Lake Ashi CruiseMt Fuji, Hakone & Enoshima Day Tour with Lake Ashi
Every other coach day trip here spends its afternoon on the Fuji Five Lakes. This Hakone Enoshima day tour turns for the coast instead and gives you two hours on Enoshima, the shrine island off Kamakura, with its thousand-year-old shrine and a shopping street that smells of grilled clams. The trade is that both the boat and the ropeway are optional extras on this listing rather than inclusions.
About This Day Tour
10 to 11 hours from Tokyo
$55 per adult; the boat and the ropeway are both extra
4.1 from 55 reviews — the lowest rating compared here
30 minutes, if you buy the ticket
Shared coach; under 13 guests the driver doubles as the guide
Wheelchair users and pregnant travellers
Listing at a Glance
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- Tour name Mt Fuji Hakone/Enoshima Tour: Optional Ropeway/Lake Ashi Boat
- Operator Tour Easy
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 1028215
- Starting price $55 USD per adult
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 4.1 out of 5 — guide 4.3, transport 4.1, value 4.1
- Review count 55 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 10 to 11 hours
- Time on the lake 30 minutes, if you take the boat
- Cruise leg Moto-Hakone to Togendai
- Cruise fare Not included — an optional extra bought on the day
- Ropeway Also an optional extra, unlike most tours here
- Pickup window Two Tokyo meeting points; arrive 15 minutes early
- Arrival at the lake Late morning, after a 2.5-hour coach leg
- Expected return Evening in Tokyo, after the Enoshima leg
- Transport Air-conditioned coach from Tokyo
- Group size Shared group; with fewer than 13 guests the driver guides and stays with the vehicle
- Guide language English, Japanese, Chinese
- Lunch Not included
- Drinks Not included
- Hotel pickup Not included — two fixed Tokyo meeting points
- Cancellation deadline 24 hours before departure
- Reserve now, pay later Available
- Minimum age None stated
- Physical difficulty Easy, though Enoshima has a steep climb to the shrine
- Wheelchair accessibility Not suitable for wheelchair users or pregnant travellers
- Delay policy Core stops are never removed; the operator refunds affected bookings when the schedule is hit
- Weather limitations Fuji visibility is not guaranteed; bad weather or holiday traffic can shorten stops
- Ethical notes None stated
- Alternative tour See the [slower Hakone day](/hakone-shrine-ropeway-day-tour/)
Check Dates and Availability
Live dates and prices from the booking platform. Options including the ropeway and the cruise are sold separately — read the option name.
Quick answer
Hakone Shrine, the pier, the ropeway and Owakudani before lunch, then two hours on Enoshima island with its shrine and Nakamise shopping street. It is the only itinerary here that pairs the lake with the coast, and the only one where both the boat and the ropeway are add-ons. At 4.1 it also carries the lowest rating on this page, from the smallest sample.
Key takeaways
- The only tour here that goes to Enoshima instead of the Fuji Five Lakes
- Boat and ropeway both optional — budget for two tickets, not one. What the fares are
- With fewer than 13 guests the driver guides and does not enter the attractions with you
- Lowest rating of the tours compared here, at 4.1 from 55 reviews
The Shape of the Day
Hakone before noon
Two and a half hours out of Tokyo, then twenty minutes at Hakone Shrine — a short stop, on a par with the fastest tours here — before the pier. The Lake Ashi crossing is scheduled at thirty minutes and marked Optional, as is the ropeway that follows it, and then forty minutes at Owakudani for the steam vents and the black eggs.
The listing's own description of the lake is worth quoting because it is unusually direct about the geology: "a vast, mirror-like lake formed 3,000 years ago". That is roughly right — the basin is a crater lake on the wall of the Hakone caldera, and the volcano's last eruption was in 1170.
Two hours on Enoshima
The afternoon is what makes this tour different. Enoshima is a small shrine island joined to the coast by a bridge, an hour and a half south of Hakone. You arrive into Benzaiten Nakamise Street — seafood stalls, snack shops, grilled clams — and climb from there to Enoshima Shrine, dedicated to three sister goddesses and standing for well over a thousand years.
The climb is steep. Escalators exist on the island and are not included in this tour, so budget for the steps or for the ticket. Some departures also stop on Kamakura's Komachi Street on the way back.
What the two optional tickets mean
This is the only listing on the page where the ropeway is an extra as well as the boat. Bought separately, that is 1,700 yen for the crossing and 2,000 for a one-way ropeway ride — 3,700 yen a head on top of a $55 tour, which puts the real cost above the highest-rated option with its ropeway ticket included.
Read the booking option carefully: some are sold as "Including Ropeway and Pirate Cruise", and those are the ones nearly every reviewer here has taken.
Tour Itinerary, Hour by Hour
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Morning
Meet in Tokyo
Two meeting points; arrive at least fifteen minutes early, because several tour groups gather in the same place.
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+2.5 h
Hakone Shrine
Twenty minutes at the shrine and the lake torii after the coach leg from Tokyo.
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Late morning
Hakone Sightseeing Cruise
Thirty minutes across Lake Ashi, optional and bought on the day.
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Midday
Hakone Ropeway
Thirty minutes over the caldera between Owakudani and Ubako — also optional on this listing.
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Early afternoon
Owakudani
Forty minutes among the sulphur vents, with the black eggs boiled in the springs.
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Mid afternoon
Enoshima Island
Two hours: Benzaiten Nakamise Street, then the climb to Enoshima Shrine and its three goddesses.
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Evening
Back in Tokyo
Two hours of return coach. Holiday congestion can push it later — the operator refunds affected bookings.
Where the Day Goes
West to Hakone first, then an hour and a half southeast to the coast at Enoshima. It is more driving than a Hakone-only day, which is why the duration runs to eleven hours.
The four ports on the lake, and which company calls at each, are mapped on the Lake Ashi cruise homepage.
Who This Tour Suits
Good fit
Travellers who have already done the Fuji Five Lakes, or who would rather end a day by the sea than at another lake viewpoint. Enoshima genuinely is a different flavour of Japan from Hakone — a working shrine island with a food street, not a resort caldera — and no other tour on this page reaches it.
The reviews that praise it praise exactly that variety: "what a great day with lots of different activities, Enoshima Island is really interesting", as one French traveller put it in November.
Poor fit
If the boat is the reason you are booking, the arithmetic works against this one: two optional tickets on top of the fare put it above the cheaper tours that include the ropeway outright.
It also carries the lowest rating here — 4.1, with transport and value both at 4.1 — from 55 reviews, and the operator states that below thirteen guests the driver guides the day and does not go into the attractions with you. Wheelchair users and pregnant travellers are excluded.
Questions About This Tour
Are the boat and the ropeway included?
Neither, on the base fare — this is the only listing compared here where both are optional. Some booking options are sold as "Including Ropeway and Pirate Cruise", and those are what most reviewers have taken. Bought separately the two come to about 3,700 yen a head at 2026 fares.
What is there to do on Enoshima?
Two hours' worth: Benzaiten Nakamise Street with its seafood stalls and souvenir shops, then a steep climb to Enoshima Shrine, dedicated to three sister goddesses and standing for over a thousand years. Paid escalators run up the hill and are not part of this tour. Some departures also stop on Kamakura's Komachi Street.
Why is the rating lower than the other tours?
At 4.1 from 55 reviews it is the lowest here, with transport and value both scoring 4.1. The reviews themselves are mostly positive about the guides and the variety; the sample is small, and the day is long — eleven hours with two coach legs, one of them to the coast.
Will there be a proper guide?
Usually, but the operator is candid: with fewer than thirteen guests the driver also guides, giving simple commentary and not entering the attractions with the group. On a full departure you get a dedicated guide working in English, Japanese and Chinese.
What happens if the day runs late?
The operator states that in bad weather, traffic or holiday congestion the return may be later and stops may be shortened, but that the core stops are never removed — and that affected bookings are refunded. That refund language is more specific than most listings here offer.
What Travellers Said
What a great day with lots of different activities. Enoshima Island is really interesting.
An experienced, agile and communicative guide who recommended a really good, fair restaurant. Several spectacular views along the way.
Very good day trip seeing Japan's countryside. Our guide went above and beyond to look after the group.
She took good care of the group and gave us excellent explanations about the sites we visited. The best tour I have had in Japan so far.
Short excerpts from verified GetYourGuide reviews of this tour, with their original dates. Full reviews are on the operator's listing.
Page last reviewed August 2026. Price, rating and review count read from the listing on August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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