Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park Ministry of the Environment
Open Daily year-round 9：00am - 5：00pm
(Last entry at 4：30pm)
Phone: +81-460-84-9981
Open Daily year-round 9：00am - 5：00pm
(Last entry at 4：30pm)
Phone: +81-460-84-9981
| 1,800 species of wild plants, 400,000 year-old active volcano, beech trees,
caldera lake, marsh, hot spring, over 20 hiking trails, historical stone-paved
Tokaido road, resort, villas, spring pink colored azalea and cherry blossom,
autumn colored mountain, over 120 species of wild birds, ...everything has in 11,166ha Hakone. Fuji-Hakone-Izu national park was
born in 1936, and people in Hakone have been always living in harmony with
nature. Fuji-Hakone-Izu national park consists of special protection zone, special zone (Class Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ) and ordinally zone based on the ecosystem, resource protection requirements, and the suitability to provide the visitors with access to nature for their experience. Zoning system strike a balance between the capability of areas to sustain use and their need for protection. |
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| The origins of public interest in nature conservation in Hakone go back
to 1914, and designated as Fuji-Hakone Izu national park in 1936. Increasing personal income and leisure time contributed to the sharp increase in the number of visitors to Hakone during the period of rapid economic growth after the war, the number of golf course reached to 9. Cable car, ropeway, hotels, recreation facilities, villas were constructed one after another. At the same time, grave concern was voiced over the disruption of nature caused by excessive development. The residents and people with similar concern created the organization to protect and recovery of the plants, wildlife, cultural and historical heritage for generations to come in 1966. This private organization named "Hakone-wo-mamoru kai" continue to fight to preserve the fascinating treasure of Hakone until today. |
| "Kaempfer and Birnie Festival" is held in Hakone in each April to commemorate the life of Kaempfer and Birnie. To no small extent, the preservation of nature beauty in Hakone is a legacy of two Western men, Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716) and Cyril Montague Birnie (1868-1958). Engelbert Kaempfer visited Japan as a physician for the Dutch merchant office in Nagasaki. During his stay in Japan, he passed through Hakone on his travel from Nagasaki to Edo(Tokyo) twice since he had an audience with the Shogun in Edo, and collect. After he returned to Germany, he introduced Japanese history, geography, climate, religion, flora and faunas in his book titiled "The history of Japan." Cyril Montague Birnie moved from Melbourne to Japan at the age of 21 and remained in Japan until his death. He raised the stone plaque along the Tokaido Road, hoping the people realize the environmental value of Hakone and make this place better. The following is written in the introduction to Kaempfer's History of Japan, published 27th April 1727. "It gives an account of Mighty and Powerful Empire. It describes a Valiant and Invincible Nation, an Industrious and Virtuous People, Possessed of a Country on which Nature has lavished Her Most Valuable Treasures. You who now stand at the point where the Old and New Ways meet, so act that this GLORIOUS FATHERLAND be transmitted to posterity ever more Beautiful, ever more Meritorious." We hope you will enjoy and make lifelong memories in Hakone. ↓Things to Know |
Ministry of the environment
Hakone Visitor Center
〒250-0522
Address: 164, Motohakone, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 250-0522
Phone: +81-460-84-9981
FAX: +81-460-84-5721
Email:
hakone-vc@kanagawa.email.ne.jp
Parking: Free, 40spaces
Admission: Free
Free-WIFI
Food service: No
Drink service: vending machine,
coffee machine, free water
2019 Close: June 12 - 13
December 28 - January 1, 2020
Accessibility:
Handicapped accessible restroom
Free wheelchair rental
Wheelchair accessible walkway
Audio exhibits
