Hot spring supply resumed in Kanagawa Hakone Gora district.

Hot spring supply was resumed from the 12th in the entire Gora district, where the impact of typhoon No. 19 had stopped in Hakone Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, where hot spring supply to many inns was stopped.

Due to the heavy rain of Typhoon No. 19, the facilities and piping of the hot spring supply company broke down in Hakone, and the supply of hot springs was temporarily stopped at nearly 40% of the 265 hotels and inns in the town.

According to the Hakone Gora Tourism Association, as a result of the restoration work, the hot springs were revived one after another, and the hot spring supply was resumed from the 12th in the entire Gora area near the summit, which was particularly affected.

One of the inns in the Gora area, “Kuranoya”, in the morning of the 12th, was watched by employees, and a hot spring of about 50 degrees flowed into the tank for hot springs.

According to this ryokan, the number of visitors has fallen to about 60% of the average year, but is gradually recovering.

Hot springs have stopped in some areas of the town, but are scheduled to resume this month.

Toshinori Yamada, manager of “Kuranoya” said, “I'm really happy and pleased. It was hard for a month, but now I can tell you to come.”

Makoto Aoki of the Hakone Tozan Railway Hot Spring Office, which supplies hot springs, said, “At first, I didn't expect to be able to restore it so quickly.

Expected souvenir shop

As the hot springs revived during the autumn tourist season, there are growing expectations that local tourists will return.

A man who runs a liquor store in front of Gora Station said, “The mountain train cannot be restored and the number of customers is not good enough, but I think that many people know that the hot springs have revived and that it will be a sign that the customers will return.” I was talking.

A man who runs a souvenir shop said, “I'm glad that the hot spring was restored unexpectedly early.

A woman in her fifties who visited a couple from Choshi said, “I didn't know that the hot springs had stopped, but I was glad to return to it. It was.

A woman in her 70s visiting a couple from Hiroshima Prefecture said, “The bus to Gora was difficult after waiting about 50 minutes, but it was good to return to the hot spring. I want to enjoy not only the hot spring but also the autumn leaves.” It was.