Stone Buddhas and History Museum (Moto Hakone Stone Buddhas)
Scattered around the 3.2 metre high Jizo Bodhisattva 'Rokudo Jizo' sitting statue near the Shojin Pond are stone Buddhas and towers built during the Kakakura and...
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Traditions and History in Hakone
This tour provides you a learning experience of Hakone's history and traditions. Please note that this tour is meant for intermediate-level tourists, not for first-time visitors to Hakone.
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Hakone-jinja Shrine
Hakone Shrine is an ancient shrine celebrating its 1266th anniversary. Founded in 757, the first year of the Tenpyo-Hoji Era, at the beginning of the Nara Period...
Hakone Checkpoint
The current Hakone Checkpoint was rebuilt based on the “Report of the Restoration of Sōsyu Hakone Checkpoint in 1865” discovered in 1983, as well as in accordance...
