Hotel de Yama, Hakone Lake Side

“Large room. Good breakfast. Excellent Japanese restaurant. Good French restaurant, but pricey at $100 for just food. Great High Tea. Onsen relaxing. Shuttle to town.”

“For breakfast you have the option if two restaurants, French and Japanese. Both restaurants are very good and have an amazing serving staff. Dinner is also had at these two restaurants based on a set menu of quite a few artistic dishes. The location of the hotel is amazing and has a great secluded view of the lake, the mountains, and Mount Fuji. The property also has beautiful gardens and is a walking distance from the Hakone Shrine. The hotel has regular shuttles 3 times an hour until 1700 to and from Motohakoneko. The onsen is nice and quite, with the outside portion facing the mountains. When it rains the outside onsen is a very nice experience. Go to the onsen during the day and the night for different experiences.”

“Exceptionally large rooms, superb onsen facility inside the building, gorgeous views of Lake Ashi and live evening piano bar”

“Nice garden and helpful staffs. When the sky is clear, you can see Mount Fuji. We were lucky to have beautiful weather upon arrival, and the view was magnificent!!!”

“Special historical hotel next to the Lake Ashinoko. Close to the Hakone Shrine, hiking trails and Hakone Sightseeing Cruise to ropeway. You can see a magnificent view of Mt Fuji on a clear day from the garden. Obviously, the garden is much prettier when it blooms but you are in a beautiful forest area with manicured gardens. Only a short bus trip away to special museums. There is a nice little gift shop at the venue with Hakone goods. Shuttle Bus takes you to the Hakone Sightseeing Cruise wharf area and bus station so it is very convenient. With amazing views of the area. I felt like I had stepped back in time at this hotel to last century and seen the Japanese Western themed resort holiday experience.The hotel had lovely old Christmas decorations as well. It was very much old forest hotel lodge with a Japanese aesthetic.”