, sometimes called Sengokubara, is a district in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.

Geography

The district covers a total area of approximately 22 km²,toukei-labo.com, analysis result of data of Statistics Bureau, Japan
and is located in the northern part of the Hakone

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. The area is designated a part of

Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park is a national park in Yamanashi, Shizuoka, and Kanagawa Prefectures, and western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It consists of Mount Fuji, Fuji Five Lakes, Hakone, the Izu Peninsula, and the Izu Islands. Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park covers . Rat ...

, and includes golf courses, cottages, hotels, and Japanese inns.

Mountains

* Mount Kintoki * Mount Marudake * Mount Kozuka * Mount Daigatake

Passes

* Otome Pass * Nagao Pass * Kojiri Pass

Rivers

* Haya River

Population

As of October 2010, the district has a population of 4,095, with 1,922 households.

History

Following the

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, the village of Sengokuhara was founded in 1889. Together with Yumoto town and the villages Onsen (Gora) and Miyagino it was absorbed into the town of Hakone in September 1956. Kisaku Ishimura, the mayor of Sengokuhara, was elected the first mayor of this enlarged Hakone.

Sightseeing spots

* Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands (Shissei-Kaen Bus stop) * The Little Prince and Saint-Exupéry Museum (Kawamukai Bus stop) * Hakone Venetian Glass Museum (Venetian Grass Museum / Hyoseki Bus stop) * Lalique Museum (Sengoku Annaijo Bus stop) * Pola Museum of Art (Pola Museum Bus stop) * Susuki grass viewing in autumn (Sengoku-Kogen Bus stop) * Choan-ji Temple (Sengoku Bus stop)

Access by car

*from

Odawara is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 188,482 and a population density of 1,700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Odawara lies in the Ashigara Plains, in ...

: National Route 1 and National Route 138 *from Gotemba: National Route 138 *from Lake Ashi: Kanagawa Prefectural Route 75

Major bus services

* ** for Tōgendai ( Lake Ashi) ** for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita ** for Ten-yu via Gora Station, Kowaki-en and Yunessun ** for Ten-yu via Miyagino, Gora Station, Kowaki-en and Yunessun ** for Shissei-Kaen ** for Gotemba Premium Outlets and JR Gotemba Station ** for

Shinjuku Station is a major railway station in Tokyo, Japan, that serves as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central/eastern Tokyo (the Special wards of Tokyo, special wards) and Western Tokyo on the inter-city rail, commuter rail, and rapid tr ...

(Tokyo) via JR Gotemba Station and Tomei-Gotemba ** for Hakone-en, Odakyu Hotel de Yama (next to Hakone Shrine) via Kojiri * ** for Tōgendai ( Lake Ashi) ** for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita ** for Ten-yu via Gōra Station, Kowaki-en and Yunessun ** for Shissei-Kaen ** for

(Tokyo) via JR Gotemba Station and Tomei-GotembaOdakyu Hakone Highway Bus Timetable
/ref> ** for Hakone-en, Odakyu Hotel de Yama (next to Hakone Shrine) via Kojiri ** for

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via Yokohama Station * ** for Tōgendai ( Lake Ashi) ** for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita ** for Ten-yu via Gora Station, Kowaki-en and Yunessun ** for Shissei-KaenSenkyoro-mae Bus Stop timetable for Shissei-Kaen
/ref> ** for

(Tokyo) via JR Gotemba Station and Tomei-Gotemba ** for Hakone-en, Odakyu Hotel de Yama (next to Hakone Shrine) via Kojiri ** for

via JR Yokohama Station

References

External links

Official Hakone website

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