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Meredith Lee, left, the new executive director of Hakone Estate and Gardens, poses with her predecessor, Shozo Kagoshima. “Stumbling into Beauty: Japan through a contemplative lens,” a ...

On Lake Ashi near Mount Fuji, a giant red-orange torii marks the entrance to the sacred ground surrounding Hakone Shrine (this is also the torii featured in the beginning of this post).

The latest JMA alert is based on new earthquakes recorded at Hakone since April 26th along with deformation of the land's surface at the volcano. On Tuesday May 6 alone, over 115 earthquakes were ...