ANDO HOTEL RETREAT Hakone Gora

Feu & Silence: Our Commitment to Cuisine and Ingredients

Experience the vitality of ingredients nurtured by volcanic soil, brought vividly to life right before your eyes—an exquisite celebration of nature’s cycle, where flame and stillness meet. Vegetables are centered on produce from the western foothills of Mt. Fuji, grown with its water and soil, high elevation, and crisp air. Seafood comes from Suruga Bay (Shizuoka side) and Sagami Bay (Kanagawa side). For meat, we use selections raised with vein water from the mountain foothills around Hakone—Ashigara, Tanzawa, Gotemba, and more. Among them, “Ashitaka Beef,” nurtured at the foot of Mt. Ashitaka, is prized for its tender texture and sweet marbling. Seasonal ingredients that shift with Hakone’s four seasons are delivered to all five senses through teppan grilling or lava-stone searing fire heat—balanced by the quiet depth of fermentation and dashi.

Walk Around Hakone

Owakudani, wrapped in billowing white steam and the scent of sulfur; the vermilion torii gate standing by the lakeshore; and Hakone Shrine and Kuzuryu Shrine, embraced by deep forest. Lake Ashi spreads out calmly, surrounded by mountains. The old Hakone Highway once traveled by wayfarers, and museums where charity and art blend together. What you’ll find here is not just scenery, but the earth’s memories and time resonating in quiet harmony. ■Access to nearby facilities & sightseeing spots (by taxi): 7 min to Owakudani Station (ropeway), 18 min to Hakone Shrine, 19 min to Lake Ashi, 35 min to the Old Hakone Highway, 10 min to the Pola Museum of Art