Sengokuhara Explained

, 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 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.^[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)
• Susuki 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

• • • for Tōgendai (Lake Ashi)^[4]
  • for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita^[5]
  • for Ten-yu via Gora Station, Kowaki-en and Yunessun^[6]
  • for Ten-yu via Miyagino, Gora Station, Kowaki-en and Yunessun^[7]
  • for Shissei-Kaen^[8]
  • for Gotemba Premium Outlets and JR Gotemba Station^[9]
  • for Shinjuku Station (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)^[10]
  • for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita^[11]
  • for Ten-yu via Gōra Station, Kowaki-en and Yunessun^[12]
  • for Shissei-Kaen^[13]
  • 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 Yokohama Station^[14]
    • for Tōgendai (Lake Ashi)^[15]
  • for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station via Miyanoshita^[16]
  • for Ten-yu via Gora Station, Kowaki-en and Yunessun^[17]
  • for Shissei-Kaen^[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]

External links

• Official Hakone website
• Sengokuhara area guide (Hakone Ryokan Organization)

Notes and References

1. http://toukei-labo.com/2010/?tdfk=14&city=14382&id=0 toukei-labo.com, analysis result of data of Statistics Bureau, Japan
2. Web site: 町のあゆみ.
3. Web site: 年表_1956年（昭和31年）～1965年（昭和40年）.
4. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11515-001001.pdf Sengoku Bus Stop timetable for Tōgendai
5. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11515-002001.pdf Sengoku Bus Stop timetable for Hakone Yumoto & Odawara Station
6. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11515-005001.pdf Sengoku Bus Stop timetable for Gora Station & Ten-yu
7. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20200106-11515-006001.pdf Sengoku Bus Stop timetable for Miyagino & Gora Station
8. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11515-004001.pdf Sengoku Bus Stop timetable for Shissei-Kaen
9. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20190401-11515-003001.pdf Sengoku Bus Stop timetable for Gotemba Premium Outlets
10. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11516-001001.pdf Sengoku Annaisho-mae Bus Stop timetable for Tōgendai
11. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20200106-11516-002001.pdf Sengoku Annaisho-mae Bus Stop timetable for Hakone Yumoto & Odawara Station
12. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20190401-11516-004001.pdf Sengoku Annaisho-mae Bus Stop timetable for Gora Station & Ten-yu
13. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11516-011001.pdf Sengoku Annaisho-mae Bus Stop timetable for Shissei-Kaen
14. http://www.odakyu-hakonehighway.co.jp/common/pdf/english.pdf Odakyu Hakone Highway Bus Timetable
15. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11519-001001.pdf Senkyoro-mae Bus Stop timetable for Tōgendai
16. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11519-002001.pdf Senkyoro-mae Bus Stop timetable for Hakone Yumoto & Odawara Station
17. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11519-004001.pdf Senkyoro-mae Bus Stop timetable for Gora Station & Ten-yu
18. https://cops.ssl-odakyu.jp/www.hakone-tozanbus.co.jp/pdf/20191228-11519-003001.pdf Senkyoro-mae Bus Stop timetable for Shissei-Kaen