SEEING JAPAN BY MOTOR COACH.
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Important Roads that Provide an Opportunity for visiting Scenic Districts.
MIFF; Hakone Lake district in south eastern Japan, noted for its scenic beauty and for delightful views of Mount Fuji, is not directly accessible by rail, but is now being opened up by motor coaches. The national motor road from Tokyo to Kobe passes through the well-known resorts of Miyanoshita and Hakone. This road diverges from the railway at Odawara,
near sea-level, and rises to an elevation of 2,900 ft. in a little over 12 miles, descending to sea-level after another 18 miles and joining the railway at Numazu, mating a total length of highway of about 80 miles through the mountainous district.
Another principal road in the district is that from Miyanoshita to Goternba, on the main hue of the Govern Meat railways, a distance of about 17 miles. This highway reaches an elevation of 3,100 ft. at the point where it tunnels through a mountain range at Nagao-Toge (Long Trail Pass), midway between Miyanoshita and Goteraba.
These two principal _highways are open throughout the year and an excellent motor-coach service, controlled by the Fujiya Automobile Garage Co.; Is available throughout the district. This undertaking operate 37 buses and 85 touring cars, and run services from Mlyanoshita to Odawara, Yokohama, Numazu, Hakone, Atami and Ootetnba. During the present year they propose to begin the construction of a private motor road from Nagao-Toge along the ridge of the west side of Lake Hakone, to the village of Hakone, a distance of 8 miles.
Later, the road will be continued to Atami, a farther 12 miles. The entire 20 miles of highway will be 30 ft. wide and will be built of concrete. It will certainly be most popular from the point of view of motor traffic.