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Ōwakudani
is a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...s in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was created around 3,000 years ago, as a result of the explosion of the Hakone volcano. It is a popular tourist site for its scenic views, volcanic activity, and — a local variety of hard-boiled eggs that uses the hot springs in their preparation. As a result of them being boiled in the mineral-rich waters of the valley, which contain high levels of sulfur, the egg shells turn black and give off a slightly sulfuric odour; eating one is said to add seven years to your life. Upon seeing the hellish scenery, when Kūkai, Kōbō Daishi visited Owakudani more than a thousand years ago, he offered prayer to Bodhisattva. The Enm ...
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Ōwakudani Station
is a station on the Hakone Ropeway in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. It is from the Hakone Ropeway's terminus at Sōunzan Station, from the Hakone Ropeway's opposing terminus at Tōgendai Station. It is located at an altitude of in the Ōwakudani area of Hakone. Lines Ōwakudani Station is served by the Hakone Ropeway. Layout The boarding area is separated for Sōunzan Station, Sōunzan direction and Tōgendai Station, Tōgendai direction, with access by stairs or escalator, as the station is built barrier free for use by handicapped passengers. History Ōwakudani Station opened on December 5, 1959 with the opening of the Hakone Ropeway Line. Bus services Izuhakone Bus Bus Stop *"J" line for Hakone-en (Lake Ashi) via Kojiri *"J" line for Odawara Station via Kowaki-en, Kowakidani Station, Miyanoshita Station, Miyanoshita, Hakone-Yumoto Station See also * Ōwakudani References External linksHakone Ropeway
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Hakone Ropeway
The is the name of an aerial lift, as well as its operator. The funitel line links between Sōunzan and Tōgendai via Ōwakudani, all within Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. The line became funitel in 2002, the second of its kind in the nation, after Hashikurasan Ropeway. It makes a part of the sightseeing route between Odawara and Lake Ashi. The company belongs to the OdakyÅ« Group. Basic data Hakone Ropeway was a single line until 2001. From 2002, it became a system consisted of two distinct sections, although they are still treated as the same line. Between Sōunzan and Ōwakudani *System: ** Bicable gondola lift, until 2001 ** Funitel, from 2002 *Distance: *Vertical interval: *Maximum gradient: 25°33′ *Operational speed: 5.0 m/s *Passenger capacity per a cabin: 18 *Cabins: 18 Between Ōwakudani and Tōgendai *System: **Bicable gondola lift, until 2006 **Funitel, from 2007 *Distance: *Vertical interval: *Maximum gradient: 19°42′ *Operational speed: 5.0 m/s * ...
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Hakone Black Egg Dsc05310
is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the town had a population of 10,965, and total area of . Hakone is a notable spa town and a popular tourist destination due to its many hot springs being within view of nearby Mount Fuji, the most visited mountain in Japan. Geography Hakone is located in the mountains in the far west of the prefecture, on the eastern side of Hakone Pass. Most of the town is within the borders of the volcanically active Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, centered on Lake Ashi. Surrounding municipalities Kanagawa Prefecture * Minami-ashigara *Odawara *Yugawara Shizuoka Prefecture * Gotemba *Kannami *Mishima * Oyama * Susono Climate Hakone has a very humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hakone is 13.3 Â°C. The average annual rainfall is 2221 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at ...
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Hakone
is a List of towns in Japan, town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the town had a population of 10,965, and total area of . Hakone is a notable spa town and a popular tourist destination due to its many onsen, hot springs being within view of nearby Mount Fuji, the most visited mountain in Japan. Geography Hakone is located in the mountains in the far west of the prefecture, on the eastern side of Hakone Pass. Most of the town is within the borders of the volcanically active Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, centered on Lake Ashi. Surrounding municipalities Kanagawa Prefecture *Minami-ashigara, Japan, Minami-ashigara *Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara *Yugawara, Kanagawa, Yugawara Shizuoka Prefecture *Gotemba, Shizuoka, Gotemba *Kannami, Shizuoka, Kannami *Mishima, Shizuoka, Mishima *Oyama, Shizuoka, Oyama *Susono, Shizuoka, Susono Climate Hakone has a very humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average ...
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Mount Fuji
is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of . It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra), and List of islands by highest point, seventh-highest peak of an island on Earth. Mount Fuji Hōei eruption, last erupted from 1707 to 1708. It is located about southwest of Tokyo, from where it is visible on clear days. Its exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow field, covered in snow for about five months of the year, is a Japanese cultural icon and is frequently depicted in art and photography, as well as visited by sightseers, hikers and mountain climbers. Mount Fuji is one of Japan's along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. It is a List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan's Monuments of Japan, Historic Sites. It was added to th ...
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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. On 1 April 2024, operations of the station came under the aegis of Odakyu Hakone resulting from restructuring of Odakyu Group operations in the Hakone area. Lines *Hakone Tozan Railway **Hakone Tozan Line Building Kowakidani Station has two opposed side platforms. Platforms Bus Services * Hakone Tozan Bus **"H" line for Hakone Machi Ko (Lake Ashi) via Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone Ko (Hakone Shrine: Transfer for Sightseeing Cruise)and Hakone Checkpoint **"H" line for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station, via Miyanoshita and Ohiradai Station * Izu Hakone Bus **"J" line for Kojiri via Kowaki-en and Ōwakudani **"Z" line for Hakone Checkpoint via Kowaki-en and Moto Hakone (Hakone Shrine) **"J" & "Z" line for Hakone Yumoto Station and Odawara Station is ...
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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 between Hakone-Yumoto and Odawara. The station lies 6.1 kilometers from the line's official starting point at Odawara Station. Odakyu Electric Railway "Romancecar" limited express trains run between Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku and this station. Station layout The station has four tracks. There are some shops, information center for sightseeing and hotel reservations, and bus terminal also in front of the station. Platforms History Hakone-Yumoto station opened on 1 October 1888, as "Odawara Horse-drawn Railway" terminal ''Yumoto Station'', from Kōzu Station (Kanagawa), Kōzu Station (on the Tokaido Main Line), via Odawara Station. On June 1, 1919, a new electrified funicular railway was opened from Hakone-Yumoto to , and the Hakon ...
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Hard-boiled Egg
Boiled eggs are typically from a chicken, and are cooked with their shells unbroken, usually by immersion in boiling water. Hard-boiled or hard-cooked eggs are cooked so that the egg white and egg yolk both solidify, while soft-boiled eggs may leave the yolk, and sometimes the white, at least partially liquid and raw. Boiled eggs are a popular breakfast food around the world. Besides a boiling water immersion, there are a few different methods to make boiled eggs. Eggs can also be cooked below the boiling temperature, i.e. coddling, or they can be steamed. The egg timer was named for commonly being used to time the boiling of eggs. History Eggs have a long history of use as a food source, following the history of the domestic Chicken, and recipes that include boiled eggs have been recorded since the first known cookbook, ''De re coquinaria'', in which at least one recipe calls for the use of preserved boiled eggs. Alexander Pope is recorded as having recommended the method o ...
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Landforms Of Kanagawa Prefecture
A landform is a land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. They may be natural or may be anthropogenic (caused or influenced by human activity). Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great oceanic basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, structure stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, cliffs, hills, mounds, peninsulas, ridges, rivers, valleys, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbod ...
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Tourist Attractions In Kanagawa Prefecture
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be Domestic tourism, domestic (within the traveller's own country) or International tourism, international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe Economy, economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 2009 flu pandemic, H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to th ...
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Spa Towns In Japan
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to prehistoric times. Spa towns, spa resorts, and day spas are popular worldwide, but are especially widespread in Europe and Japan. Etymology The term is derived from the town of Spa, Belgium, whose name in Roman times was ''Aquae Spadanae''. The term is sometimes incorrectly attributed to the Latin word ''spargere'', meaning to scatter, sprinkle, or moisten. During the medieval era, illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate. In 1326, ironmaster Collin le Loup discovered the treatment. The water was sourced from a spring called ''Espa'', the Walloon word for "fountain".Medical Hydrology, Sidney Licht, Sidney Herman Licht, Herman L. Kamenetz, E. Licht, 196Google Books/ref> In 16th-century England, the old Roma ...
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