Miniature Chochin
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 | Chochin is a Japanese lantern.
It's made of thin bamboo stick and paper. Odawara used to be famous as
Odawara chochin. Travelers dropped by Odawara and bought chochins to pass
over Hakone mountains. | | | There used to be a barrier called Sekisyo in Hakone. Hakone was the most
important place to guard Edo metropolis. It was very hard to pass over
Hakone mountains in edo era when train or car didn't exist. Chochin was
inevitable for a traveler. | |  | |
| Hakone's famous sightseeing spots are printed. Have you ever visited any
of these places? |
 |  |  | | Mt. Fuji and Ashinoko. | Famous sightseeing place, Hakone | Owakudani | |