Rokudo Jizo, Shojin Pond, Hakone Town
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14382 ／ はこねまち

Kanagawa Prefecture 足柄下郡

Hakone Town

By a pond, a 3.5 m Jizo sits in rock.

Rokudo Jizo, Shojin Pond

Photo by Suikotei (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Kanrei Domon

Under a cliff on National Route 1,stands a tunnel 100.9 m long.

Kanrei Domon in Hakone Town
Photo by Aimaimyi (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kanrei Domon, in Tonosawa in Hakone-Yumoto, is a reinforced-concrete structure that protects the road from falling rock. It is 100.9 m long and 6.3 m wide and was completed in 1931 (Showa 6). Together with Chitose Bridge and Asahi Bridge it forms the National Route 1 Hakone-Yumoto Road Facilities, designated an Important Cultural Property in 2015.

  • 100.9 m long, 6.3 m wide
  • Completed in 1931
  • Important Cultural Property, 2015

02 ／ Hatajuku milestone mound

A milestone mound, 23 ri from Nihonbashi,was restored with a stone wall.

Hatajuku milestone mound in Hakone Town
Photo by Maarten Heerlien from Voorschoten, The Netherlands (CC BY 2.0)

The Hatajuku ichirizuka, or milestone mound, stands 23 ri from Nihonbashi in Edo. It was restored as a circular mound about 9 m across, built with a stone wall and filled with small stones and earth. Marker trees, a fir and a zelkova, were planted on top. The stone-paved section at Hatajuku and two milestone mounds are part of the additional designation of the Hakone Kyukaido (old Tokaido road), a national historic site.

  • 23 ri from Nihonbashi
  • About 9 m across
  • Fir and zelkova as marker trees

03 ／ Hakone-zaiku

660 tools and 1,017 products coverHakone-zaiku techniques almost systematically.

Hakone-zaiku in Hakone Town
Photo by Daderot (CC0)

Hakone-zaiku has its source in the turned woodwork of kijishi, woodworkers of the Hakone mountains. The registered materials are 660 tools, such as foot-powered lathes and dai-ganna planes, and 1,017 products, such as secret boxes and framed pictures. Owned by Hakone Town, they were registered as a Registered Tangible Folk Cultural Property on March 8, 2018.

  • 660 tools
  • 1,017 products
  • Registered March 8, 2018

Hakone Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot July 2019 – March 2020)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

85 minutes from Shinjuku on the Romancecar.

  • about 10,000 people
  • 90 min to a city centre
  • Rural district town

From Shinjuku, the Odakyu Romancecar reaches Hakone-Yumoto Station in 85 minutes without a change (the fastest of the trains that run every day). The town says its office is a 3-minute walk from the station.

People living here
11,293people
19952020

−4.2% since 2015

18,411 → 11,293

Area
92.86km²

16.63km² of it habitable

2024

Households
6,360households

1.8 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
—
Healthcare
1 hospital ／ 7 clinics

7.1 per 10,000 people

2023

Area92.86km²Habitable land16.63km² ／ 18%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—3 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy
—
Average annual temperature
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These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Hakone Town in Japan35.232°N 139.107°E
OsakaHakone Town
Hakone-Yumoto Station
箱根湯本駅2018
  • to ShinjukuOdakyu Romancecar85min

Travel times follow 小田急電鉄『ロマンスカー時刻表』の2026年3月14日改正版PDF（下り・平日／下り・土休日／上り・平日／上り・土休日の4枚）を、文字の座標から列ごとに読み、新宿発→箱根湯本着（下り）と箱根湯本発→新宿着（上り）の時刻を突き合わせた (checked 2026-10-21). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Hakone Town
Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号 平27情使、第585号)

North to south

12.7km

Kanagawa Prefecture
Odawara City, Minamiashigara City, Yugawara Town
Shizuoka Prefecture
Gotemba City, Susono City, Kannami Town, Mishima City, Oyama Town

Hakone Town isthis kind of town.

  1. 01Rokudo Jizo, in the national historic site Moto-Hakone Stone Buddhas, is a 3.5 m seated Jizo carved in rock by Shojin Pond, and its inscription shows it was made in 1300 (Shoan 2); a stone hokyoin pagoda and a stone gorinto pagoda are also included in the site as attached items
  2. 02Kanrei Domon on National Route 1 is a reinforced-concrete rockfall protection structure completed in 1931, and at Hatajuku a milestone mound 23 ri from Nihonbashi has been restored
  3. 03The tools and products of Hakone-zaiku are a Registered Tangible Folk Cultural Property, and on the shore of Lake Ashi the Hakone Barrier site is a national historic site and the Hakone Sengokuhara wetland plant community a national natural monument

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Hakone Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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