Visiting Lalique Museum Hakone

About Lalique Museum Hakone

This museum shows the glass and jewellery of René Lalique, including car mascots and perfume bottles. Next to it, a restored Orient Express Pullman carriage with Lalique glass panels can be visited with afternoon tea.

Tip: Reserve the Orient Express carriage tea when you arrive, as places are limited.

Plan your visit

• Time needed: 1.5 hours.
• Cost: Mid-priced.
• Book ahead: not usually needed; buy on arrival.
• Where: Sengokuhara, a highland plateau of museums, golf courses and silver-grass fields.

Best time to visit Lalique Museum Hakone

Lalique Museum Hakone is indoors, which makes it a good plan for the wettest months:

• June: 22°C (72°F) highs, about 15 rainy days, moderate crowds.
• July: 26°C (79°F) highs, about 15 rainy days, busy crowds.
• September: 23°C (73°F) highs, about 14 rainy days, moderate crowds.

When to visit Hakone has the full month-by-month picture.

Fit it into your trip

Lalique Museum Hakone is not on our short itineraries, so plan it as an extra once you have seen Hakone Open-Air Museum and Ōwakudani.

• No. 15 of the 18 sights in our Hakone things-to-do list.
• One of the picks in museums in Hakone.
• One of the picks in hakone on a rainy day.

Near Lalique Museum Hakone

Also in Sengokuhara, so you can walk between them:

• Sengokuhara susuki grassland — 1 hour, free
• Mount Kintoki hike — 3–4 hours return, free
• Pola Museum of Art — 2 hours, mid-priced

If you like Lalique Museum Hakone

• Hakone Open-Air Museum — Gōra, 2–3 hours
• Okada Museum of Art — Kowakudani, 1.5–2 hours
• Tenzan onsen — Hakone-Yumoto, 1.5–2 hours

Staying near Lalique Museum Hakone

Stay in Sengokuhara ($$$) to walk here: a highland plateau of museums, golf courses and silver-grass fields. All areas to stay in Hakone.

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