Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Tokyo is great — there’s no doubt about that — but sometimes you just want to escape and see another side to Japan. Within 2 hours of the big city, you can get uninterrupted views of Mt. Fuji, beautiful national parks and Kyoto-like shrines and traditional buildings.
For more day trips, check out our article:
tokyocheapo.com/entertainment/easy-day-trips-from-tokyo
== CHAPTERS ==
0:00 Intro
0:15 Day Trips Overview
0:42 Kawaguchiko
1:23 Hakone
2:15 Odawara
2:52 Nikko
3:26 Kawagoe
4:00 Chichibu
4:31 Kamakura
5:30 Enoshima
6:06 Mount Takao
7:03 Yokohama
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Intro sequence by the most talented Peter Laugesen
Creative commons images used in the intro:
* Gundam Robot Statue in Odaiba flickr.com/photos/picsoflife/8154554047
* Japanese Salaryman Asleep flickr.com/photos/istolethetv
* Domestic Cat commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alvesgaspar
* Saraninman commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%8B%E7%AB%A0%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E
* Wild Cat geograph.org.uk/profile/34298
* Ginza Holiday Promenade flickr.com/photos/yoshikazut
* Shibuya Crossing flickr.com/photos/31029865@N06
Tokyo is great — there’s no doubt about that — but sometimes you just want to escape and see another side to Japan. Within 2 hours of the big city, you can get uninterrupted views of Mt. Fuji, beautiful national parks and Kyoto-like shrines and traditional buildings.
For more day trips, check out our article:
tokyocheapo.com/entertainment/easy-day-trips-from-tokyo
== CHAPTERS ==
0:00 Intro
0:15 Day Trips Overview
0:42 Kawaguchiko
1:23 Hakone
2:15 Odawara
2:52 Nikko
3:26 Kawagoe
4:00 Chichibu
4:31 Kamakura
5:30 Enoshima
6:06 Mount Takao
7:03 Yokohama
★★★ TokyoCheapo ★★★
Subscribe: dvr.jp/youtube
Website : tokyocheapo.com
Community : community.tokyocheapo.com
Twitter : twitter.com/TokyoCheapo
Newsletter : tokyocheapo.com/newsletter
★★★ Credits ★★★
Intro sequence by the most talented Peter Laugesen
Creative commons images used in the intro:
* Gundam Robot Statue in Odaiba flickr.com/photos/picsoflife/8154554047
* Japanese Salaryman Asleep flickr.com/photos/istolethetv
* Domestic Cat commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alvesgaspar
* Saraninman commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%8B%E7%AB%A0%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E
* Wild Cat geograph.org.uk/profile/34298
* Ginza Holiday Promenade flickr.com/photos/yoshikazut
* Shibuya Crossing flickr.com/photos/31029865@N06
