Heute ließen wir Tokio in der Frühe (um dem Berufsverkehr zu entgehen) hinter uns und fuhren zunächst nach #Odawara. Dort wurde die Burg besichtigt und in deren Park gefrühstückt. Der Burgfried bietet eine schöne Aussicht über die Gegend sowie eine Ausstellung zur Burg. Eine im Torhaus untergebrachte Samurai-Ausstellung ist klein, aber sehr sehenswert.
Weiter ging es mit der Hakone-Tozan-Linie nach #Hakone bzw. Gora. Die Strecke hat, anders als in Japan üblich, Normalspur und mit bis zu 8% die höchste Neigung einer Adhäsionsbahn in Japan sowie die zweithöchste weltweit. Dazu enge Kurven von manchmal nur 13 m Radius. So ging es recht langsam durch die vielen Tunnel und auch durch drei Spitzkehren, um den Höhenunterschied bis Gora zu überwinden. Dort wartete dann auch schon die Standseilbahn.
#DonInJapan

Exploring Japan: Kanto Plain’s popular Hakone area a great day trip

Hakone Sekisho checkpoint (Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi) As the temperatures start to cool, you may want to explore and experience the pleasant autumn season…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1386566/exploring-japan-kanto-plains-popular-hakone-area-a-great-day-trip/ Exploring Japan: Kanto Plain’s popular Hakone area a great day trip ##Odawara #castle #checkpoint #FootSpa #Hakone #Kanagawa #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountFuji #MtTaikanzan #Mt.Fuji #news #Observatory #OdawaraCastle #Sekisho #Yugawara #富士山 Hakone Sekisho checkpoint (Photo by Takahiro Takiguchi) As the temperatures start to cool, you may want to explore and experience the pleasant autumn season. In the Kanto Plain, try Hakone, a popular tour

🏙 Region: Odawara, Japan
🏛️ Sight: Odawara Castle

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Fortunately the rains held off when we visited Enoura Observatory in Odawara about a month ago.
Built on a hill with steep slopes amongst citrus groves, there were notices that the narrow, unsurfaced paths to some of the art installations might be closed for safety in times of bad weather.
There was much more to see than the website suggested and it took us a couple of hours to cover most of the site.
#Enoura #Odawara #Japan

https://www.alojapan.com/1292269/hidden-wonders-climb-like-a-ninja-at-this-japanese-castle-playground/ Hidden Wonders | Climb Like a Ninja at This Japanese Castle Playground ##Odawara #HiddenWonders #HiddenWondersOfJapan #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseCastle #JapaneseNews #JapanesePark #KanagawaPrefecture #news #ObstacleCourse #OdawaraCastle #park このページを 日本語 で読む A towering “castle” rises against the mountainside — but it’s no fortress. It’s a playground modeled after Odawara Castle, the iconic landmark of Odawara City in Kanagawa Prefect…

Stumbled upon the Yamayasu Turnpike Store in Odawara, Kanagawa Pref., whilst en route to the Suzuhiro Kamaboko Village.
Unusual architecture certainly did a good eye-catching job!
Stocked up on dried aji (アジ= Japanese horse mackerel) caught locally and American-sourced dried hokke (ホッケ=Okhostk Atka mackerel) from the freezer cabinets.
#DriedFish #Odawara

Ok, so the train from #Takamatsu to #Kotohira / #Kompira is a private line, not a JR line, and the station is next to what used to be a castle moat. And as I said about #Odawara castle: if your moat isn’t big enough to hold swimming competitions in, what even are you doing?

So, yeah, maybe on my next trip to Japan I’ll try to schedule a full day to go through #Odawara castle PROPERLY. Oh, and maybe spend some time for shits and giggles at the nearby “interactive Ninja museum” 8/8 #CherryBlossoms2025

The rest of the exhibitions seem to be well curated and focused on putting #Odawara castle in historical context as the finale of the #SengokuJidai. i.e: not just “this was important” but “this is WHY this castle and the Hojo family MATTERED”. That’s good, that’s very good. 7/n

Now, I was hampered by time constraints and couldn’t really sit down to watch them all, but #Odawara castle has multiple (at least 3) re-enactment films with HIGH production values and from what I saw GOOD English subtitles. 6/n

… go ALL IN on the modern museum experience. Which is what #Odawara castle has done, and done BRILLIANTLY well from what I saw. 5/n

That’s NOT a criticism of any of the three BTW - #Odawara castle, #warrior, and #mikasa are all brilliant in their own ways (and yes I’ll be visiting Mikasa again later) 3/n

Ok, given the tendency of Japanese castles to burn down frequently, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that the current iteration of #odawara castle is a 1960 restoration. So pretty much like #warrior and #mikasa in terms of “original” content. 2/n

Ok, since I’m now sitting on the #shinkansen platform, some thoughts on #Odawara castle. 1/n

Ok, so THIS thing? Apparently this isn’t the castle, it’s a gate… #odawara

I mean, I’m sorry, but if the moat of your castle isn’t big enough for swimming competitions, what are you even doing? #Odawara

Paraphrasing Crocodile Dundee… Nah, that little ditch isn’t a moat, THIS is a moat… #odawara

Since I have a couple of hours in #Odawara and it’s in walking distance…