Kowakudani

Kowakudani is a locality in Hakone, Ashigarashimo district, Kanagawa. Kowakudani is situated nearby to the quarter Ninotaira, as well as near the locality Minaminagao.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Okada Museum of Art and Chisuji waterfall.

Okada Museum of Art

Museum

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Okada Museum of Art opened in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 2013. The private museum was created by the Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada and specializes in Asian art; the collection of some 450 pieces centers on early modern and modern Japanese painting while also including Chinese bronzes, lacquer, ceramics, and Buddhist sculpture.

Chisuji waterfall

Waterfall

Photo: Osumi Akari, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hakone Open-Air Museum

Museum

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The Hakone Open-Air Museum, opened in 1969, is Japan's first open-air museum. It is located in Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Hosting over 1,000 pieces, it includes artworks by Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Taro Okamoto, Yasuo Mizui, Churyo Sato, Susumu Shingu, Constantin Brâncuși, Barbara Hepworth, Rokuzan Ogiwara, and Kōtarō Takamura, among others.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miyanoshita Onsen and Tōnosawa.

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.