Byōbu Yama

Byōbu Yama is a mountain in Hakone, Ashigarashimo district, Kanagawa and has an elevation of 944 metres. Byōbu Yama is situated nearby to the locality Motohakone, as well as near Ōshiba.

Type: Mountain with an elevation of 944 metres
Description: mountain in Japan
Also known as: “Byobu Yama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Narukawa Museum of Art and Motohakone Port.

Motohakone Port

Passenger ship terminal

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.

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. Miyanoshita Onsen is situated 5 km northeast of Byōbu Yama.