Admission
Free
Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture
At a Glance
A sacred flame has been carried down from this mountaintop shrine every October 24th since 1964, traveling by ropeway and boat to spread peace throughout the Hakone region.
At 1,356 meters elevation, the mountaintop shrine offers unobstructed 360-degree views of Mt. Fuji, Lake Ashi, and Sagami Bay on clear days, earning it the nickname 'Shrine in the Sky.'
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Facilities
Visit on a designated worship opening day (1st, 13th, 15th, 24th of each month, plus weekends and holidays) if you want to receive prayers or a Goshuin stamp from the shrine priests, as the shrine only has staffed services on these specific dates.
Bring a windbreaker or warm layer even on mild days below, since the summit sits at 1,356 meters where weather conditions differ significantly from the base of the mountain and winds are consistently strong.
Look for the Bakoseki Stone (also called Umayoriishi) near the shrine entrance, which locals believe marks where a deity descended on a white horse, and check the small hole in the stone said to never dry up even during droughts.
Plan for the Komagatake Ropeway to take about 7 minutes each way, and budget extra time if visibility is poor, as the cable car may operate on reduced capacity or close temporarily during bad weather or heavy fog.
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Fascinating facts about this place
A sacred flame has been carried down from this mountaintop shrine every October 24th since 1964, traveling by ropeway and boat to spread peace throughout the Hakone region.
At 1,356 meters elevation, the mountaintop shrine offers unobstructed 360-degree views of Mt. Fuji, Lake Ashi, and Sagami Bay on clear days, earning it the nickname 'Shrine in the Sky.'
This shrine was rebuilt in the early 1960s by an entrepreneur who transformed Hakone into a tourist destination, making it younger than Tokyo's famous Disneyland.
The Umayoriishi stone marks where a deity supposedly descended on a white horse 2,400 years ago, and the hoof print's water has never dried up, even during droughts.
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