Otome Pass - Otome Pass

...The pass offers a good view of Mt. Fuji and the Hakone Caldera. In the past, this pass was called Mikuriya Pass or Otome Pass. When a checkpoint (Hakone Barrier) was established in Hakone in 1619 (Genwa 5), ​​a guardhouse was set up in Sengokuhara. In 1626 (Kan'ei 3), it became the Sengokuhara Checkpoint, and inspections of the Hakone Back Road were carried out there.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Moryu Pass" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…峠からの富士山および箱根カルデラの眺めがよい。かつて，この峠は御厨（みくりや）峠，御留（おとめ）峠などと呼ばれた。1619年(元和5)箱根に関所(箱根関)が置かれた時，仙石原には番所がおかれ，1626年(寛永3)には仙石原関所となり，箱根裏街道の取調べが行われた。…

※「御留峠」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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