West Izu ー
西伊豆
Beautiful beach of the inlet and hot springs:
The Izu Peninsula is located to the south of Hakone, and it is the warmest area in the East Japan under the influence of the warm current and close to Tokyo geographically, the whole peninsula has been developed into a spa resort with many hot springs on it. West Izu is not a big tourist area, but there are a few scenic spots such as the shore, the cliff and the inlet extending, and the view of Mount Fuji can be seen from everywhere, which is its characteristic.
Now
The view of Mt. Fuji is now the best.
Access and Getting Around
Because the Shinkansen and the expressway, the Japanese main artery, which link Osaka to Tokyo, go through the gate city of the peninsula, it is really convenient to get there. A train of the Izu-Hakone Line runs from Mishima Station to Shuzen-ji Onsen, and then a bus takes you to the destination. In addition, the sight-seeing from the sea by Cruise is the highlight of the tour here. Mishima City and Shimoda City located in the southernmost part of the peninsula are the gates of the West Izu.
By train
45 minutes from Tokyo Station to Mishima Station by the Tokaido Shinkansen with many train services.
By car
2 hours from Tokyo Station to Mishima Station. ＊Refer to Shimoda.
Features
-Onsen(Hot Spings) -Sea View
Dogashima is a hot spring resort in the center of West Izu,where sea clifsf and sea caves formed by the eruption of the submarine volcano can be seen.It is also basic spot of the Cruise ship to the shore of West Izu.It offers abundant lodging facilities with various spa hotels....
-Historic Sites
Matsuzaki is the only plain town in mountainous West Izu, and the outer walls of the storehousesas the cityscape were made to prevent fire, to insulate and to proof damp in the Meiji period.Chohachi Art Museum and Iwashina Elementary School are the tourist attractionsthat are worth stopping by while walking along the street....
-Historic Sites
The building was an elementary school which was built in 1880,a combination of Japanese, Western and Chinese architecture.It is surprising that such a splendid elementary school was built insuch a small town in that time....
-Culture
It is the art museum where the works of Chohachi of the Edo period incising "the iron pictures"on the wall to decorate white walls are displayed.Though it is not a big museum, a plaster iron picture of the Japanese folk craft is preciously seen only here,and art museum in itself is decorated with technique of the plasterand it is a unique building which is interesting at all.Those who are interest...
-Onsen(Hot Spings)
It is an outdoor bath of Osawa Onsen Village which is in a little inner side of the town of Matsuzaki.A large quantity of hot springs gush out while making a sound of dropping waterfrom the bottom of the bathtub where a rock is dug, which makes feel a genuine hot spring.A cliff and the outdoor bath in the mountain stream of the river are totally like the jewel of nature.The facilities are separate...
-Historic Sites
In the hand-drilling quarry of the Edo period, there is a passage in a cave with the electricityand the cave is tasteful of exploration.When you pass through the tunnel, you can see an inlet,and it is good that you can see Mount Fuji suddenly....
-Sea View
It is a group of beach at the small inlet on the West Izu shore.There are many popular beaches on the Izu Peninsula, but because it is close to Tokyo, it is crowded.But this area is a little-known beach where tourists can spend time more relaxinglybecause it is not a big beach and it is inconvenient to get.There are no big hotels, tourists have to stay at Minshuku (a Japanese-style private lodging...
-Sea View
Ushitsuki Rock is in fact two rocks on the offshore of the Kumomi shore,and a Shimenawa or Shinto straw festoon is put between two rocksand becomes an object of the worship of local people.Kumomi is popular with divers, and though the water of Ushitsuki Rock area is shallow,it is the diving spot by the topography because there are many changes the rocks.On the sightseeing boat from Dogashima, it c...
-Sea View
It takes 15 minutes to walk on a small pass from Kumomi to Senganmon,which is a huge rock of 30 meters high with a tunnel in the middle of it.Its snorkel is popular.It is on the route of the sightseeing boat from Dogashima...
-Sea View
It is a mountain of 163 meters above sea level extending out in the sea of the Kumomi village.The beautiful shore of Kumomi Shoreline seen from the shrine on the mountaintop is wonderful....
Accommodation around West Izu
