Shirahama Beach

Shirahama Beach is a beach in Kanagawa, Kanto. Shirahama Beach is situated nearby to the quarter 箱根, as well as near 元箱根.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hakone-Machi Pirate Ship Ferry Port and Hakone checkpoint.

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.

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 Ekiden museum

Museum

Photo: k n, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 Shirahama Beach.