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Kawazu Bagatelle Park

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunkawaduchou Mine 1073

A French garden located in Kawazu Town, Kamo County, Shizuoka Prefecture which was created as a sister garden to the Bagatelle Park in Paris, France. Past the avenue of trees at the entrance to the park, visitors will find the park’s French Plaza, an area filled with a fountain and small villas modeled after the Palace of Versailles. The park is planted with 1,100 varieties and 6,000 individual rose plants and the bilaterally symmetrical park stretching into the distance looks like something out of an oil painting. There is also a café in the shop which serves popular rose soft serve ice cream and a shop selling rose-themed goods.
Norihama Beach

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunnishizuchou Nishina Sawada

This small bathing beach is about 150 meters long and located in Nishiizu Town, Kamo County, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is surrounded by a small island formed from the rock formations of Dogashima, and the vividly clear sea and rich natural scenery makes it a popular sight. The waves are gentle and there are always lifeguards around, so small children can enjoy themselves with no worry. This spot is popular with families during sea bathing season. There are beach huts and a parking lot as well. The Sawada Park open-air bath is also available about a five-minute walk away.
Kawazu Carnation Garden

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunkawaduchou Tanaka 11

Located in Tanaka, Kawazu Town, the Kawazu Carnation Garden is a facility that undertakes carnation cultivation and research. Kawazu Town and Higashiizu Town between them account for most of Shizuoka Prefecture’s carnation production. At the Kawazu Carnation Garden, visitors can view around 14,000 carnation flowers from approximately 360 varieties (including experimental varieties that are not yet available for purchase anywhere) in the greenhouses.
Crystal Beach

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunnishizuchou Ugusu Fukada

Crystal Beach is a 500 meter-long beach with clear water, and fine-grained, sparkling white sand. A breakwater offshore helps to ensure that the waves don’t get too high. Crystal Beach is adjacent to Ugusu Campsite, the largest beach camping ground on the Izu Peninsula, and in the summer months there is a lively atmosphere, with many families and young people visiting the beach. There is a comprehensive range of facilities, including showers, toilets and changing rooms.
Tatadohama Beach

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Shizuoka Pref. Shimodashi Kisami

This beach is popular for its 450 meters of white sand and transparent water, where the Japanese National Surfing Tournament takes place. The beach is also maintained all year round with warm showers. There are separate areas for surfing and swimming, and lifeguards are on duty at all times when the beach is open for swimming. There are also stores, restaurants and rental equipment available. The beach is open for swimming from mid-July to late August.
Sotoura Beach

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Shizuoka Pref. Shimodashi Kakisaki

"The mecca of sea kayaking, SDLJ is a beautiful beach, even selected as one of the ""Japan's Top 100 Sea Beaches"" chosen by the Ministry of the Environment. Since it is in the inlet, there are quiet spacious sand beaches even within Shimoda City, making it popular with families. There are also rocky shores on the sides of the inlet so you can enjoy the rocky shores as well."
REN VILLAGE by VILLAGE INC.

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunnishizuchou Tago Now mountain

This private camp located in Nishi-Izu serves only one group of campers per day. Campers can enjoy up-close views of the cobalt blue ocean and a grand natural setting almost as if they were on a desert island. The adjacent AQUA VILLAGE is another private camp, which also only serves one group per day. The camp, which features a private beach, feels like a secret base to be enjoyed with close friends.
Mera Marine Obstacle Course

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunminamizuchou Mera

During the swimming season from mid July to the end of August, sea athletics take the stage in the Mera Fishing Port. With a rich variety of athletic facilities, such as slides, water swings, and a diving board, it's a popular place for kids. And since it's in the bay, you can still have fun there even when other beaches are closed to swimmers. It also features showers, restrooms, changing rooms, and shops.
Nabetahama Beach

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Shimoda City Shizuoka Prefecture 5 chome

This swimming-only beach is the closest beach to Shimodacityarea. The beautiful ocean features high quality water, the waves are small, and the beach itself is a smaller scale, perfect for enjoying the rocky shores. As a nice, lesser-known beach, it is primarily utilized by local families. During the highseason from July to August every year, there are sea guards on watch.
Camp Koganezaki

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunnishizuchou Ugusu In Konagisaki Park

This camping ground is located at Cape Koganezaki in Kamo County, Shizuoka Prefecture. The camp is divided into bayside and forest side sites, with the former being famous for their closeup views of the ocean below. Campers at this well-equipped camping ground, which also offers cottages with kitchens and private showers and bathrooms, can enjoy activities such as playing in the bay.
Atagawa You Yu Beach

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunhigashizuchou Naramoto

"This beach is located close to Atagawa Hot Spring District of Kamo County, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a sand beach, where you can enjoy playing in the ocean with a wide view of the Izu Seven Islands. And there is a ""seaside pool"" and ""outdoor bath"" nearby, so many visitors and locals make use of this beach. Every year in August, the ""Beach Sports Tournament"" is held."
Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden (Separate Park)

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunhigashizuchou Naramoto 1255-4

This tropical fruit farm is located in Kamo County, Shizuoka. Visitors can view a variety of tropical fruit plans such as the farm's roughly 100 banana plants, as well as mango and papaya. They can also view tropical plants such as laceleaf. The farm, which is visited by many tourists, is home to a number of animals including alligators, giant tortoises, and red pandas.
Wonderful World

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Shizuoka Shimoda-shi Kisami 1882-29

This facility offering sea kayaking experiences in the waters off Minamiizu is located about a ten-minute drive from Izukyu-Shimoda Station on the Izu Kyuko Line. Their sea kayaking experiences offer participants the chance to enjoy extraordinary views from the ocean that they cannot normally see. The most popular program is the one-day cave exploration tour, which includes kayaking as well as lunch on a private beach, snorkeling, and bathing at a hot spring. Novice kayakers can rest assured as every participant is given a lecture on paddling, kayak handling, and safety before departure. It is also possible to step up to a more advanced request tour and paddling lesson.
Tsumekizaki Flower Park

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Shizuoka Shimoda-shi Suzaki

This botanical garden is located about a 10-minute drive from Izukyu-Shimoda Station on the Izu Kyuko Line. The garden is situated on Tsumekizaki Cape, a place of scenic beauty on the Suzaki Peninsula known for its colonies of wild daffodils. Visitors can enjoy seeing variety of seasonal flowers in full bloom including buttercups and daffodils from winter to spring, rape blossoms, tulips, daisies, and anemones in the spring, and scarlet sage and sunflowers in the summer. It is also possible to see many different tropical fruits and plants such as banana, papaya, bougainvillea, and takonoki (Pandanus boninensis) in the garden's greenhouse. There is even an unattended shop where visitors can purchase flowers.
Kawazu Blueberry Village

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Shizuoka Kamo-gun Kawazucho Kawazuikadaba 1519-1

This tourist farm is located about a 15-minute drive from Kawazu Station on the Izu Kyuko Line. Guests can enjoy eating all the blueberries they can pick for 40 minutes, from July 13th to around August 25th. Its massive nearly 10,000-square-meter grounds have been planted with around 1000 blueberry trees including varieties such as Home Bell and Woodard. The farm also sells packs of blueberries to take home, local produce, and other items. We also recommend their blueberry shaved ice topped with a refreshingly sweet blueberry syrup. Visitors can also feed the goats at the farm's mini goat ranch. The farm also offers barbequing (reservation required).
Ajo-Misaki Fureai Park

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Shizuoka Kamo-gun Nishiizucho Nishina 822-1

This park is located about a 90-minute bus ride from the Shuzenji Station on the Izuhakone Railway on the Tokai Bus Matzuaki Line and about a five-minute walk from the Nishina Shako bus stop. The park was developed in the neck of Cape Ajo, a national place of scenic beauty. It features a grassy space used for events, the Ajo no Ashiyu footbaths, and other facilities that make it a place for locals to relax and enjoy activities such as dog-walking, sandlot baseball, and soccer. There is also a promenade of about 3km from the Anjo Coast in the far reaches of the park to the tip of the cape, where the turtle shell-shaped Kamegoiwa Rock stands. Visitors can enjoy talking a walk while observing seaside vegetation such as beach vitex and Japanese silverleaf.
Tomyogasaki Promenade

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Shizuoka Kamo-gun Nishiizucho Futo

This roughly 3.2 kilometer-long promenade that connects the Futo Coast to the Tagosehama Coast is located a short distance from either the Tago Iriguchi bus stop or the Tago bus stop. As the walkway faces the sea, its biggest attraction is the amazing views which you can enjoy from the coastline, such as Suruga Bay andSanshiro Island, and beyond that its seaside location offers. Fields of seasonal flowers such as camellias and hydrangeas bloom profusely along the promenade, creating some of the most picturesque scenery in Nishiizu. The scenery is constantly changing, assuring that you never get tired of seeing it. The views from the observation deck are also magnificent.
Inatori Fureiai no Mori

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Shizuoka Kamo-gun Higashiizucho Inatori

This park is located just next to the Choei Grand bus stop about a five-minute bus ride from Izu-Inatori Station. The park is most notable for having a geoglyph of a dove made from flowering plants. It also has an observation deck located at an elevation of 239 meters that offers a sweeping view of Inatori Cape, the Pacific Ocean, and beyond. The park features a wide variety of facilities that can be enjoyed by families with children including a treehouse designed by Japan's foremost treehouse creator, who happens to be an Inatori native, as well as an obstacle course and a 50-meter-long slide. It also serves as a venue for cross country running and mountain biking competitions. Cherry blossoms can be seen from late March to early April.
Okawa Onsen Takegasawa Park

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Shizuoka Kamo-gun Higashiizucho Okawa

This park is located about a 20-minute walk northwest along the river from Izu-Okawa Station. The park was developed in the restored garden of an old home originally built in the Meiji period. The beautiful water of the park's clear pond earned it a spot on the list of Shizuoka Prefecture's 100 best waterfronts. Visitors can enjoy the seasonal scenery from the gazebo that stands on the side of the pond. A firefly watching event called Hotaru no Yube is held in mid-June every year. Attendees of the event can watch the genji-botaru fireflies fly (Luciola cruciata) while being guided by the park's staff.
Hokkawa Chikujoseki Park

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Shizuoka Kamo-gun Higashiizucho Hokkawa

This park is located north along the coast from Hokkawa Port about a five-minute drive from Izu-Hokkawa Station. It is situated inside of a hot spring inn district, making it an easy place to access while sightseeing. When the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu set about expanding Edo Castle, he commanded the tozama daimyo, a class of feudal lords considered to be outsiders, to gather stone for the castle's construction. It is believed that the stone used to build the castle's walls was quarried here on the eastern coast of the Izu Peninsula. This is the origin of the park's name. Visitors can see a massive four-ton stone on the park's grounds. Spending time relaxing while feeling the sea breeze is one of the park's biggest attractions.

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Shizuoka Areas

With the giant Pacific Ocean to the south and the great Mount Fuji to the north, Shizuoka prefecture is blessed with some of the best views the country has to offer. The white sand beaches of the Izu Peninsula are a rare find on mainland Japan, neighbored by beautiful cliffs, tumbling hills, and natural hot springs. As Japan’s largest producer of green tea, the age-old tradition of tea drinking is ubiquitous in Shizuoka, from the miles of tea fields to the old tea houses hosting traditional tea ceremonies.