Hōkiga Hana

Hōkiga Hana is a point in Hakone, Ashigarashimo district, Kanagawa. Hōkiga Hana is situated nearby to the locality Takokawa, as well as near Motohakone.

Type: Point
Description: point in Japan
Also known as: “Hokiga Hana”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hakone checkpoint and Hakone Shrine.

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.

Hakone Shrine

Shinto shrine

Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Hakone Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine on the shores of Lake Ashi in the town of Hakone in the Ashigarashimo District of Kanagawa Prefecture. It is also known as the Hakone Gongen.

Hakone-Machi Pirate Ship Ferry Port

Passenger ship terminal

Photo: Ka23 13, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miyanoshita Onsen and Sengokuhara.

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 7 km northeast of Hōkiga Hana.