History / Culture / Tour Spots in Nihondaira / Shizuoka Area

  • Shizuoka Sengen-jinja Shrine
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    4.0
    187 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Aoi-ku Miyagasakichou 102-1
    Shizuoka Sengen-jinja Shrine in Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, is the collective name for three separate shrines, Kanbe-jinja Shrine, Sengen-jinja Shrine, and Otoshimioya-jinja Shrine. Main events are the February setsubun festival, a Shinto ritual which drives out evil spirits, which has been designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Shizuoka City, and the huge Hatsukaesai festival held in April. The shrine was known to be the local shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu and draws lots of tourists.

    They have seven shrines together at the same place, and each shrines have their own powers. I thought it was so interesting. The location is also good, about twenty minute walk from Jr Shizuoka...

  • Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
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    4.0
    97 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Suruga-ku Yada 53-2
    This art museum in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City contains works from local Shizuoka artists including modern sculptures, ukiyo-e wood block prints, and Nihonga paintings as well as both eastern and western landscape paintings from the 17th century onwards. The Rodin Wing has many works of art by master Rodin, including his famous piece, The Thinker. Their permanent collection includes not just works of art but a wide variety of exhibitions including excavated historical relics. They also hold workshops giving you the chance to create your own works of art.

    I really enjoyed my visit to the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. The sculpture park was a lovely stroll and the special exhibition that was on at the time I was there was very interesting...

  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art
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    4.0
    77 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Aoi-ku Kouyamachi 17-1 Aoi Tower 3F
    This art museum in Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City is an urban art museum that does not focus on any particular genre of art and throughout the year hold many special exhibitions and events. Along with appreciating the pieces of art there is a cafe and a multi-purpose room almost the same size as the gallery. It is used for all variety of events. On rainy days you can get to the museum from Shizuoka Station without needing to get wet.

    I was surprised to see this directly across from the train station, but what was better they had an exhibit that was outstanding, though a visiting exhibit, if this is their quality, then check it...

  • Kunozan Toshogu Museum
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    4.0
    52 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Suruga-ku Negoya 390 Kunozan Toshogu Shrine
    This history museum in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City is attached to the Kunozan Toshogu Shrine which enshrines Tokugawa Ieyasu. The exhibitions focus on the treasures of Kunozan Toshogu Shrine. Everyday items of Tokugawa Ieyasu are also on display along with weapons and armor that he used as Shogun. The items from the permanent collection rotate throughout the year and the museum gives you the chance to physically experience famous belongings of the Tokugawa Shoguns.

    Not only Kunousan Toshogu Shrine but also the Museum was a thing of beauty. The items on display were extraordinary. The center piece was a golden clock out of Europe which was a gift from a Spanish...

  • Shizuoka City Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum
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    4.5
    49 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Suruga-ku Toro 5-10-5
    This art museum, situated inside the Toro Park, is located at 5-Chome, Toro, Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City. Housed in this museum are around 800 works of Serizawa Keisuke, a holder of the title of Important Intangible Cultural Property, a so called national treasure, who was a dyer from Shizuoka City. The museum also has over 4500 artisanal works from around the world that he collected. The museum rotates the works on display three times a year. On Sundays and holidays when the museum is open, Serizawa Keisuke's residence moved from Tokyo, is open for public viewing

    Tried to squeeze this in before returning to Tokyo. Wished we had had more time,as his work was outstanding and varied. TAXI WARNING. It’s a bit off the beaten track,so we asked the museum to phone...

  • Miho-jinja Shrine
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    3.5
    58 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Miho 1073
    This shrine in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City is said to be connected to the Hagoromo no Matsu Pinetree of the picturesque wood block print Miho no Matsubara Pine Grove. Running from the front of the shrine is a road lined with Hagoromo no Matsu Pinetree known as 'The Path of the Gods'. An annual festival is held on November 1st during which a shrine maiden performs the Hagoromo no Mai Dance on a stage at the shrine.

    A small, non-descript shrine located in front of the boardwalk through the pine trees to Miho beach.

  • Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Yui 297-1
    This art museum in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City is located on the former site of a government inn in Yui-Shuku, one of the stops along the old Tokaido main road, and is now an art museum collecting the works of Utagawa Hiroshige. Some of his most famous scenery wood-block prints are on display including The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido Edition), The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo from his later years. Special exhibitions are held as well as events such as lectures and gallery-talks.

    We are huge Hiroshige fans,so the day trip from Tokyo was almost like a pilgrimage. We thoroughly enjoyed our 50 mins there. Informatively presented in good English. However,the cost in time and...

  • Shizuoka Prefecture Gokoku Shrine
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Aoi-ku Yunoki 366
    This shrine in Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City was established in 1899 and is dedicated to those from Shizuoka Prefecture who fell in battle or followed their master to the grave between the Meiji Restoration and WW2. The second floor of the shrine office is an exhibition hall where articles of the deceased are on display. In August a special lantern festival is held in which lanterns are lit to show appreciation for the spirits of the deceased.

    遺族会で、8月に2回、団体で正式参拝したことがあり、女房殿は、初めて参拝する。東静岡の近くのお山のすそのに鎮座する戦没者を祀った神社である。平日の雨上り、本殿に向かう参道の左右の芝生が眩しいです。8月の万灯みたま祭には、戦没者の芳名と寄付する当人の名前が書かれた盆提灯が沢山つるされている風景は立派であり壮観です。小生の父親の長兄も満洲に出征し、最後は、ガム島で玉砕していますので、遺族のはしくれとし...

  • Seikenji Temple
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    4.0
    35 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Okitsuseikenjichou 418-1
    This temple in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City belongs to the Myoshin-ji School of Rinzai Sect Buddhism where the Gautama Buddha is the principle focus of worship. It is said the temple was first established during the Nara Period and was revived as a Zen Buddhist temple during the Kamakura Period. It is also said that Tokugawa Ieyasu studied here briefly as a child on his way to being held hostage by the Imagawa family. Along with the grounds and garden which have been respectively designatednational Historic Site and Places of Scenic Beauty you will see many other Cultural Properties of Japan including a temple bell and historical texts.

    日曜日、富士宮仕の市長、市義会議員の選挙に半日、午前中、立ち会いをして、かなり疲れました。午後、清水に用事で、出かけました。清見寺に参拝しました。道路側の駐車場に車を駐車する。寺まで、かなり急こう配ですが、重たい足を引きずって、少し参拝しました。

  • Shizuoka City Toro Museum
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    4.0
    50 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Suruga-ku Toro 5-10-5
    "This museum is located with ""Special Ruins Toro Remains"", a farming village from the Yayoi period. Divided into themes of ""Toro Town and Rice-Farming"", and ""Remembering Toro Remains"" (history of Toro Regains), there are displays of unearthed artifacts discovered in the Toro Remains. The regular exhibit on the second floor introduces you to the Yayoi culture which developed in Toro town, which was a farming village focused on paddy rice-farming. In the ""Yayoi Experience Exhibit"" on the first floor, you can get a real sense of the lifestyle of the Yayoi period through a recreation of buildings such as the altar."

    駐車場から登呂遺跡に向かうまでにある、遺跡からの出土品などを展示している博物館です。住居のレプリカなどもあって登呂遺跡および弥生時代を分かり易く説明・展示していました。登呂遺跡に行く前にこちらの博物館を見学されてはと思います。

  • Tokai University Marine Science Museum / Natural History Museum
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    3.5
    23 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Miho 2389
    This aquarium in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City was established by Tokai University's Social Education Center to further the efforts of social education. Tokai University's Oceanography Department also uses the facility to conduct educational of the ocean. The facility is split into two areas, the Aquarium in which a wide variety of sea life is bred and raised, and the Science Museum where you can have fun learning about the sea. There is also a museum shop where you can purchase souvenirs.

    東海大学の自然系博物館です。近くには水族館もありセット入場券ごお得です。 中はそんなに広くないのですが、細かく色々と展示されていて面白いです。 また3階は恐竜の化石が展示されているのですが迫力がありました。

  • The Shizuoka City Miho no Matsubara Culture & Creativity Center
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Miho 1338-45

    羽衣神社を見た後、久しぶりに当該センターに入館する。美保関連の展示物や、映像でもみれるようになっているので、理解しやすいです。売店んが併設されており、土産物品が売られており、少し小物を購入しました。案内の方と、少し、郷土史のことで話をしました。

  • Verkehr Museum
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Minatocho 2-8-11
    "This museum about ships and the port is located along the Shimizu Marine Road. On display are models of boats connected with Shimizu Port, ship-related items necessary for setting sail, and freight-loading tools used by dock workers. Centering on the theme of Shimizu Port-designated as a Specially Important Port/Core International Port-the birth of the port, the history and connections of the region, and the history of people with the ocean are described. It is loving called ""Verkehr"", the German word for ""transportation."" At the jointly connected ""Kanzume Memorial"", they provide explanations about the canning industry of Shizuoka and Shimizu, which began with the manufacture of tuna fish oil canned goods."

    LEIPZIG..... ...jedes Dorf hat eine bessere Infrastruktur, als diese Stadt... VERKEHRSCHAOS PUR Kaum eine Straße ohne Baustelle!!!

  • Birthplace of Jirocho
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Minowachou 4-16
    This historical childhood home of Shimizu Jirocho is in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City, located right on Jirocho Street. Here you can find on display photographs of Jirocho and his close associates Omasa and Komasa, as well as tools that he frequently used, in perfectly preserved rooms like the living room. Souvenirs are also available for purchase and the popular Victory-Cards are said to grant any wish.

    Yes this is worth a visit here as we found it so when we visited here as a small group of three - showing a glimpse of local history

  • Ryugeji Temple
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Muramatsu 2085
    "This Nichiren sect temple was founded by Nichigon Jonin, who was the nephew of Omannokata, a concubine of Ieyasu, in 1670. The appearance of Mt. Fuji from the eastern foot of Mt. Udoyama is beautiful, and because this wonderful view is one of the landscape scenes representative of Japan, it is praised as ""a famous temple in Tokai"". In the precinct, there is a Shumisen-style garden, ""Kanpuen"", which is arranged to have the roof of the main hall appear as Mt. Fuji and a man-made mound as Mt. Udoyama. The sotetsu cycad trees, which are recognized as a National Natural Monument, the gravestone of Takayama Chogyu, and ""Tera Cafe & Shop"", which sells charms and eco-candles. are also worth a look."

    清水に来ると機会があれば龍華寺に参拝します。以前、投稿した中で”龍華寺”の名前を、静岡をはじめ全国に多くある”蓮華寺”と混同して投稿してしまい陳謝致します。寺の拝観料400円を払い、庭園の池から本殿に参拝す。宝物殿は何回も見ているが、中国の陶器のラクダの置物が好きです。そして境内にある大きな古いソテツを看る。いつ来ても新鮮!で、散策を楽しんでいます。

  • Togepposaiokuji Temple
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Suruga-ku Mariko 3316
    "This is the place that Socho, a renga poet from the late Muromachi period, built his thatched hut. In the precinct of the temple known as ""Togeppo"", there is a scenic-style garden which expertly includes Mt. Tenchu and Mt. Marikofuji. The hall was built by Imagawa Ujichika, father of Imagawa Yoshimoto, after he became a kokushu daimyo and abandoned his public interests. Then, it is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu renovated it out of fear of its degradation, such that currently, it is designated as scenic ruins. It is famous as a great place for viewing the moon, since the moon rising above the bamboo made to look like Higashiyama of Kyoto makes for an excellent view."

    庭が美しい位しか予備知識が無く、特に期待もしていなかったが、なかなか良い所だ。 拝観料を払うと中に通され、女性が説明してくれるが、歴史好きの自分には興味をそそられる話が多く庭や展示物を興味深く眺める事が出来た。 別の方も書いている通り、寺社の雰囲気は少なく別荘の様だ。 そして庭を眺めると、遠くの山や枯れた滝等、風景を一部にした景観に感心させられる。 庭木は高いものが多く、空が狭い。 その為月を...

  • Shizuoka Science Museum RU KU RU
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Suruga-ku Minamichou 14-25 S-Patio 8-10 F
    A science museum in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City. The name RU KU RU comes from the ending of the Japanese words See (miRU) Listen (kiKU) Feel (sawaRU) which is the motto of the museum. They offer hands-on facilities where you can experience science up close as well as events such as Science Shows and chemistry classes.

    静岡駅南口にあるビル。 静岡科学館るくるがあります。 他にもオフィスビルや一階には飲食店、二階にはクリニックと、いろいろありの駅近複合ビルです。

  • "Yui Honjin Memorial Hall ""Miyukitei"""
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Yui 297-1 Yui Honjin Park
    "This is a Memorial Hall within ""Yui Honjin Park"" located in the center of Yui. In an area of Yui-shuku, the 16th post town counting from Nihonbashi, the separated room in which Emperor Meiji took a brief repose is recreated. In the traditionally Japanese-style construction, there is a kitchen and a tea room ""Yuijinsai"", so you can relax in this place removed from daily commotion. If you make a reservation one month or more in advance, you can have powdered green tea in a tasteful and elegant tea room (separate fee). On the north side, there is a garden said to be made by Kobori Enshu."

    由比本陣内にある日本庭園です。小さいながらも池や石橋、紅葉と魅力満載です。狭い通路の奥には社があります。

  • Toro Archeological Site
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    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Suruga-ku Toro 5-chome 10
    This special historical site in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City is the location of an ancient Yayoi Period village and rice paddy, and has been designated a National Special Historical Site. It was discovered when constructing a factory during WW2 and was further excavated after the conclusion of the war. Through further investigation they discovered the remnants of a rice paddy and a dugout pit dwelling. It is now maintained as part of Toro Park, the dwelling has been restored to original state, and it is adjacent to the Shizuoka City Toro Museum.
  • Koike Residence
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Shizuoka-shi Shimizu-ku Yui Terao 464-9
    "The main building of the Koike family, who served many years as a lord in the Yui region. ""Lord"" is a representative rank of the Murakata three roles, who executed official policy within the village. Lords were called ""Shoya"" in the western part of the country, and they bore an important responsibility as the contact between the supporting organizations of the manor lord and the farmers. The exterior appearance speaks to the image of civilians' homes in the Terao region, with its low tiled roof, a main door with a side, and a lattice. The interior features a room divided into a pounded dirt entrance area and four 10-square-meter rooms. The surrounding stone wall maintains the beauty from 100 years back, communicating the feeling of old civilian homes to the present."

    興津川最下流部の砂浜に、四駆軽トラで、ズルズルと乗り入れ、石を30ヶ位拾い、さった峠経由で、由比港に行く途中、久しぶりに、当該邸宅に立ち寄る。ボランティアの案内の女性が、小さな庭にある”水琴窟”に案内くだされ、この世の音とは思われない、素晴らしい音色を訊き、感謝す。車は、対面に5台くらい無料駐車できます。入館料も無料です。近所の年寄りの寄り合いどころみたいな感じで、人定尋問?される。ここの建物は...

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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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