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The Hakone Pass (), is a

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located between

Hakone, Kanagawa is a 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 hot springs and views of ...

, and

Kannami, Shizuoka is a town located in Tagata District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 37,782 in 16,401 households and a population density of 580 persons per km². The total area of the town was . Geography Kannami is l ...

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. It is in the

Hakone Mountains is a national park in Yamanashi, Shizuoka, and Kanagawa Prefectures, and western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It consists of Mount Fuji, Fuji Five Lakes, Hakone, the Izu Peninsula, and the Izu Islands. Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park covers . ...

and its elevation, 846 meters above sea level.

General

The Hakone Pass has been an important pass that must be crossed for transportation between

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and

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, Japan's two population centers, and is described in Hakone Station of

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's Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō. Today, National Route 1 passes through it, although the new

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completely bypasses it by going via

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between the Hakone Mountains and

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. Nearby the pass is Hakone Pass Roadside Station, owned by Hakone Town.Hakone Pass Roadside Station
(in Japanese)

Transportation

* National Route 1 * Hakone Shindō *Ashinoko Skyline ( :ja:芦ノ湖スカイライン) *Shizuoka Prefectural Route 20 ( :ja:静岡県道20号)

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{{Commonscat, Hakone Pass
Web Camera at Hakone Pass: Toward East/Lake Ashi & Toward West/Kannami (Hakone Town Tourist Association)
in Japanese Hakone, Kanagawa Kannami, Shizuoka Tokaido (region) Mountain passes of Japan Sagami Province Suruga Province

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Transportation

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