What this area is like
Odawara Castle has a rebuilt keep and a samurai museum, and the town is famous for kamaboko fish cakes. Manazuru is a small fishing peninsula with rocks offshore at its cape, and Yugawara is a hot-spring town mentioned in Japan’s oldest poetry collection.
Plan your visit
Odawara is about 35 minutes from Tokyo by Shinkansen; Yugawara is two stops further on the JR Tokaido Line.