Events in Hakone

Hakone Ashinoko Summer Festival

Update: For 2022, many of the events for the festival have been canceled or discouraged (please see below for details). However, the Hakone Daimonji-yaki (burning kanji on the mountainside) will …

Hakone Daimonji-yaki

On Mt. Myojogatake, viewed from Goran Onsen in Hakone, 205 bamboo stalks will be lit one by one to reveal an enormous burning 大 (dai, meaning big or great). Fireworks and food stalls are expected …

Hakone Daimyo March

Samurai, warriors, dancing girls, marching bands, and — shita ni! Bow your head! — the daimyo himself are the main draws of the Hakone Daimyo March (gyoretsu in Japanese). This is a …