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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 8:47 am
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Avoiding a coach bus to Hakone? Shinkansen both ways?
Hi folks,

I’m going to Tokyo with my parents. They would like to take one of those Mt. Fuji/Hakone tours (e.g. the one on viator.com http://bit.ly/1f8Zl5t, Hato http://bit.ly/1f8Ze9M, etc)

If I’m reading these correctly, it looks like most of the tours take a coach bus to Hakone/Mt Fuji, then the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. This seems like a real waste of time on the outbound. Does anyone understand why this is? Is there a way to take the Shinkansen outbound and take a tour from there?

Has anyone had experiences with either of these tours, or any insights?

Thanks!
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