Hakone Lake with Shinto gate

Abstract

Washington University: 19th Century Architectural Photography Collection; Hakone is a town located in Kanagawa ken (prefecture), south-central Honshu, Japan. It lies on the southern bank of Lake Ashino, in the caldera of the extinct volcano Mount Hakone. The town, a post station during the Tokugawa period (1603?1868), is now the tourist base for Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. A favourite hot-spring and sight-seeing resort, Hakone is well served by roads and railways. In this particular view of the lake, in the foreground stands a Shinto gate, and to the left is a man, facing toward the lake.Britannica Online