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Dear visitor, if you know the answer to this question, please post it. Thank you! Day trip fr Tokyo to Hakone 2009/9/15 Hakone Hi, There's too late to book a day trip fr tokyo to Hakone so I'll have to do it myself. Am coming into Tokyo from staying at Nikko. Is it wise to travel from Nikko to Hakone without stopping at Tokyo? How far and how long is the journey and wonder if my mom, 72yrs old can take it. will appreciate your advice. by yizhen   . 2009/9/17 You'll need to get into tokyo to get to Hakone. by Amelia (guest) rate this post as useful ... 2009/9/17 You have to get into Tokyo once anyway to travel from Nikko to Hakone (Nikko is to the north of Tokyo, and Hakone is rather to the west). Are you coming back to Nikko into Asakusa (on Tobu railways), or are you coming into Tokyo station (on JR Shinkansen), or possibly to Shinjuku (on JR/Tobu combination train)? If you don't mind the bit of extra cost, the *easiest* in terms of time and train changes would be to come into Nikko using the JR/Tobu railway combo Limited Express train, because some of those trains get you into Shinjuku directly; from there you can take Odakyu Railway to Hakone. From Shinjuku, you can go using the Hakone Free Pass, and possibly book the Romance Car (limited express train) to cut down on the travel time if you think it's going to be tough on your mom. Or, if you are using JR Shinkasen from JR Nikko to Tokyo, you can change trains at Tokyo station to go to Odawara to visit Hakone. Please read the link that another poster on your other question posted: http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+67381 by AK rate this post as useful