What to See in Odawara - Top Sights and Attractions

Storied castle with exhibits and artifacts. Odawara Castle is a landmark in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

Museum in Odawara, Japan. The Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The museum has an extensive geology section, and focuses on the flora and fauna of Kanagawa prefecture.

The museum is open from 9:00 to 4:30, and closed on Mondays and the second Tuesdays of the month (except national holidays, when they close the day after), and during the New Year's period.^[2]

Mount Ishigaki is a mountain located in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture. The altitude is 241 meters. It was designated as a national historic site in 1959.^[3]

Shinto shrine in Odawara, Japan. Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine dedicated to Ninomiya Sontoku and is located in the City of Odawara in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.^[4]

Gora Park is located in Hakone-cho, Ashigarashita-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture, and is operated by Hakone Tozan Railway Co. It is a registered national monument.

Temple in Odawara, Japan. Shōfuku-ji is a Shingon sect Buddhist temple located in the northeastern portion of the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is more popularly known as the Iizumi Kannon, after its primary object of worship. Shōfuku-ji is the 5th temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in the Kantō region of eastern Japan to the Bodhisattva Kannon.^[5]

Sounji Temple is a temple of the Daitokuji school of the Rinzai sect, located in Yumoto, Hakone-cho, Ashigarashita-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture. The name of the temple is Kinyuzan. The main deity is Shakyamuni Buddha. The temple contains the tombs of five generations of the Go-Hojo clan and a monument to the renga poet Sogi. There is an inkstone box with a woven cloth cover, a portrait of Soun Hojo, and portraits of Ujitsuna and Ujiyasu Hojo, which are designated by the prefecture as important cultural properties.

Sontoku Memorial Hall is an educational facility located in Kayayama, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Railway station. Shimo-Soga Station is a passenger railway station located in the northeastern part of the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company.^[6]

Junior college in Odawara, Japan. Odawara Women's Junior College is a private women's junior college in Odawara Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Established in 1956, the school specializes in nutrition studies and child care.^[7]