Late September–November · Silver grass peak
Seed heads turn silver, then gold in low afternoon light.
Tourism source ↗A broad hillside covered in Japanese pampas grass, glowing silver and gold in autumn and renewed by controlled burning in early spring.
Best time to visit: Sep–Nov – Silver grass peak
💡 Confirm current opening hours, transport and weather on the linked official Hakone source.
Silver grass fields of SengokuharaMonth match · time or weather may differ
Recorded capture month: Oct · Historical photo, not a live view
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Weather for your date
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13°C
Partly cloudy
💧 0% rain chance · wind 9 km/h
Hourly forecast
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Forecast: Open-Meteo
Packing checklist
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Parking
Parking has not been verified for this place.
Search nearby parking ↗Directions to Sengokuhara Susuki Grass Fields
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A DIFFERENT JAPAN, EVERY MONTH
When to see this place
Typical viewing windows. Weather and bloom dates vary each year; these are not live forecasts.
Suitability
Stroller: Not recommended
Nursing room: Not verified
Noise level: lively
Kids: Stay on the central path; it is uneven, exposed and crowded at peak season.
Rules
Fire: no fire
Drones: banned
Nearby places
Within 30 km, closest first.
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1 km away
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Hakone Venetian Glass Museum
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Mount Kintoki and Kintoki Shrine
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Pola Museum of Art
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2 km away
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Owakudani Valley
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5 km away
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Hakone Ropeway
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Sources, photo credits and verification
Place information: Official tourism source · Reviewed 2026-09-28
- 1. Silver grass fields of Sengokuhara · Jungle · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0