MOUNT FUJI & HAKONE

There are places you visit, and there are landscapes you remember. Mount Fuji belongs to the latter. Rising above the surrounding countryside with remarkable symmetry, Fuji has inspired Japanese artists, poets and travellers for centuries. Around it, the pace of the journey changes. City streets give way to forests, mountain roads and reflective lakes. In Hakone, steam rises gently from natural hot springs while traditional ryokan stays offer a quieter introduction to Japanese hospitality. On a clear day, Fuji appears almost effortlessly on the horizon — sometimes reflected across a lake, sometimes framed between mountain slopes. This chapter of the journey is intentionally slower. For Travel By Twilight, Mount Fuji and Hakone represent the moment Japan becomes still.