Tsumekizaki Promenade

Follow the coast from Susaki Fishing Port along a varied promenade and walk to the popular Cape Tsumekizaki. You can enjoy three routes: the shoreline, rocky stretches, and mountain paths.

Suzaki

Tarai Misaki Promenade

A scenic promenade runs from Tagu Coast through Tarai Misaki and Ounohama to Kyukamura Minami-Izu.It also features many attractions, including Ryugukutsu Cave and Ongunjima.

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Green Area Promenade

Walking along the promenade, visitors can enjoy views of the winding coastline and look at the many subtropical plants, wild birds, insects, and other plants and animals in the area. Features a large ...

Suzaki

Benten Island

Bentenshima Island is where Yoshida Shoin tried to board the Black Ships. Although it’s called an “island,” it’s connected to the mainland and has no bridge. It’s also a geosite, where you can see ...

Kakisaki

Tsumeki Cape

Cape Tsumekizaki is also known for its large fields of daffodils. A well-maintained promenade leads from the parking lot; a ten-minute walk brings you to spectacular views. The vast ocean seen fro...

Suzaki

Gyokusen Temple

Gyokusenji Temple in Kakisaki, Shimoda City, is a nationally designated historic site that preserves the story of Japan’s opening in the late Edo period. In 1856, when Townsend Harris arrived in Sh...

Kakisaki

Townsend Harris Museum

Harris Memorial Hall, located on the grounds of Gyokusenji Temple, displays valuable material related to the opening of Japan in the late Tokugawa period, including items connected to Townsend Harris,...

Kakisaki

Ryosen Temple

In 1854, when the Treaty of Peace and Amity between Japan and the United States was concluded and Commodore Perry’s squadron entered Shimoda to open the port, Ryosenji Temple served as Perry’s recep...

central Shimoda

Hofuku Temple

In 1854, during the negotiations that opened relations between Japan and the United States, this site served as the Japanese government’s headquarters and housed the Shimoda Bugyosho.Earlier, Katsu ...

central Shimoda

Choraku Temple

This temple hosted the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1854 after negotiations with Russian envoy, Vice Admiral Putyatin, and the following year it witnessed the exchange of ratifications for th...

central Shimoda

Peach blossoms

Hanamomo (flowering peach) has long been thought in China to ward off evil, and people began displaying it for the Peach Festival.At the Suzuki Residence, seeds were planted about 40 years ago and n...

Rendaiji

Somei-Yoshino

Along Inaosawa River near Izukyu-Shimoda Station, a 730-meter row of cherry trees lines the banks around Hongo Park.About 270 Somei Yoshino trees border a riverside promenade, their branches arching...

central Shimoda

Okichi-ga-fuchi

The Okichi-zakura that blooms at Okichi-ga-fuchi belongs to an early-blooming Oshima cherry strain. It was discovered in the 1920s and named in 1973. Its peak viewing season runs from mid-March to ear...

Rendaiji

Weeping Cherry Blossoms at Fukane Castle Ruins

The Fukane Castle Ruins, a designated cultural property of Shimoda City, are the remains of a fortified residence once ruled by a powerful local lord in the Muromachi period. Here grows a weeping ...

Inazusa

Weeping Cherry Blossoms at Hohon Temple

A large weeping cherry tree, estimated to be 200 years old, stands in the front garden of Hohonji Temple.About 15 meters tall with a spread of roughly 20 meters, this cherry is designated as the cit...

Inazusa

Kodai-ji Temple

About 300 rhododendrons of roughly 10 varieties grow together on the hillside behind Kodai-ji Temple.The flowers typically bloom around mid-April each year.The quiet, secluded setting makes the whit...

Rendaiji

hamayu

White hamayu flowers grow naturally beside Toji Sand Ski Resort and Ryugu Park, set against an emerald-green sea.The Tagoshi Hamayū Wild Plants Area is designated as a natural monument of Shizuoka. ...

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Shimoda Park

Shimoda Park offers panoramic views of the Shimoda city area and Shimoda Port. Every June, the Ajisai (Hydrangea) Festival fills the park with about three million hydrangea blooms, creating an overw...

central Shimoda