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7 unusual facts about Hakone


Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa

Most of the mountainous district is sparsely populated, and is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

Edwin M. Martin

On November 4, Martin traveled to Hakone, Kanagawa, as principal adviser to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and as chief of the U.S. Delegation at the meeting of the Joint United States-Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs.

Hakone Gardens

Inspired by her trips to Japan, Isabel Stine modeled the gardens upon (and named them after) Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

Hiromu Nonaka

He testified before media what he said was told at a Tanaka faction's workshop held in Hakone not long after the meeting with Zhou Enlai.

Odakyu 20000 series RSE

On weekends, some trains operated between Shinjuku Station and Hakone-Yumoto Station.

Park Kyung-won

At 10:35 AM on of 7 August 1933, she took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on one such flight to Manchuria; she crashed 42 minutes later near Hakone, Kanagawa and died.

Sōgi

He came from a humble family from the province of Kii or Ōmi, and died in Hakone on September 1, 1502.


Arinobu Fukuhara

In addition, this businessman's name is known internationally because of the Arinobu Fukuhara House at Hakone, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed in 1918 as a Prairie-style vacation villa for the extended Fukuhara family.

Arnold Henry Savage Landor

In Nikkō, Kyoto, Hakone, Kamakura and other places, he painted 24 large canvases and many small ones.

Hakone Shrine

According to the Azuma Kagami, Minamoto no Yoritomo sought guidance from the kami at Hakone after his defeat in Battle of Ishibashiyama during the Gempei War.

Kō no Moroyasu

After a number of skirmishes, Moroyasu's army, despite being reinforced by men under Ashikaga Tadayoshi, was defeated, and withdrew into the Hakone Mountains.

Rentarō Taki

One of his famous pieces is Kōjō no Tsuki, which was included in the songbook for junior high school students, along with the Hakone-Hachiri (箱根八里).


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