Culture New York Lamp Museum & Flower Garden Kim Japan is home to a wide variety of special interest museums, and one of them is the New York Lamp Museum in Ito, Shizuoka Pre...
Activities Himenosawa Park Flower Festival 2024 Kim From late April to mid-May the azalea garden at Shizuoka's Himenosawa Park is in full bloom, and around 60,000 azaleas color ...
Culture Izu Chohachi Art Museum Peter Sidell In Matsuzaki on the Izu peninsula in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, this museum is dedicated to the works of Izu-no-Chohachi, a...
Accommodation Yutorelo Nishiizu Onsen Hotel, Toi Peter Sidell On the west coast of the Izu Peninsula in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Yutorelo Nishiizu is an elegant but affordable hotel, ...
Culture Atami Marine Fireworks Festival 2024 Kim The Atami Marine Fireworks Festival originally started in 1952 as a celebration of the area's reconstruction efforts after Ty...
Culture Inashimo-Jinja Shrine in Matsuzaki Peter Sidell In Matsuzaki on the Izu Peninsula, not far from Tokyo in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Inashimo-jinja is a shinto shrine with ...
Activities Nishi Izu Skyline Sherilyn Siy The Nishi Izu Skyline, dubbed the best cycle road in Izu, is an advanced cycling route that has become accessible to novice c...
Food Grinpia in Makinohara Samuel Richards In the heart of Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, Grinpia Makinohara is a green tea facility where you can enjoy tea pick...
Activities Atami Plum Garden Plum Festival 2025 Kim The Atami Plum Garden in Shizuoka is home to some of Japan's earliest blooming plum tree varieties. The annual plum festival ...
Culture Uehara Museum of Art, Shimoda Peter Sidell Near Shimoda on the Izu Peninsula in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, the Uehara Museum of Art is a beautifully situated museum, ...