Chōkoku-no-mori Station (彫刻の森駅, Chōkokunomori-eki) is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 14.3 rail kilometers from the line's terminus at Odawara Station, named after Hakone Open-Air Museum.
 Chōkoku-no-mori Station 彫刻の森駅 | |||||||||||
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 Exterior of Chōkoku-no-mori Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Ni-no-Taira-aze, Kitabatake 1204-6, Hakone, Ashigarashimo, Kanagawa （神奈川県足柄下郡箱根町二ノ平字北畑１２０４－６） Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Hakone Tozan Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hakone Tozan Line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1919 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Ni-no-Taira (until 1972) | ||||||||||
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History edit
Chōkoku-no-mori Station was opened on June 1, 1919 as Ni-no-Taira Station (二ノ平駅, Ninotaira-eki). It was renamed to its present name on March 15, 1972 on the opening of the nearby Hakone Open-Air Museum of modern sculpture.
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Building edit
Chōkoku-no-mori Station has two opposed side platforms.
Platforms edit
| 1 | ■ Hakone Tozan Line | Eastbound (For Hakone-Yumoto, Odawara) and Westbound (For Gōra) |
| 2 | ■ Hakone Tozan Line | (closed) |
Bus services edit
- Hakone Tozan Bus
- for Kowaki-en (transfer for Moto-Hakone (Lake Ashi) direction), Yunessun, and Ten-yu[1]
- for Hakone-Yumoto Station via Kowakidani Station, Miyanoshita, and Ohiradai Station[1]
- for Gora Station, Gora Park, Hakone Art Museum (Kōen-Kami Station), Pola Museum of Art, The Little Prince and Saint-Exupéry Museum, Senkyoro-mae (transfer for Togendai (Lake Ashi)), Hakone Venetian Glass Museum, Sengoku (transfer for JR Gotemba Station and Shinjuku Station), Lalique Museum, and Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands[2]
- for Gora Station, Miyagino (transfer for Togendai (Lake Ashi)), Hakone Venetian Glass Museum, Sengoku (transfer for Shinjuku Station), Otome Toge, Gotemba Premium Outlets, and JR Gotemba Station[3]
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