Miyanoshita Onsen

Summary

Miyanoshita (宮ノ下) is an onsen in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The hot springs have been an attraction for tourists and pleasure-seekers for hundreds of years going back to the beginning of the Edo period. The town is situated on a plateau in the Haya River valley. Miyanoshita is one of the Seven Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone Nanayu). During his tour of Japan in 1873 the Emperor Meiji stayed at a hotel here. The town is also home to the Sōtō temple Jōsen-ji.

Miyanoshita photographed in 1880
Onsen tamago shop and Ōwakudani Station
Onsen tamago (Black egg)

See also edit

References edit

  • Nagasaki University Library; Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period, "Miyanoshita Spa (4)"[permanent dead link]. Accessed 22 December 2006.

External links edit

  Hakone travel guide from Wikivoyage

  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • Hakone portal website
  • Hakone Onsen

35°14′31″N 139°3′30″E / 35.24194°N 139.05833°E / 35.24194; 139.05833