Hakone Pass

Japanese: 箱根峠 - はこねとうげ
Hakone Pass

Located in the southwestern edge of Kanagawa Prefecture, on the border between Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun and Mishima-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture, this pass is where National Route 1 crosses the western part of the ancient outer rim of the Hakone volcano. It is 849 meters above sea level. It is the shortest route from the Tokai region to the Kanto region, and became the main Tokaido road in the early Heian period, later used as a byway, and became the main road again in the Edo period. The distance from this pass to both Odawara and Mishima post towns is about 16 kilometers (four ri), and it was called "Hakone Hachiri." From the pass, you can see the central crater cone of the Hakone volcano (Mt. Kami, Mt. Komagadake, etc.), the crater lake (Lake Ashi), the crater plain (Sengokuhara), the peaks of the ancient somma, as well as the Fuji and Ashitaka volcanoes, Mishima, the towns of Numazu, the North Izu Plain, Suruga Bay, and more. The Jikkoku Toge Road, Lake Ashi Skyline, and Hakone Shindo road start from here.

[Yukio Asaka]

Hiroshige Utagawa, "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido: Lake Hakone"
Hoeido edition, around 1835 (Tenpo 6), National Diet Library

Hiroshige Utagawa, "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido: Lake Hakone..."


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

神奈川県の南西端、足柄下(あしがらしも)郡箱根町と静岡県三島市(みしまし)との境にあり、国道1号が箱根火山の古期外輪山の西部を横切る峠。標高849メートル。東海地方から関東地方へ入る最短路にあたり、平安初期から東海道の本道となり、のち間道として利用され、江戸時代にはまた本道となった。この峠から小田原、三島両宿へは約16キロメートル(四里)で、「箱根八里」とよんでいた。峠からは、箱根火山の中央火口丘(神(かみ)山、駒(こま)ヶ岳など)、火口原湖(芦(あし)ノ湖)、火口原(仙石原(せんごくはら))、古期外輪山の諸峰をはじめ、富士、愛鷹(あしたか)の両火山、三島、沼津の市街、北伊豆平野、駿河(するが)湾などが一望に収められる。十国(じっこく)峠道路、芦ノ湖スカイライン、箱根新道がここから発している。

[浅香幸雄]

歌川広重『東海道五拾三次之内 箱根 湖水図』
保永堂版 1835年(天保6)ころ国立国会図書館所蔵">

歌川広重『東海道五拾三次之内 箱根 湖…


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