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Hakone Tozan Train (Mountain-Climbing Railroad Line), which is rare in Japan, is boarded from Hakone Yumoto, the gateway to Hakone.
Hakone Tozan Railway is Japan's only full-fledged mountain railway, which opened in 1919.
Various ingenuity has been given so as not to contradict the natural landscape.
The most unusual way is its mode of operation.
The mountain of Hakone is a considerable steep slope, so adopting a switchback system with less burden at Hakone Tozan Railway.
Carefully climb the mountain while bending the slope obliquely zigzag.
Various ingenuity has been given so as not to contradict the natural landscape.
The most unusual way is its mode of operation.
The mountain of Hakone is a considerable steep slope, so adopting a switchback system with less burden at Hakone Tozan Railway.
Carefully climb the mountain while bending the slope obliquely zigzag.