Kawasaki Daishi
The Bad-Luck Temple Where Candy Makers Chop to a Drumbeat
Heiken-ji, founded in 1128 and known as Kawasaki Daishi, is a head temple of Chisan Shingon Buddh...
Battleship Mikasa
Togo's 1905 Flagship, Set in Concrete at the Edge of Yokosuka
The British-built battleship that carried Admiral Togo Heihachiro at the Battle of Tsushima in 19...
Mount Kintoki
Kintaro's Mountain: 75 Minutes Up to a Fuji View on Hakone's Rim
The highest point on the Hakone caldera rim at 1,213 meters, linked by legend to the boy hero Kin...
Michi-no-Eki Hakone Toge
A mountain-pass stop above Lake Ashi
Kanagawa's first michi-no-eki, opened in 1995 at Hakone Pass on Route 1, close to the Shizuoka bo...
Odawara Castle
Odawara’s reconstructed keep rises above moats, gates and a castle park close to the station. The...
Sarushima
Brick Fort Tunnels on a Tokyo Bay Island Ten Minutes by Ferry
A small uninhabited island off Yokosuka, described by the city as the only natural island in Toky...
Ofuna Kannon
A 25-Meter White Kannon Bust Watching Over Ofuna Station
A white concrete bust of Kannon about 25 meters tall on the hill above Ofuna Station, begun in 19...
Michi-no-Eki Ashigara Kintaro-no-Furusato
Ashigara tea and Kanagawa meat in Kintaro country
Minamiashigara's first roadside station, opened in 2020 on Prefectural Road 78 about ten minutes ...