Hakone’s a popular day trip from Tokyo to see the iconic Mt Fuji. I’m a fairly seasoned traveller so taking a day trip, with a Romancecar ticket in advance, seemed quite easy. But once I missed my train, things started to go downhill. There was nothing wrong with Hakone itself – just me being royally ignorant and unprepared.

I seemed to be the only one out of the loop but maybe I wasn’t, and maybe my knowledge in retrospect can help. Here’s what I did wrong so that you don’t make the same mistakes I did!

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