Gora Kadan

Five-star · From $1,200 per nightAny mandatory hotel fees are shown before you confirm.

Hakone · Hakone, Izu & Ise-Shima

A sense of the place

Gora Kadan — suite — A tatami room of Gora Kadan's Aoi suite framing its private garden: two brown zabuton cushions and two teacups on the raised tatami, lit lanterns at either side of the wide opening onto a moss-and-rock garden with a steaming open-air stone bath, raked white gravel, maples and a bamboo fence; nobody in frame — © Gora Kadan

Gora Kadan — terrace — Private wooden veranda of a suite with a daybed and rattan chairs over the Gora forest, Gora Kadan, Hakone — © Gora Kadan

Gora Kadan — lobby — Salon Seiran at Gora Kadan: a long lounge with grey and patterned armchairs around glass tables, a sofa, a wooden counter with a framed artwork at the far end, warm cove lighting and tall timber-framed windows onto green woods and the timber colonnade outside; empty, nobody in frame — © Gora Kadan

Gora Kadan — detail — A darkened tatami room at Gora Kadan opening onto its engawa, the wooden railing framing a hillside of red, orange and yellow autumn maples; empty, nobody in frame — © Gora Kadan

Why it's in the collection

Because if Gora Kadan does not make you a believer in high-speed rail nothing will — an imperial retreat under Fuji an hour and a half from Tokyo — and because the silence of the park feels a long, long way from the capital.

In Gora, in the middle of the Hakone national park, under Mount Fuji; an independent house, contemporary in construction and traditional in style.
Semi-Western and tatami rooms, some with open-air wooden or stone baths; the mineral pool ringed with rocks; seasonal local cuisine by the chef; the framed views and the silence of the park.
Three MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds five-star standing.

Good to know

Address — 強羅1300, 250-0408 箱根町
Telephone — +81460823331

From the hotel's website, checked Oct 6, 2026

The neighborhood

First light over Hakone

Hakone

The national park in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with its hot springs, about eighty-five minutes from Tokyo. Within it lie Gora and its gardens, the lake, the ropeway and the open-air museum.

The Hakone park and Gora's gardens, at the door.
The lake and the ropeway, minutes; the open-air museum, minutes.
Tokyo, about eighty-five minutes by train.

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