Kōen-Kami Station

Kōen-Kami Station (公園上駅, Kōen-Kami-eki) is a funicular railway station on the Hakone Tozan Cable Car Line in the town of Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by Hakone Tozan Railway.

Kōen-Kami Station 公園上駅
The station platforms in May 2009
General information
Location	Hakone, Ashigarashimo, Kanagawa （神奈川県足柄下郡箱根町） Japan
Operated by	Hakone Tozan Railway
Line(s)	Hakone Tozan Cable Car
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	1
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1921
Services
Preceding station Hakone Tozan Railway Following station Naka-Gōra towards Sōunzan Cable Line Kōen-Shimo towards Gōra
Location Kōen-Kami Station Location within Japan

Lines

Kōen-Kami Station is served by the Hakone Tozan Cable Car, and is 0.48 km from the line's starting point at Gōra Station.

Layout

The station has two opposed side platforms on either side of a single track. The station is unattended.

History

Kōen-Kami Station opened on December 1, 1921, with the opening of the Hakone Tozan Cable Car Line. It was named after "the upside of Gora Park".

On 1 April 2024, operations of the station came under the aegis of Odakyu Hakone resulting from restructuring of Odakyu Group operations in the Hakone area.^[1]

Bus services

• Bus stop "Hakone bijutsukan (Hakone Art Museum)" near this station (Hakone Tozan Bus).
  • for Gora Station, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kowaki-en, Yunessun, and Ten-yu^[2]
  • for 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 Gotemba Premium Outlets, JR Gotemba Station and Shinjuku Station), Lalique Museum, and Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands^[3]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan