is a

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railway station on the

Hakone Tozan Line The is a mountain railway in Japan operated by the Hakone Tozan Railway. The company belongs to the Odakyu Group, which also owns the Hakone Tozan Cable Car. The section of the line from Odawara Station to Hakone-Yumoto Station began ope ...

as well as the

Hakone Tozan Cable Car The , officially the , is a funicular railway in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by , who also operate the Hakone Tozan mountain railway line. The company belongs to the Odakyū Group. The funicular links Gōra, t ...

, and is located in

Hakone is a List of towns in Japan, town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the town had a population of 11,293 and a population density of 122 persons per km². The total area of the town is . The town is a popular tourist destination due to its many o ...

, Kanagawa, Japan. It is 15.0 km from the Hakone Tozan Line's southern terminus at

Odawara Station is a junction and interchange railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is a gateway station to the Hakone ar ...

. At an altitude of , it is the highest railway station in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Lines

Gōra Station is served by the

and also by the

Station layout

Gōra Station has two

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s, which are staggered, so that they do not directly oppose each other.

History

Gōra Station was opened on June 1, 1919 as a station on the Hakone Tozan Line. The Hakone Tozan Cable Car began operations from December 1, 1921, but operations were suspended from February 11, 1944 through July 1, 1950. The present station building was opened on April 16, 1977.

Bus services

*Hakone Tozan Bus **Bus stop 1 *** for

Hakone Open-Air Museum The Hakone Open-Air Museum (箱根彫刻の森美術館, Hakone Choukoku no Mori Bijutsukan) is Japan's first pen-air museum opened in 1969 in Hakone in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It has collections of artworks made b ...

, Kowaki-en (transfer for Moto-Hakone ( Lake Ashi) direction), Yunessun, and Ten-yu **Bus stop 2 *** for Gora Park, Hakone Art Museum ( Kōen-Kami Station),

Pola Museum of Art is located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in September 2002 within Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. It houses the collection of over 9,500 works acquired by the former head of the Pola cosmetics group, including many works of Fr ...

, The Little Prince and Saint-Exupéry Museum, Senkyoro-mae (transfer for Togendai ( Lake Ashi)), Hakone Venetian Glass Museum,

Sengoku The was a period in Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga shogunate. Various ...

(transfer for JR

Gotemba Station is a railway station on the Gotemba Line in the eastern part of the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It is one of the gateway stations to Mount Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes (including L ...

and Shinjuku Station), and

Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands The is a botanical garden located within the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park at 817 Sengokuhara, Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden was founded in 1976, and now contains some 17 ...

**Bus stop 3 *** for Miyagino, Hakone Venetian Glass Museum,

(transfer for Shinjuku Station), Otome Toge,

Gotemba Premium Outlets The is an outlet mall located in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan, near Mount Fuji. It was opened on July 13, 2000, and contains over 200 stores. The mall is managed by Mitsubishi Estate Simon Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Mitsubishi Estate and Si ...

, and JR

**Bus stop (Extra) *** for

Hakone Yumoto Station is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. Lines Hakone-Yumoto Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Line from to , although all Hakone Tozan Line trains start from this station, and only Odakyu services operate ...

via Chōkoku-no-Mori Station,

Kowakidani Station is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 13.4 rail kilometers from the line's terminus at Odawara Station. History Kowakidani Station was opened on June 1, 1919. Lines * Hakone Tozan Ra ...

, Miyanoshita, and Ohiradai StationGora Station Bus stop (Extra) Timetable
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References

External links

Hakone Tozan Railway official website

Hakone Tozan Bus official website (Gora Station)

Gora Station Map (Hakone Navi)
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