Mt. Sōun

Mt. Sōun is a peak in Kanagawa, Kanto and has an elevation of 1,151 metres. Mt. Sōun is situated nearby to the quarter Gōra, as well as near Ninotaira.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hakone Open-Air Museum and Pola Museum of Art.

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.

Pola Museum of Art

Museum

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Pola Museum of Art is located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in September 2002 within Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. It houses the collection of over 9,500 works acquired by the former head of the Pola cosmetics group, including many works of French Impressionism and of the École de Paris.

Gōra Station

Railway station

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Gōra Station is a terminal railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line as well as the Hakone Tozan Cable Car, and is located in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. It is 15.0 km from the Hakone Tozan Line's southern terminus at Odawara Station.

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.