Sightseeing Spot Spots in Nihondaira / Shizuoka Area

  • Sumpu Castle Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shizuoka prefecture Shizuoka-shi Aoi-ku Sumpu Castle Park 1
    Located near the site of Sumpu Castle, this park in Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City is currently well-known for its flowers. The park features a tea house, a grass square, and the Momijiyama Garden, notable for the autumn foliage of its trees. The park's Chinshoen garden features a statue of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in his later years, as well as a mandarin orange tree said to have been planted by Ieyasu himself. Visitors to the park can enjoy cherry blossoms in the spring, red spider lily in the fall, and winter sweet and flowering plums in the winter.
  • Kunozan Toshogu Shrine / Kuno Baien
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Suruga-ku Negoya 390
    This shrine and garden in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City is famous for many flowering plum and cherry blossom trees. This includes the Miwariume plum said to have been planted by Tokugawa Ieyasu himself. Visitors can enjoy seeing the grounds dyed pink from late December, when the early-flowering varieties bloom, to mid-April when the late-flowering varieties bloom. Set to the backdrop of Suruga Bay, the shrine and garden are one of the area's most scenic spots.
  • Hagoromo no Matsu Pinetree
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Miho
    This pine in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City serves as the vessel for the deities enshrined at Miho-jinja Shrine. Legend has it that this was the very tree that the celestial maiden in the Japanese legend of Hagoromo hung her feather robe. However, this is actually the third tree to go by this name. It took over for the rapidly withering second tree in 2010. The tree's location is connected to Miho-jinja Shrine by a 500 meter-long approach lined with pine trees known as the Kami no Michi (god's path).
  • The summit of Nihondaira
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Kusanagi
    "This is a scenic spot located at the border of Shimizu Ward and Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City. It indicates the area surrounding the peak of ""Mt. Udosan"" located close to the coast of Suruga Bay. You can get a view of Mt. Fuji, the Minami (South) Alps, and the town streets of Shimizu Ward. It is also a popular place for a night view spot.There is the Nihondaira Ropeway that runs to Kunozan Toshogu Shrine."
  • Sun-drying Cherry Prawns
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku
    This tradition of the Yui-Kanbara region you can see from spring (late March to early June) and fall (late October to late December). During the fishing season, sakura shrimp captured at Yui Port is naturally dried on the riverbed of Fuji River. During that time, you can see the riverbed tinged with the pink of sakura shrimp with Mt. Fuji as a backdrop. The period of natural drying is from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.. At around 2 p.m., the sakura shrimp which have finished drying are collected, so it's best to get there early. In order to perform the drying, it is necessary that sakura shrimp fishers went out the day before, and that the day of drying is a clear day.
  • Nihondaira
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Kusanagi
  • Osawagawa Kahan
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Otsubo 2-chome
  • Gotenyama Hiroba Sakura Suspension Bridge
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Kanbara
  • Sunpu Jo Park
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Aoi-ku Sunpu Jo Park 1
  • Mariko Umezono
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Suruga-ku Kitamariko 2-chome 39-15
  • Kuno Kaigan
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Suruga-ku Negoya
  • Nihondaira
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Mabase
  • Ikawa Daibutsu
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Aoi-ku Ikawa
  • Trial Park Kanbara
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Kanbara 5245-97
  • Kyutoukaidousattatouge
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Yuinishikurasawa

Shizuoka Areas

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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.

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