Izu Peninsula’s oldest shrine, with a history stretching back 2,400 years. The precincts are home to a sacred tree about 2,000 years old, and behind them Shirahama Beach opens onto a striking vermi...

Gyokusen-ji is a temple which became the first US consulate in Japan established by the first American consul general, Townsend Harris. The temple grounds contain the Townsend Harris Museum, which has...

This is where the signing ceremony of the Japan-US Peace Treaty was held led by Commodore Perry.

Features a memorial hall and the grave of “Okichi,” the tragic heroine who was caught up in the drama of Japan’s opening to the West.

Chorakuji Temple is the location of the signing of the 1854 Treaty of Shimoda which established diplomatic relations between Japan and Russia.