Sainokawara

"This group of stone Buddhas and towers are located on the shore of Lake Ashi. It was once said that the Hakone Pass was one of the most difficult points on the Tokaido Highway, and that it was even a part of Hell. People who prayed for safe travels believed in Jizo, and many stone Buddhas and pagodas were built along the shore of Lake Ashi to pray for safety. The name comes from the fact that the stone towers along the lakeside look like ""Sai no kawara"" or children's limbo in Hell. Many of them were lost as time went on, leaving them in their present form."