crash course in traditional Korean liquor. This helps them with the basics, so they can explore on their own. Especially if they’ve tried something that surprised them and want to get more. All our guides are well versed in the food scene and heartily give recommendations.

Thank you, Joe!

Website: Korea Food Tours
Email: info@KoreaFoodTours.com

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How to Travel Around Kyoto

In addition to buses, taxis and bicycles, Kyoto has many train lines that will help you get from one place to another with minimal hassle. In addition to the Kyoto subway, the Japan Railway (JR) and other privately owned railways allow passengers to move between central Kyoto and its surrounding areas. Click here for a map of Kyoto’s train network.

72 Hours in Kyoto

Day 1 – Morning at Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

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The Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine is dedicated to Inari, the Shinto kami of rice, sake and agriculture, among other things. The site is well-known for having thousands of brightly colored, orange torii gates. Its trail stretches over 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) up a mountain, which takes approximately 2 hours to walk depending on the pace. The Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine acts as a centerpiece for the other 30,000+ Inari shrines located throughout Japan.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Fushimi Inari-taisha: Walk three minutes from the JR Inari Station on the JR Nara Line or walk five minutes from the Keihan Railway Fushimiinari Station

Afternoon – Kyoto National Museum

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In the afternoon, head over to the Kyoto National Museum located between the Kamo River and the hills of the Higashiyama (Eastern Mountain) district. Visitors can explore the museum’s extensive collections, spanning over 12,000 years, featuring some of Japan’s most prized artworks, including one-of-a-kind treasures from temples, shrines and private collections. The artwork is divided into three sections: fine arts, artifacts and archaeology. The museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese works, and it has one of the largest collections of Heian Period (794-1185) artifacts currently on view. The Kyoto National Museum reflects the city’s rich history and many traditions – ideal for travelers looking to get familiar with the local culture.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Kyoto National Museum: Walk seven minutes from Shichijo Station on the Keihan Railway or walk one minute from Hakubutsukan-Sanjusangendomae bus stop

Evening – Fushimi Sake District

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Sake tasting is a great way to unwind after a long day of sightseeing. Kyoto is the second-largest producer of sake (by volume) in Japan making this fermented rice wine a celebrated drink among locals. Head over to the Fushimi Sake District, which is the center of Kyoto’s sake production, and stop by Fushimi Sakagura Kōji, a bar and restaurant that offers a wide selection of drinks from local breweries, as well as tasty Japanese food pairings.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Fushimi Sake District: Walk four minutes from the Fushimi Momoyama Station on the Keihan Main Line

Day 2 – Morning at Ryōan-Ji Temple

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Get a Zen-inspired start to your second day with a visit to Kyoto’s Ryōan-ji Temple featuring one of Japan’s most well-known flat, or hira niwa, gardens. It’s a mysterious place with fifteen carefully placed rocks that sit in an enclosed garden of raked white gravel. Visitors can access a platform with unimpeded views directly above the garden; however, no matter which angle you view the garden, you can never see all fifteen stones. This UNESCO World Heritage Site also includes a large garden with trees and the Kyoyochi pond.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Ryōan-ji Temple: Walk seven minutes from the Ritsumeikandaigaku-mae bus stop (from JR Kyoto Station/Hankyu Oomiya Station), walk one minute from the Ryoan-ji-Mae bus stop (from Keihan Sanjo Station) or walk seven minutes from the Railway Ryoan-ji Station on the Keifuku Kitano Line

Afternoon – Kinkaku-ji Temple

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Kinkaku-ji Temple, or Golden Pavilion, is one of Japan’s most widely recognized sites given that it’s richly adorned with gold leaf. The structure was originally built as a residence for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) and converted into a Zen temple shortly after his death. In 1950, a monk named Hayashi Yoken burned the temple down during a suicide attempt. The site was rebuilt in 1955 and continues to operate today. While visiting, take a moment to rest your feet at the temple’s teahouse.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Kinkaku-ji Temple: Walk from the Kinkakuji-Michi (Kinkaku-ji Temple) bus stop

Evening – Gion Corner

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Gion Corner is a cultural theater located near Shijo Avenue between the Yasaka Shrine and the Kamo River. In just one hour, audiences can experience seven of Kyoto’s performing arts, including Kyogen classical comedy, Kyomai dance, Gagaku music of the imperial courts, koto harp and Bunraku puppet theater, as well as a tea ceremony and flower arrangement. The performances are explained in English making it accessible for visitors from all over the world.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Gion Corner: Walk five minutes from the Gion Shijō Station on the Keihan Main Line

Day 3 – Morning at Arashiyama Bamboo Grove

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To avoid the afternoon crowds, start your third day with a visit to the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove located near Kyoto’s Togetsukyo Bridge. Visitors can walk or bike through a network of paths that cut through soaring bamboo stalks. Additionally, this area includes the Nonomiya-jinja Shrine and the Tenryu-ji Temple.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Arashiyama Bamboo Grove: Walk 10 minutes from the Saga Arashiyama Station on the JR Sagano Line or walk 15 minutes from the Arashiyama Station on the Henkyu Railway

Afternoon – Nishiki Market

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Known as Kyoto’s Kitchen, Nishiki Market offers a wide variety of local foods making it an ideal place to stop for lunch. Over a hundred shopkeepers sell goods, such as vegetables, fish and desserts, from a 400-meter path located between Teramachi Street and Takakura Street. From noodles to sushi, Nishiki Market is a one-stop-shop for experiencing Kyoto’s lively street food scene.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Nishiki Market: Walk five minutes from the Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Railway Line, walk five minutes from Shijokawaramachi/Shijotakakura bus stop or walk seven minutes from the Shijo Station on the Karasuma Subway Line

Evening – Kiyomizu-dera Temple

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For some of the best views in Kyoto, head over to the Kiyomizu-dera Temple – one of the most popular places in the city given its mountainside veranda. The temple was founded in 778 and features the statue of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy, as well as the Jishu-jinja Shrine, a popular spot for those looking to pray for a good love match. The sunset views from the temple’s veranda should not be missed while visiting Kyoto.
How to Travel Around Kyoto – Kiyomizu-dera Temple: Walk ten minutes from the Gojozaka bus stop (from Keihan Gion Shichijo Station and JR Kyoto Station), walk ten minutes from the Kiyomizu-michi bus stop (from Keihan Gion Shijo Station/Hankyu Kawaramachi Station), walk 25 minutes from the Keihan Kiyomizu Gojo Station or walk ten minutes from the Higashiyama-Gojo bus stop

How to Travel to Kyoto from Tokyo

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The quickest and most convenient way to get from Tokyo to Kyoto is taking the Shinkansen Nozomi bullet train, which travels from Tokyo Station directly to Kyoto Station in approximately 140 minutes. Reserved and non-reserved seats are not included with the JR Pass. This is one of the fastest trains in Japan with speeds of up to 185 mph (300 km/h).

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To help better understand the local food culture, Travel Observed reached out to Luke Lee, a Singapore-based food expert and founder of Dine Inn, an online platform that operates like a free market connecting people that are passionate about making and eating delicious food. Luke shares his restaurant recommendations, favorite local dishes, tips for Singapore hawker centres and more.

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How would you describe the food culture in Singapore? And, what makes it unique?

The food culture in Singapore is often described as a “melting pot” where elements of our different cultures combine and intertwine with each other. There are two main camps on food among locals; the “originators” and the “innovators.” As you can tell from the name, the originators are people who like to indulge in our traditional local food and enjoy food from age old heritage recipes, while the innovators push the envelope on food, exploring new and fusion food, creating their very own modern Singaporean food.

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What are hawker centers in Singapore? Do you have any travel tips?

Hawker centres are essential to our local culture and a big part of our everyday lives. The hawker culture has even been submitted to UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity this May. The lively and bustling hawker centers mean that visitors may feel a sensory overload from sound, smell and sight. So, if you are overwhelmed when you get there and clueless on what to eat, ask around the locals eating there and they are usually more than happy to recommend you their favorite stall. Alternatively, if you are too shy to ask, the stall with the longest queue is usually a good one to try.

Embrace the food sharing culture like locals. If you are going in a group, order small portions from different stalls so you can try more food that the hawker centre offers. Hawker centres are everywhere around the island, but there are two must-visit hawker centres in Singapore. The first is Chinatown Complex Food Centre, the largest hawker centre in Singapore holding over 260 food stalls, including the world’s first Michelin hawker stall. The second, Old Airport Road Food Centre, is one of the oldest food courts and houses many famous stalls established over the years.

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Can you name a few dishes or foods that visitors must try in Singapore?

For first time visitors, a few must-try dishes would be the chilli crab and chicken rice. However, the variety of food available in Singapore is massive, and for more adventurous visitors, they can try out the pig organ soup or kway chap. Both dishes are made with pig organs, but done in different traditional local Chinese styles – one as a soup, and the latter braised. They can also try roti prata, an Indian-influenced flatbread, often featured in different styles like roti plaster, roti tisu, and with different fillings from eggs and onions to bananas and chocolate. As a snack or dessert, visitors can try the nyonya kueh, our local Peranakan style of pastries. As a cultural mix between the Malays and Chinese, kueh are made intricately and in a variety of colors and shapes, such as the Ang Ku Kueh (a small pastry with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling) or Ondeh-Ondeh (a soft skin made with sweet potato or glutinous rice flour infused with pandan juice and filled with Gula Melaka rolled in freshly grated coconut).

What do Singaporeans usually drink with their meals?

The most common drinks would be tea or coffee ordered according to preference. There is a unique way of ordering these drinks here, adding suffixes behind the kopi (coffee) or teh (tea) for different types of drinks, like “kopi-o” (coffee with sugar), “teh-c” (tea with condensed milk), “teh siew dai” (tea with reduced sugar). These words come from a jumble of different languages commonly spoken among locals as a result of the multicultural society in Singapore.

Beyond tea and coffee, there are other special drinks like Milo dinosaur, fresh juices, and homemade drinks like sugarcane juice, Michael Jackson (cincau with soy bean milk) and many more. For the late night crowd, the local brand Tiger Beer is one of the most popular beers around.

What is your favorite Singapore dish? And, why?

Handmade chee cheong fun is one of my favorite local dishes to prepare. Chee cheong fun are steamed rice rolls filled with different ingredients, accompanied with sweet sauce and chilli. This dish is very versatile and it allows me to create new flavours and always experiment with the fillings to bring out different tastes and textures. Some of the more unique fillings I have done are chives, green dragon vegetables, scallops and char siew (roasted pork).

Are there any food-related social errors that travelers should avoid when in Singapore?

In many hawker centres and food courts, the tray return stations are in fact divided into halal and non-halal food. Travelers should return their trays to the respective stations. If they are unsure as to whether you have ordered from a halal stall, they can identify halal stalls by the sign pasted on the front of the stall.

There is also a unique “chope” culture, especially in hawker centres. Whenever a tissue pack, umbrella, or just about any other common item is placed on a table, this is actually a sign that the table has been “chope,” a local slang for reserved. So, those tables in fact already have people sitting and they should find other seats.

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Thank you, Luke!

About Dine Inn
Dine Inn was designed to connect the makers and lovers of home-cooked food via an online platform that operates like a free market. Dine Inn opens up a new culinary frontier of home-style cooking with more than 3,000 home-cooked dishes available from a variety of services, such as dine at host’s place, delivery, self-collection or even chef for hire. Just like typical home-cooked meals, Dine Inn hosts allow clients to customize their meals according to preference and budget. Dine Inn also delivers to just about anywhere in Singapore, including hotels, so travelers can try home-cooked food not found in restaurants or hawker centres. The concept was the brainchild of Singaporean F&B veterans Chef Eric Teo, who possesses over 30 years of culinary experience, and Luke Lee, business owner of six dining establishments in Singapore.

Website: https://sg.dineinn.com/
Phone: +65 6796 9340 (Mon to Fri, 9.30am – 6.30pm, excluding public holidays)
Email: enquiries@dineinn.com

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The Best Ryokan in Japan | KAI Hakone Review

Once there, KAI Hakone offers a luxury retreat with traditional and modern touches effortlessly blended together. From the restaurant to the hot spring baths, this hotel offers a truly memorable stay while visiting the Japanese countryside.

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KAI Hakone, a Hoshino Resort, is a boutique hot spring property located on the banks of a mountain stream just off the Hakone Kyukaido. The first thing guests notice when they step inside the lobby is the calming esthetic expertly executed by their design team. Built in 1987 and renovated by Hoshino Resorts in 2012, the property is a shining example of a traditional, yet luxurious, Japanese inn, or ryokan. Influenced by Japanese heritage, the décor, wall color and use of natural materials connects the space to the local community of Hakone and its unique landscape.

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Past the lobby building, a beautiful corridor of bamboo leads guests to their rooms. The property has 32 guest rooms (24 Japanese-style and eight Western-style). With its low sofa and bed, the Japanese-style room combines the living space with the bedroom creating an open and tranquil feeling upon entry. The rooms feature contemporary furnishings made by master artisans who practice a style of parquetry traditionally found in Hakone. Guests are provided a Japanese robe, or yukata, for their stay that allows for ultimate comfort.

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Once settled, guests are invited to experience a relaxing hot spring bath, or onsen. Hakone is home to natural hot springs in the volcanic caldera of Mount Hakone, including Sengokuhara, Gora, Kojiri and Hakone Yumoto. KAI Hakone accesses the springs from Yumoto, which is considered a premier spring and gateway to Hakone.

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The property’s infinity hot spring blends in well with its natural surroundings, which offers partially open-air views that change with the season. The antique cedar bathtub is filled with the bubbling hot spring water known to be gentle on the skin. First-time guests should be aware of the house rules before enjoying the bath, which is separated by gender. Do not forget to shower before taking a dip and keep all textiles out of the water.

The dining experience at KAI Hakone is another excellent reason to plan a visit. Traditional dinner and breakfast services are included in a room reservation. It was said that a special cuisine was developed in this region using ingredients obtained from the nearby mountains and sea. Inspired by this history, the property’s restaurant offers a seasonal, regionally-sourced menu. The special multi-course dinner, or kaiseki, features a beef hotpot, or meiji gyunabe, which is an original dish from the Meiji Era (1868–1912) when the people of Japan first started eating beef. With each course, guests are introduced to new flavors, unique textures and beautiful presentations. The dining room is set up so that most tables are separated by paper-thin walls, which creates a private and quiet space for dining. The service is impeccable from beginning to end.

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KAI Hakone offers a selection of activities designed to introduce guests to the regional culture. Guests have access to a workshop that explores the secret to parquetry, a craft that is known for its colorful patterns created using the area’s diverse tree population. Other activities include tea sessions, storytelling and other crafting workshops. There is also an on-site library featuring historical information about Hakone.

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From fine dining to natural hot spring baths, this property is as unique and beautiful as its surroundings. It is the perfect weekend getaway from Tokyo. The calming Zen-inspired atmosphere and superb service offer guests the chance to truly relax while away from home. The property effortlessly combines authentic Japanese touches with modern conveniences. KAI Hakone sets a new standard for natural elegance, because sometimes less is so much more.

The Best Ryokan in Japan

KAI Hakone Japan
Address: 230 Yumotochaya, Hakonemachi, Ashigarashimo, Kanagawa 250-0312
Telephone: +81-(0)50-3786-1144 (Reservation Center)
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