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The Hakone Shrine (箱根神社, Hakone Jinja) is a Japanese Shinto shrine on the shores of Lake Ashi in the town of Hakone in the Ashigarashimo District of Kanagawa Prefecture. [1] It is also known as the Hakone Gongen ( 箱根権現 ) .
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).
Kuzuryū (九頭龍, nine-headed dragon), or Kuzuryūshin (九頭龍神, nine-headed dragon god) is a deity that appears in folklore and legends of various parts of Japan, including, for example, Hakone , Nagano Prefecture and Fukui Prefecture. In many cases, the Kuzuryū is associated with water.
Hakone Park (Japanese: 恩賜箱根公園 = Onshi Hakone Koen, meaning Royally Given Hakone Park) is a prefectural park, located in Hakone Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It occupies the 15.9 hectare Tōgshima peninsula jotting out to Lake Ashi .
Gongen shinkō (権現信仰) is the term for belief in the existence of gongen. [3] The gongen concept is the cornerstone of the honji suijaku theory, according to which Buddhist deities choose to appear to the Japanese as native kami in order to save them, which is based on the Mahayana Buddhist notion of upaya, "expedient means".
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The Hakone Barrier (箱根関, Hakone Seki) was a security checkpoint which was established by the Tokugawa Shogunate on the Tōkaidō highway connecting the capital of Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. In 1923, the site was recognized as a National Historic Site. [1]
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