Hakone

Hakone Highway: Cobblestones, Cedars, and Ancient Teahouses 箱根八里 – Hakone Hachiri Long before Japan’s modern highways and railways, the Tokaido Road was one of the country’s most important travel routes. During the Edo Period (1603–1868), it connected Edo, present-day Tokyo, with Kyoto, carrying merchants, pilgrims, samurai, officials and daimyo across Japan. The mountainous Hakone Hachiri,