We visit Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture. Once the site of a security checkpoint for traffic in and out of old Tokyo, it evolved into a hot spring resort, now with an increasingly diverse community.

HAKONE, Kanagawa Prefecture--A sledding slope packed with artificial snow is open at the Hakone-en resort facility on the shores of Lake Ashinoko here to offer winter thrills even if the ...

HAKONE, Kanagawa Prefecture--Spring has arrived early at the Hakone Venetian Glass Museum here, with visitors enjoying the sight of trees adorned with crystal glass beads. A 7.5-meter-tall tree ...

TOKYO: The first windowless gondola lift in Japan has been introduced at Hakone Ropeway in the Hakone hot spring resort in Kanagawa Prefecture, beginning operations on Monday (March 10 ...