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According to shrine tradition, Hakone-jinja was founded in 757 [2] during the reign of Emperor Kōshō. [3] The original shrine was at the summit of the Komagatake peak of Mount Hakone. [4] The shrine was relocated to the shores of Lake Ashi; its current form dates to 1667. [5]
Hakone Town Hall Mount Fuji from Mount Kami in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Hakone (箱根町, Hakone-machi) is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 1 October 2023, the town had a population of 10,965, [1] [2] and total area of 92.82 km 2 (35.84 sq mi).
Rokudō Jizō; photograph by Adolfo Farsari. The Moto-Hakone Stone Buddhas (元箱根石仏群, Moto-Hakone sekibutsu) is a grouping of stone sculptures and associated tō (stone pagodas), dating from the late Kamakura period and located in the former village of Moto-Hakone, now merged into the town of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park was established on February 2, 1936, as Fuji-Hakone National Park, and is one of the first four national parks established in Japan. In 1950, the Izu islands were added to the park, a change that also reflected in the park's revised name.
[note 1] The shogunates or leaders of Japan have made it a priority to update and rebuild Buddhist temples since the Momoyama period (late 16th century). [1] The Japanese word for a Buddhist monastery is tera (寺) (kun reading), and the same kanji also has the pronunciation ji (on reading), so temple names frequently end in -dera or -ji.
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Miyanoshita (宮ノ下) is an onsen in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The hot springs have been an attraction for tourists and pleasure-seekers for hundreds of years going back to the beginning of the Edo period. The town is situated on a plateau in the Haya River valley.
Mount Hakone (箱根山, Hakoneyama), with its highest peak Mount Kami (1,438 meters), is a complex volcano in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan that is truncated by two overlapping calderas, the largest of which is 10 × 11 km wide. The calderas were formed as a result of two major explosive eruptions about 180,000 and 49,000–60,000 years ago.