Mt. Taikan

Mt. Taikan is a peak in Hakone, Ashigarashimo district, Kanagawa and has an elevation of 1,008 metres. Mt. Taikan is situated nearby to the quarter 箱根, as well as near 宮上.

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Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,008 metres
Description: mountain in Japan
Also known as: “Mount Taikan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hakone checkpoint and Narukawa Museum of Art.

Hakone checkpoint

Museum

Photo: Steph Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Hakone Barrier 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.

Narukawa Museum of Art

Museum

Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hakone-Machi Pirate Ship Ferry Port

Passenger ship terminal

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Lake Ashi, also known as Hakone Lake or Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshū, Japan. It is a crater lake situated along the southwestern wall of the caldera of Mount Hakone, a complex volcano that last erupted in 1170 CE at Ōwakudani.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miyanoshita Onsen and Yugawara.

Miyanoshita Onsen

Quarter

Miyanoshita 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.

Yugawara

Town

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Yugawara is a town located in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2021, the town had an estimated population of 23,267 and a population density of 570 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 40.99 square kilometres.