Odakyu Hotel de Yama is a hotel destination wedding venue in Hakone, Japan, hosting 10 to 120 guests in the $$$ price range, reached from Tokyo Haneda (HND), ~2 hours by car. Best months: January, July, September, December.
Odakyu Hotel deYama
Hotel de Yama sits on the eastern shore of Lake Ashi at Motohakone, on grounds of about 130,000 square metres that were laid out as a private estate and are still best known for the rhododendron and azalea garden that flowers in May.
Odakyu Hotel de Yama in Hakone, open December – January, July, September.
Hotel de Yama sits on the eastern shore of Lake Ashi at Motohakone, on grounds of about 130,000 square metres that were laid out as a private estate and are still best known for the rhododendron and azalea garden that flowers in May.
It has been here more than sixty years and was rebuilt in 2015.
Every guest room looks at the lake, and on a clear morning Mount Fuji stands over the far end of it, which is the photograph people come to Hakone for.
Weddings are held in a garden chapel on the grounds, with receptions in the banquet halls or in one of the two restaurants, the French Vert Bois or the Japanese Tsutsuji no Chaya.
4 notes of our own.
On Lake Ashi at Motohakone, grounds of about 130,000 sq m
Rhododendron and azalea garden flowering in May
Garden chapel on the grounds for the ceremony
Mount Fuji over the lake on a clear morning
Best held in January, July, September.
The months the weather, and the local rhythm, is kindest to a stay at Odakyu Hotel de Yama.
Ask about a date.
Choose a day from the calendar.
Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A first note comes back within two business days.
How the weekend usually runs.
Yours will be different, nothing below is required. Every planning begins with the three meals you most want to eat, and builds outward.
- 16:00Arrival by Romancecar, onsen, drinks looking down the lake
- 19:00Welcome dinner at Vert Bois
- 09:00Fuji at first light if the sky is clear, then the lake boat
- 14:30Ceremony in the garden chapel
- 16:00Photographs in the rhododendron garden, drinks on the lawn
- 18:30Dinner and speeches in the banquet hall
- 10:00Hakone open-air museum, then the train back to Shinjuku
Things worth knowing.
HND · ~2 hours by car
Guests fly into Tokyo Haneda. Our team arranges every transfer.
$19,000
The hotel publishes neither wedding capacity nor prices, so every figure here is ours, built from Japanese resort-wedding norms and converted at about 155 yen to the dollar. Ask the hotel for a written proposal.
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3,000,000 to 6,500,000 yen for 60 guests, about $19,000 to $42,000 (estimated)
$1,600
A one-time licence and setup fee, paid to the venue.
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Not published; Japanese resort chapel ceremonies commonly run 250,000 to 600,000 yen, about $1,600 to $3,900 (estimated)
15,000 to 28,000 yen a head for food and drink / head
A seated dinner with wine and service, by headcount.
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15,000 to 28,000 yen a head for food and drink (estimated)
$260 / person / night
Per person, per night, in the wedding window. Group rates on request.
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Rooms from roughly 40,000 yen per person with dinner, about $260 (estimated)
December – January, July, September
The 4 months the weather is kindest. Shoulder dates soften the light and the rates.
Figures are estimates, modeled from regional rates and public sources, not a quote from the venue. Once the venue claims this page, their own rates take precedence.
Asked along the way.
How many guests can Hotel de Yama hold?+
The hotel does not publish a wedding capacity. It runs banquet halls alongside two restaurants used for wedding parties, so a reception of around 100 to 120 is a fair planning assumption to take to the hotel for confirmation.
Can we see Mount Fuji from the venue?+
On a clear day, yes. The hotel looks west down Lake Ashi with Fuji beyond the far shore, and every guest room faces the water. Winter mornings give the highest odds; summer haze frequently hides the mountain entirely.
When is the garden at its best?+
May, when the rhododendrons and azaleas that the estate is known for come out across the 130,000 square metres of grounds. Autumn colour follows in November, and the lake and the mountains carry the rest of the year.
How do guests reach Hakone?+
The Odakyu Romancecar from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto takes about 85 minutes, then it is a bus or car up to Motohakone. By road from Haneda it is roughly two hours. Most guests come by train and take the hotel shuttle or a taxi at the end.
Is the weather a risk?+
Yes. Hakone is a mountain caldera and it clouds and rains at short notice in every season, so a garden ceremony needs a written indoor alternative in the same building rather than a plan to move the party elsewhere.
Others to weigh.
Ask about dates at Odakyu Hotel de Yama.
A note to us with a rough season and guest count. Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A reply comes within two business days, from a person by name.