The hotel is located in the heart of Hakone, right next to the Hakone shrine. It stands on the shore of Lake Ashi. It takes 45 minutes by bus from JR Odawara station where bullet trains (Shinkansen) stop or 30 minutes from Hakone-Yumoto station on Odakyu Line that directly leads from Shinjuku, Tokyo. Also public bus directly runs from Shinjuku station in Tokyo to Hakone in 150 minutes. Hakone-en, one of the major sightseeing points in Hakone, is 5 minutes by taxi from the hotel.