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Kanagawa Hidden Gems

Vecina de Tokio y perfecta para una escapada de un día. El barrio chino de Yokohama, el Gran Buda de Kamakura junto al mar, y las aguas termales de Hakone con vistas al monte Fuji: metrópoli, templos y naturaleza a un paso de la capital.

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El flanco costero de Tokio: una capital samurái en Kamakura, una ciudad portuaria forjada por el comercio exterior y aguas termales en la caldera de Hakone.

Clima y mejor temporada

Templado y marítimo; veranos cálidos, inviernos suaves, nieve solo en las alturas de Hakone. Agradable todo el año.

Gastronomía típica

  • Shirasu (chanquetes)
  • Ramen ie-kei
  • Gastronomía del Chinatown de Yokohama
  • Kamaboko

Lugares emblemáticos

  • Gran Buda de Kamakura
  • Hakone y lago Ashi
  • Enoshima
  • Paseo marítimo de Yokohama
Shonan Beach — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Shonan

Shonan Beach

The Shonan coast (湘南, Shonan) stretches 30km from Fujisawa to Oiso, encompassing multiple beach towns that embody Japane…

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Updated Aug 2026
Enoshima Island — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Enoshima

Enoshima Island

Enoshima (江の島) is a small island (0.4km²) connected to the Shonan coast by a 600-meter bridge, crowned with shrines, bot…

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Updated Aug 2026
Yuigahama Beach — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Yuigahama Beach

Yuigahama Beach (由比ヶ浜) is Kamakura's main swimming beach, a 900-meter crescent of sand facing Sagami Bay with views to E…

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Updated Aug 2026
Sankeien Garden — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Sankeien Garden

Sankeien Garden (三溪園) is a sprawling 175,000-square-meter traditional Japanese garden created by silk merchant Tomitaro…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hasedera Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Hasedera Temple

Hasedera Temple (長谷寺) is a hillside Buddhist temple famous for its 9.18-meter wooden statue of Kannon (11-faced Goddess…

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Updated Aug 2026
Lake Ashi — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Kanagawa· Hakone

Lake Ashi

Lake Ashi formed when Mt. Kamiyama erupted roughly 3,000 years back, collapsing part of the mountain and damming the Hay…

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Updated Aug 2026
Pola Museum of Art — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Kanagawa· Hakone

Pola Museum of Art

Pola Museum sits 700 meters into Hakone's beech forest, connected to the road by a narrow access drive that discourages…

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Updated Aug 2026
Owakudani Valley — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Hakone

Owakudani Valley

Owakudani (大涌谷, 'Great Boiling Valley') is an active volcanic valley where sulfurous fumes vent from fissures in the roc…

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Updated Aug 2026
Old Tokaido Road — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Hakone

Old Tokaido Road

The Old Tokaido Road (旧東海道, Kyu Tokaido) is a preserved section of the historic highway that connected Edo (Tokyo) and K…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hakone Shrine — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Kanagawa· Hakone

Hakone Shrine

The torii gate standing in Lake Ashi's shallows is what phone cameras were invented for, but the shrine complex itself c…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hokokuji Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Hokokuji Temple

Hokokuji Temple (報国寺, 'Temple of Nation Protection') is a small Zen temple famous for its bamboo grove — over 2,000 moso…

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Updated Aug 2026

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