Sightseeing
Explore the Unknown Yet Captivating Spots Around Izu Peninsula and Ito
Izu Peninsula and Ito City are the places you can enjoy fully the hot spring and the nature. You'll discover a variety of moving spots, including ancient historical sites, exotic animal and plant leisure parks, breathtaking mountain landscapes, charming downtown streets, and unique museums, etc.
Let’s explore Izu Peninsula and Ito City for your new discovery!
Countless Enjoyable Experiences Await : Historical Streets, Beautiful Beaches, and Much More!Recommended Touristic Spots in ItoIto
Tokaikan
An old hot spring Ryokan hotel, with its three-story wooden architecture from the early Showa era, has become a prominent attraction in Ito. It’s registered as a designated cultural property of Ito City, featuring detailed different interior decorations on each floor and in every room crafted by various skillful artisans.
Sweet House Wakaba
Established in 1948, it’s a coffee shop with a long history. This family-run coffee shop is known for its hand-made soft-serve ice cream, skillfully adjusting the taste balance along with the changing seasons. Every dessert and dish is prepared with great care and dedication of the family, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.
Mokutaro Kinoshita Memorial Museum
Mokutaro Kinoshita was a multifaceted talent – a doctor, poet, dramatist, and art critic. Explore his numerous achievements in this museum, housed in a Meiji 40-era building with its original exterior, now a designated cultural property as the oldest private house in Ito City.
Ito Orange Beach
It’s just a few minutes’ walk from Ito Station and downtown hot spring area. This beach features swaying palm trees and Phoenix palms, creating tropical atmosphere.
Ito Marine Town
At this roadside station, you can enjoy an entire day with a tourist information center, the “Ocean Bazar” with souvenir shops and restaurants with local products and ingredients of Izu Peninsula, the ocean view day-use hot spring house “Seaside Spa”, pleasure boats and the longest 43m footbath in Kanto Region.
Renkei-ji
The temple was built on Yasaburo Funamori's property, known for saving Nichiren from drowning in the sea, and it includes Yasaburo and his wife’s tomb in honor of this act. At the end of March, you will find a weeping cherry tree in full bloom.
Komuroyama Park
Komuroyama Park is a nature park on a 321m-high mountain, Komuroyama. It’s known as a flower park where you can enjoy 100,000 azaleas in the spring, as well as hydrangeas, camellias and cherry blossoms and more throughout the year. Additionally, you will find a city general sports field, a baseball field and tennis courts in the park.
Komuroyama Lift
The Komuroyama Park features a sightseeing lift that takes you to the summit, where you'll discover a wooden deck and a boardwalk offering panoramic views of Mt. Fuji, Sagami Bay, the Boso Peninsula, Izu Islands, including Ooshima, and the peak of Mount Amagi.
Kawana Stained Glass Museum
In this museum, you will be surrounded by plenty of traditional 1800s stained glass pieces, inherited from England. Antique music boxes and the melodious tones of a pipe organ, along with the scent of aromas, will lead you into a mystical world.
Ippeiko Lake
This Ippeiko Lake, known as one of the eight best scenic spots of Ito called the “Eye of Izu”, is a bottle-gourd-shape lake with a beautiful landscape measuring 4 km in circumference. There are trails in the middle of woods around the lake, where you can enjoy the enchanting transition of changing seasons: cherry blossoms and young green leaves in the spring and trees of leaves in autumn tints.
Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art
This is the first museum specialized in modern art in Japan with a unique space design by a Japanese sculptor Bukiki Inoue. The main theme of this museum is “Human beings”, and many remarkable masterpieces by Renoir, Picasso and other famous painters are on permanent display.
Mt. Omuro Lift
Reaching to the top of the mountain, you will find a stunning 360°panorama view of Sagami Bay, Mt.Fuji and Mt.Fuji with a 4-minute ride on a 305-meter-long lift, ascending 139 meters in elevation. Additionally, you can enjoy archery at the summit of the mountain.
Izu Shaboten Zoo
It’s located at the foot of Mt. Omuro and you will find a variety of cactus and fleshy plants from all over the world. Additionally, you can spend a heartwarming moments as you watch capybaras in the hot spring, uncaged squirrels, peacocks, and much more! Don’t miss the “Animal Boat Tour” along a large pond where you can enjoy watching and feeding animals!
Ito Granpal Park
It’s a park located between Ito’s downtown and Atagawa, at the foot of Mt. Omuro. This park features a lot of attractions, such as the Tokai area's longest 180-meter zip-line. Since November 2015, a spectacular illumination has been added, creating an enjoyable experience for visitors of all ages.
Pottery Atelier Ennokama
It’s a pottery workshop atelier located at the foot of Izukogen and Mt.Omuro. You can experience the hand-building, wheel throwing and painting. You can design your original piece by selecting the color and texture for your pottery.
Izu Teddy Bear Museum
This museum exhibits the history and culture of Teddy Bear. Its star attraction, 'Teddy Girl,' made headlines when it fetched a remarkable 18 million yen at an auction in London. Alongside this iconic bear, the museum shows a collection of over 1,000 Teddy Bears on permanent display. At the tea room, you can enjoy Teddy Bear-themed desserts.
Jogasaki Coast (Suspension Bridge)
The Jogasaki Coast is a magnificent lava-rock coastlines formed by the sea erosion after the lava flowed into the sea upon the eruption of Mt. Omuro. There are 9km hiking trails starting from Kadowaki Lighthouse. The highlight of these trails is the 48m-long suspension bridge on a sheer cliff with a thrilling height of 23m.
A Relaxing Trip Full of Histories and NatureRecommended Touristic Spots in IzuIzu
Kawazu Bagatelle Park
Faithfully replicating the rose garden of Bois de Boulogne, you will be surrounded by the 6,000 roses representing 1,100 unique species in a 2-hectare land.
Animal Kingdom
This leisure complex offers a delightful blend of attractions, including a captivating zoo where you can encounter majestic carnivores like white tigers and lions, as well as uncaged giraffes, rhinoceros, zebras, and other fascinating creatures in the walking safari zone. In the amusement area, the fun continues with a fortune wheel, go-karts, and more exciting activities for all!
Shimoda Floating Aquarium
This aquarium takes advantage of the natural bay shape. Here, you can touch the dolphins in the bay and participate in a program in which you can swim with them. Don’t miss our daily dolphin, sea lion and feeding shows!
Shuzenji Nijino Sato
Located on a large hill, this is a thematic park designed to maximize the features of its nature. It consists of attractive areas, such as replicated English village and Canadian, Japanese traditional craft displays and its workshops, a Japanese garden and a “fairy garden” in Western style.
Mishima Sky Walk
Opened on December 14th, 2015, this 400-meter-long suspension bridge stands as the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Japan. Take a walk on a bridge that connects Izu and Hakone and enjoy the wide landscape of Mt. Fuji, Suruga By, and Izu mountains.
Toi Gold Mine
During the Meiji to Showa periods, this gold mine ranked second in mining volume in Japan, after the Sado Gold Mine. The mining scene is reproduced with life-size miner dolls. Experience the traditional way of placer gold panning at “Placer Gold House” workshop and don’t miss the “Gold Museum” with the world’s largest 250kg gold ingot, along with Toi Gold Mine’s history material displays.