Japanese Castle on the Way to Hakkone
ODAWARA CASTLE
小田原城
Odawara Castle (小田原城) was a castle originally built in the mid 15th century for the famous Omori family. It is, however, more famous for being the residence for the Odawara Hojo Clan, which was one of the most powerful clans at the time. They used Odawara Castle as a base to control the region around modern-day Tokyo.
After lots of history and events of being demolished and rebuilt, the castle tower has been restored due to the towns people's love and loyalty. Now it's becoming a popular spot for tourists to stop by on their way to Hakone and a great place to see large areas of cherry blossoms, hydrangea, plum blossoms, Japanese wisteria and more!!✿❀✿
📅🌼Flower Calendar🌺📅
Plum blossom: late Jan ~ late Feb
Cherry blossom: late March ~ early April
Azalea: mid April ~ early May
Japanese wisteria: late April ~ early May
Iris: late May ~ late June
Hydrangea: early June ~ late June
Lotus: mid July ~ mid Aug.
After having a few drinks and enjoying the cherry blossom festival we went inside the castle tower.
Little were we expecting everything to be in Japanese,
so for that reason, I'm going to explain a few main things I learned from inside.
*There is an "Odawara Castle Tour Guide App" that you can download,
and it will give you some information about the things on display
in English and a few other languages.
However, the descriptions are really limited so it was a bit disappointing.
Go to the top of the tower and there will be an observation deck. On the way to the top though you go through 5 floors, explaining first the history of Odawara Castle, then to how it was demolished by earthquakes and left to nothing but ruins. It wasn't until years later they finally decided to reconstruct the castle. The view from the top is really pretty and it's nice because there are no gates up high in front of you getting in the way of taking pictures.
Due to time, we only went into the castle tower, however, we plan on coming again for a different flower season and check out the other museums/galleries.
🏯Odawara Castle (小田原城;Odawarajo)
🚉Odawara Station
Access: Just under 2000ft (600m) from station
Go out the East Exit and once outside go right. Keep walking until the road splits and go left.
Walk a bit and there will be an opening to the Odawara Castle Park (on the right side) and go in there! 🙂
⏰9am~5pm (entry until 4:30pm)
Closed on Dec 31 & Jan 1
*Castle Tower is also closed on the 2nd Wednesday of December
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Single tickets:
Castle Tower: 500yen・200yen
Tokiwagi Gate (samurai gallery): 200yen・60yen
Rekishi Kenbun (Observation) Museum: 300yen・100yen
Set tickets:
Castle Tower & Tokiwagi Gate: 600yen・220yen
All 3: 700yen・250yen
Details
NAME:Odawara Castle (小田原城; Odawarajo)
MAP
Jonai, Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture
ACCESS:Odawara Station
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