Sengokuhara

Sengokuhara viewed from Mount Kintoki

Sengokuhara (仙石原), sometimes called Sengokubara, is a district in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.

Geography

The district covers a total area of approximately 22 km²,^[1] and is located in the northern part of the Hakone caldera. The area is designated a part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, and includes golf courses, cottages, hotels, and Japanese inns.

Mountains

Mount Daigatake

Mount Kintoki
Mount Marudake
Mount Kozuka
Mount Daigatake

Passes

Otome Pass
Nagao Pass
Kojiri Pass

Rivers

Hayakawa River

Population

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

History

Following the Meiji restoration, 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.^[2] Kisaku Ishimura, the mayor of Sengokuhara, was elected the first mayor of this enlarged Hakone.^[3]

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)
Pampas grass viewing in autumn (Sengoku-Kogen Bus stop)
Choan-ji Temple (Sengoku Bus stop)

Access by car

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

Major bus services

Sengoku Bus Stop (仙石) 35°16′22″N 139°00′42″E / 35.272805°N 139.011637°E / 35.272805; 139.011637
- for Tōgendai (Lake Ashi)^[4]
- for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita^[5]
- for Yunnessun via Gora Station and Kowaki-en^[6]
- for Shissei-Kaen^[7]
- for Gotemba Premium Outlets and Gotemba Station^[8]
- for Shinjuku Station (Tokyo) via Gotemba Station and Tomei-Gotemba
- for Hakone-en, Odakyu Hotel de Yama (next to Hakone Shrine) via Kojiri
Sengoku Annaisho-mae Bus Stop (仙石案内所前) 35°16′17″N 139°00′36″E / 35.27130°N 139.01013°E / 35.27130; 139.01013
- for Tōgendai (Lake Ashi)^[9]
- for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita^[10]
- for Yunessun via Gōra Station and Kowaki-en^[11]
- for Shissei-Kaen^[12]
- for Gotemba Premium Outlets^[13]
- for Shinjuku Station (Tokyo) via Gotemba Station and Tomei-Gotemba^[14]
- for Hakone-en, Odakyu Hotel de Yama (next to Hakone Shrine) via Kojiri^[14]
- for Haneda Airport via Yokohama Station^[14]
- for Tokyo Station^[14]
Senkyoro-mae Bus Stop (仙郷楼前) 35°15′51″N 139°00′50″E / 35.26430°N 139.01392°E / 35.26430; 139.01392
- for Tōgendai (Lake Ashi)^[15]
- for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita^[16]
- for Yunnessun via Gora Station and Kowaki-en^[17]
- for Shissei-Kaen and Gotemba Premium Outlets^[18]
- for Shinjuku Station (Tokyo) via JR Gotemba Station and Tomei-Gotemba^[14]
- for Hakone-en, Odakyu Hotel de Yama (next to Hakone Shrine) via Kojiri^[14]
- for Haneda Airport via JR Yokohama Station^[14]
- for Tokyo Station^[14]

References

External links

Official Hakone website (in Japanese)
Sengokuhara area guide (Hakone Ryokan Organization) (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°16′11″N 139°00′37″E / 35.2696°N 139.0102°E / 35.2696; 139.0102

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