Originally Posted by
rjque
I tend to find guidebooks about as helpful as this post.
I tend to find this post as helpful as the OP's post, which consists of nothing but questions without anything to help us figure what she might find important or useful to her.
I could tell her that I love The Hakone Prince Hotel, the view of Mt. Fuji from the beautiful shore of Lake Ashi (during the winter...still hard to get a good glimpse of it in the summer), and all the quaint little attractions in the area, but that might be out of her price range, and she might find it all a bit tacky. So I offer no further comment on the matter without further details.