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Hakone, Kanagawa · Food

Where to Eat in Hakone: 12 Places by What You Eat

12 places to eat · checked October 20, 2026

12 places to eat in Hakone, grouped by what you eat

Hours, prices and access checked against each place's own page on October 20, 2026. They change; check before you go.

  1. 1Hatsuhana Soba (main restaurant)はつ花そば 本店

    Soba · Hakone-Yumoto

    A soba restaurant at the foot of Yumoto Bridge, open since 1934. Its noodles are made with grated natural yam (jinenjo) kneaded into the dough, and the yam is also served grated as tororo.

    Soba

    Access
    About 5 minutes on foot from Hakone-Yumoto Station.
    Hours
    10:00–19:00
    Closed on
    Wednesdays (the day before or after when Wednesday is a holiday); the annexe is closed on Thursdays

    Official site ↗

  2. 2Soba Kihinkan蕎麦 貴賓館

    Soba · Kowakudani (Yunessun grounds)

    A soba restaurant in Kihinkan, a registered tangible cultural property built in 1918 as a private villa. The soba is made with buckwheat flour from Hokuryu, Hokkaido, and the menu includes dishes with Hakone ingredients.

    Soba

    Access
    A short walk from Kowakien bus stop.
    Hours
    11:30–15:00 (last order 14:30)
    Closed on
    Open year-round

  3. 3Tamura Ginkatsutei (main restaurant)田むら銀かつ亭 本店

    Tofu katsu and Japanese dishes · Gora

    A katsu restaurant open since 1972. The dish it recommends is tofu katsu-ni: special-order tofu filled with minced pork, fried in rice oil and set with egg in a clay pot. Sashimi and other Japanese dishes are also on the menu.

    Tofu katsu

    Access
    About 2 minutes on foot from Gora Station (about 42 minutes by Tozan train from Hakone-Yumoto).
    Hours
    Mon and Thu–Sun 11:00–14:30 and 17:00–19:00 (both last order); Tue 11:00–14:30 (last order)
    Closed on
    Tuesday evening and Wednesday

  4. 4Ashinoko Chaya Tea House

    Clay-pot rice and local Japanese dishes · Moto-Hakone

    A restaurant on the shore of Lake Ashi that cooks rice in clay pots. Specialities are Nokke-meshi and Bekko-meshi, made with wagyu beef and Fuji salmon. The second-floor seats look over the lake and the cruise ships; the first floor is a souvenir shop with a takeout counter.

    Clay-pot rice

    Access
    About 32 minutes by Hakone Tozan Bus (H line) from Hakone-Yumoto Station; get off at Motohakone-ko.
    Hours
    Restaurant 11:00–16:00 (last order 15:30); shop 10:00–16:30
    Closed on
    Thursdays (may change by season)

  5. 5Owakudani Kitchen

    Curry and iron-pot dishes · Owakudani

    A restaurant on the second floor of Owakudani Station on the Hakone Ropeway. The menu has Owakudani Curry (with vegetable, cheese-baked and cutlet variants), three hot iron-pot dishes and a mango pudding.

    Curry and iron-pot dishes

    Access
    Right next to Owakudani Station on the Hakone Ropeway.
    Hours
    10:30–16:00 (last order 15:30)
    Closed on
    Irregular closing days

    Official site ↗

  6. 6Togendai View Restaurant

    Charcoal-grilled dishes and omelet rice · Togendai

    A restaurant inside Togendai Station by Lake Ashi with views of the cruise ships. It serves charcoal-grilled dishes and omelet rice made with eggs from Gotemba, and has a smoke-free dining area.

    Grilled dishes and omelet rice

    Access
    Togendai Station on the Hakone Ropeway, Togendai bus stop and Togendai port. About 40 minutes by Hakone Tozan Bus (route T) from Hakone-Yumoto.
    Hours
    10:00–16:00; meals ordered 11:00–15:30
    Closed on
    Open daily

  7. 7Amazake-chaya甘酒茶屋

    Teahouse: amazake and rice cakes · Old Tokaido road

    A thatched-roof teahouse beside the Hakone Old Tokaido Museum, run for 13 generations since the Edo period. It serves homemade amazake made without sugar or additives, and rice cakes pounded with a pestle and grilled over binchotan charcoal.

    Teahouse sweets

    Access
    Get off at the Amazake-chaya stop on the Hakone Tozan Bus; the teahouse is right there.
    Hours
    7:00–17:30 (last order 17:00)
    Closed on
    Open year-round
    Price
    Amazake ¥500

  8. 8Chaya Honjin Hotoriya (Cafe Komon)

    Lakeside cafe and local souvenirs · Hakonemachi

    A complex on the shore of Lake Ashi styled on an Edo-period post town. The first floor is a souvenir shop of local specialities; on the second floor Cafe Komon serves Japanese and Western meals and sweets with views of the lake.

    Cafe and souvenirs

    Access
    About 40 minutes by Hakone Tozan Bus (H line) from Hakone-Yumoto; get off at Hakone-machi-ko.
    Hours
    1F 9:30–17:00; 2F 10:30–16:00 (last order 15:30)
    Closed on
    Open daily

  9. 9Hakone Teramisu

    Bottled tiramisu and soft serve · Hakone-Yumoto

    A shop selling bottled tiramisu made with locally roasted coffee and mascarpone from Hokkaido, in classic, matcha and strawberry flavours plus seasonal ones, and tiramisu-style soft serve.

    Sweets

    Access
    2 minutes on foot from Hakone-Yumoto Station.
    Hours
    10:00–17:00
    Closed on
    Wednesdays (open if a holiday), 31 December and 1 January

  10. 10Cafe Pic (Hakone Gora Park)

    Park cafe: Goraen Curry and herbal tea · Gora

    A cafe in Hakone Gora Park with a terrace over the fountain. Its Goraen Curry is a limited menu that recreates the flavour from the park's early days; it also serves herbal teas and homemade ginger ale. Park admission is needed.

    Park cafe

    Access
    5 minutes on foot from Gora Station, inside Hakone Gora Park (admission ¥650 for adults; free with a Hakone Freepass).
    Hours
    10:00–16:00 (last order 15:30); may change with weather or maintenance
    Closed on
    Follows Hakone Gora Park's closing days

  11. 11Hakone no Ichi

    Station shop: bento, onsen buns and souvenirs · Hakone-Yumoto Station

    A shop at the ticket gate of Hakone-Yumoto Station selling hot spring buns, Yosegi crafts and about 40 kinds of bento box, including ones to eat on the Romancecar.

    Bento and buns

    Access
    Directly connected to Hakone-Yumoto Station on the Hakone Tozan Railway.
    Hours
    9:00–20:00
    Closed on
    Open daily

  12. 12Teppan-yaki Geihinkan

    Teppanyaki dinner · Kowakudani (Yunessun grounds)

    A counter-seat teppanyaki restaurant in the historic Geihinkan, a registered tangible cultural property. Dinner courses centre on Matsusaka beef steak and spiny lobster.

    Teppanyaki, dinner

    Access
    A short walk from Kowakien bus stop.
    Hours
    17:00–22:00 (last order 21:30)
    Closed on
    Open year-round

Good to know

Hakone has no single food street, so eat where the day's route puts you. Hakone-Yumoto, at the start of the Tozan line, has the soba restaurants and sweet shops near the station. Gora has tofu katsu. Owakudani, Togendai, Moto-Hakone and Hakonemachi each have a restaurant for lunch on the sightseeing loop, and the Old Tokaido road has a thatched teahouse.

Black eggs are the best-known snack at Owakudani and are said to add seven years to your life per egg. For a meal there, Owakudani Kitchen on the second floor of the ropeway station serves curry and iron-pot dishes.

Most lunch places stop taking orders between 15:30 and 16:00. Closing days to watch: Hatsuhana on Wednesdays, Hakone Teramisu on Wednesdays, Ashinoko Chaya on Thursdays, and Tamura Ginkatsutei on Tuesday evenings and Wednesdays.

By area: what you eat, how to get there, when to go

Times as given on each place's page. Getting there is from Hakone-Yumoto unless stated.

AreaPlacesGetting thereHours and closing days to know
Hakone-YumotoHatsuhana Soba · Hakone Teramisu · Hakone no IchiAll within about 5 minutes on foot of Hakone-Yumoto StationHatsuhana 10:00–19:00, closed Wednesday · Teramisu 10:00–17:00, closed Wednesday · Hakone no Ichi 9:00–20:00 daily
GoraTamura Ginkatsutei · Cafe PicTozan train about 40 minutes to Gora; Tamura is 2 minutes on foot, Cafe Pic is inside Gora Park (5 minutes)Tamura 11:00–14:30 and 17:00–19:00 (last orders), closed Tuesday evening and Wednesday · Cafe Pic 10:00–16:00
KowakudaniSoba Kihinkan · Teppan-yaki GeihinkanBus about 20 minutes to Kowakien, then a short walkKihinkan 11:30–15:00 · Geihinkan 17:00–22:00, both open year-round
Owakudani and TogendaiOwakudani Kitchen · Togendai View RestaurantHakone Ropeway to Owakudani or Togendai; Togendai also by bus, about 40 minutesOwakudani Kitchen 10:30–16:00, irregular closing days · Togendai 10:00–16:00, open daily
Lake Ashi and the old roadAshinoko Chaya · Chaya Honjin Hotoriya · Amazake-chayaHakone Tozan Bus (H line), about 32–40 minutesAshinoko Chaya restaurant 11:00–16:00, closed Thursday · Hotoriya 2F 10:30–16:00 · Amazake-chaya 7:00–17:30

By kind of trip

Questions

What is Hakone known for eating?

Black eggs at Owakudani, tofu katsu-ni at Tamura Ginkatsutei in Gora, soba made with natural yam at Hatsuhana in Hakone-Yumoto, and amazake with pounded rice cakes at Amazake-chaya on the Old Tokaido road.

Where can I eat at Owakudani?

Owakudani Kitchen on the second floor of Owakudani Station is open 10:30–16:00 (last order 15:30) on irregular closing days. The Valley Marche shop on the first floor sells sweets, drinks and souvenirs, with food and drink served 10:00–16:00.

Which of these places are open for dinner?

Teppan-yaki Geihinkan serves 17:00–22:00 (last order 21:30). Tamura Ginkatsutei takes last orders at 19:00 except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Hatsuhana closes at 19:00, closed Wednesdays.

Which days are these places closed?

Hatsuhana main restaurant and Hakone Teramisu on Wednesdays, Ashinoko Chaya on Thursdays, Tamura Ginkatsutei on Tuesday evenings and Wednesdays. Togendai View Restaurant, Soba Kihinkan, Teppan-yaki Geihinkan and Hakone no Ichi list no closing day.