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Ashigara Pass

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Elevation
  
759 m (2,490 ft)

Range
  
Mount Ashigara

Phone
  
+81 550-76-5000

Ashigara Pass

Traversed by
  
Kanagawa / Shizuoka Prefecturel Route 78

Location
  
Minami-ashigara, Oyama, Japan

Topo map
  
Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 関本

Address
  
Takenoshita, 小山町 Sunto District, Shizuoka Prefecture 410-1313, Japan

Similar
  
Mount Ashigara, Yaguradake, Ashigara Station, Daiyūzan Station, Otome Pass

Mt kintoki hiking from ashigara pass hakone kanagawa japan


Ashigara Pass (足柄峠, Ashigara-tōge) is a mountain pass on the border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka Prefectures, near to Mount Kintoki in Japan. The pass traverses the mountains at 759 metres (2,490 ft).

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History

The pass on the ancient Tōkaidō highway was described as the 8th century, in the Man'yōshū. This pass was the border of Sagami and Suruga provinces, and the entrance of Kantō region in Japan. Checkpoint was built in 899, and castle was built in the 16th century (These are not exist now).

Access

  • by Car
  • Kanagawa Prefecturel Route 78, from Tomei Expressway Oi-Matsuda Interchange.
  • Shizuoka prefecturel Route 78, from Tomei Expressway Gotemba Interchange via Gotemba City Hall.
  • by Train, Bus and walk
  • Hakone Tozan Bus from Shin-Matsuda Station on the Odakyu Line, or Daiyuzan Station on the Daiyuzan Line, to Jizodo, and an hour's walk. Direct operations are available from Daiyuzan Station or Jizodo to Ashigara Man'yo Koen (near this Pass) on Saturday & Holiday, in April and May, October and November.
  • 90 minute's walk from Ashigara Station on the JR Gotemba Line.
  • References

    Ashigara Pass Wikipedia