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Hakone is a mountain town in [[Kanagawa prefecture]], famous for its [[onsen]] (hot springs), and for its [[Edo period]] ''[[sekisho]]'' (highway checkpoint). The checkpoint at Hakone, established in [[1619]], was one of the largest in the realm, and was considered a vital element of the security of the western entrance to the [[Kanto|Kantô]] region.

Hakone is a mountain town in [[Kanagawa prefecture]], famous for its [[onsen]] (hot springs), and for its [[Edo period]] ''[[sekisho]]'' (highway checkpoint). The checkpoint at Hakone, established in [[1619]], was one of the largest in the realm, and was considered a vital element of the security of the western entrance to the [[Kanto|Kantô]] region.

One of the larger [[shukuba|post-stations]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]], Hakone was home to six ''[[honjin]]''.<ref>Miyamoto Tsuneichi 宮本常一, ''Nihon no shuku'' 日本の宿, Tokyo: Shakai shisôsha (1965), 167.</ref>

One of the larger [[shukuba|post-stations]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]], Hakone was home to six ''[[honjin]]''.<ref>Miyamoto Tsuneichi 宮本常一, ''Nihon no shuku'' 日本の宿, Tokyo: Shakai shisôsha (1965), 167.</ref> In 1922, the checkpoint was designated a National Historical Property.<ref>Lee Jeong Mi, "Cultural Expressions of Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea: An Analysis of the Korean Embassies in the Eighteenth Century," PhD dissertation, University of Toronto (2008), 161.</ref>

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