See
Sights, viewpoints, gardens and landscapes on the Izu Peninsula.
Jogasaki Coast: lava cliffs and the Kadowaki suspension bridge
A short walk along black volcanic cliffs between Izu-Kogen and Ito, with a 48-metre suspension bridge over the surf.
Kawazu Nanadaru: walking the Seven Waterfalls and the teahouses on the way
A forest trail of about one kilometre past seven waterfalls in the Kawazu valley, from the 30-metre Odaru to the loop bridge.
Ryugu Sea Cave: Shimoda's heart-shaped skylight
A sea-eroded cave whose collapsed roof forms a skylight about 50 metres across, heart-shaped when seen from the path above.
Shirahama Ohama: Shimoda's great white beach
Shimoda's largest beach, with white sand, turquoise water and a torii on the rocks at its northern end.
Shimoda Park (Joyama Park): harbour views and hydrangeas
A wooded hill above Shimoda's harbour, best known for one of Japan's largest hydrangea displays every June.
Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace: a World Heritage site from the 1850s
Twin brick chimneys built in the 1850s to cast cannon, now part of the 'Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution' World Heritage listing.
Tokaikan: a 1928 wooden ryokan on Ito's river
A three-storey wooden inn from 1928, now open to visitors, with carved details, a tower room and a weekend public bath.
Shuzenji: the bamboo forest path, the temple and the autumn leaves
Izu's classic onsen town: a 300-metre bamboo path by the Katsura river, a temple said to date from 807, and maples in November.
Mount Omuro: a grassy volcano you can walk around
A perfectly round 580-metre volcano near Izu-Kogen: chairlift to the top, a one-kilometre crater rim walk and the February grass burning.
Kawazu Bagatelle Park: a Parisian rose garden in Izu
A sister garden of the Bagatelle rose garden in Paris, with about 6,000 roses of 1,100 varieties in a French formal layout.
Inatori Hosono Highlands: silver grass in autumn
A 125-hectare upland above Inatori where pampas grass (susuki) turns silver and gold from October to November.
ACAO FOREST (Akao Herb & Rose Garden) and Kengo Kuma's COEDA HOUSE
Terraced gardens on a cliff south of Atami, with a glass-walled café by Kengo Kuma overlooking the Pacific.
Osezaki: Kamiike pond, ancient junipers and Mount Fuji across the bay
A one-kilometre spit at the north-west tip of Izu with a freshwater pond beside the sea, a juniper forest and famous dive sites.
The former Yoda residence, Matsuzaki: the Izu home of a Hokkaido pioneer
A farmhouse of more than 300 years in Matsuzaki, once the family home of Yoda Benzo, founder of Obihiro in Hokkaido.
A day in Atami from Tokyo: the plum garden, a 2,000-year-old camphor tree and the MOA Museum
Forty minutes from Tokyo by Shinkansen: Kinomiya Shrine and its sacred camphor tree, the Atami Plum Garden, the MOA Museum of Art and an evening bath by the sea.
Nishi-Izu by bus: Dogashima's sea caves, Koganezaki's golden cliffs and Matsuzaki
Izu's quiet west coast: boat trips into Tensodo cave, the tombolo at low tide, sunset at Cape Koganezaki and the old merchant town of Matsuzaki, with bus times from Shuzenji.
Shimoda in a day: Perry Road, Ryosenji, the ropeway and the black ship harbour
Where Japan's isolation ended: a walking day in Shimoda from the station to Ryosenji temple and Perry Road, up the ropeway and out to the beaches and the Ryugu sea cave.