Interesting+Facts+About+Hakone

-Is located in Kanagawa, Japan -Famous for its mountains, lakes, and hot springs -Has a population of just about 14,000 people. -It is a pretty small town at only 93 kilometers squared -The major attraction in Hakone is Hakone Ropeway -Hakone volcano is located 80 km SW of Tokyo -It lies on the southern bank of Lake Ashino -The town, a post station during the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), is now the tourist base for Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park -There is a special kind of grass that grows only in Hakone called "hakone grass" -Hakone is the location where a famous shinto shrine lays called "hakone gongen" -Hakone is one of the most succesful Japanese towns, economic wise, with all its tourists -Hakone reached town status in 1889 -After merger with five neighboring towns and villages in September 1956, it reached its present boundaries -Most of the town is within the borders of the volcanically active Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, centered around Lake Ashi.