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Koganezaki Crystal Park

4.0

39 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunnishizuchou Ugusu 2204-3

This museum which displays modern glass works and kaleidoscopes gathered from around the world is located in the Ugusu district of Shizuoka Prefecture’s Kamo County, Nishiizu Town, a production area for silica, the raw material in glass. In addition to their regular exhibits, they also hold original exhibitions based on the theme of glass. In their experience workshop, visitors can enjoy making unique glass products such as sand-blasted items and stained glass. There is also a shop where guests can purchase glass products such as Nishi Izu’s Kamo Furin handmade wind chimes and works by local artists.

泊まった宿のすぐ近くにあり、行く予定はなかったけど、気になり訪れてみました。素敵な作品があったり、体験などあり、とても楽しかったです。食事も美味しかったです。
Hofuku-ji Temple

3.5

47 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimoda, Shizuoka prefecture 1-18-26

This temple of the Jodo Shinshu sect in Shizuoka Prefecture’s Shimoda City was the Shimoda magistrate’s office at the end of the Edo Shogunate, and served as lodgings for the Shogunate government officials during Japan-U.S. negotiations then. It is famous as a temple where Kaishu Katsu gave an audience to Yodo Yamauchi, the feudal lord of Tosa, and had him pardon Ryoma Sakamoto’s crime of becoming a lordless samurai. The room where this happened has been left as it was at the time. On the premises is the grave of the geisha Okichi, who met an unnatural death after serving the American consul Townsend Harris, and there is also the Tojin Okichi Memorial Hall which displays photos and mementos of Okichi.

A small temple at the end of the road by the Black Ship museum makes for a good turn around point. ;)
Izu no Chohachi Art Museum

4.5

34 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunmatsuzakichou Matsuzaki 23

This is a museum which aims to communicate to the succeeding generations the contributions made by the craftsman, Chohachi Irie to plaster art “kote-e” and the techniques of traditional plasterers. Approximately 50 unique artworks created by Chohachi Irie—which are different from normal plaster art—are on display and are introduced in the museum. It takes 50 minutes by bus to get to the museum from Izukyu-line Shimoda Station.

昭和59年（1984年）、「漆喰鏝絵の殿堂...
Iwashina School

4.5

33 Reviews

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunmatsuzakichou Iwashinahokusoku 442

The Iwashina School in Matsuzaki Town, Kamo County, Shizuoka Prefecture, is the oldest elementary school building in the Izu area. The construction of the Namako Wall (sea cucumber wall) around the school building was completed in 1880. The building incorporates western style balconies with the traditional Japanese shrine architectural style and the exterior is finished with an imposingly striking high-color effect. Within the building and grounds are many places of interest such as the Iwashina School ‘hengaku’ (a stone tablet displaying the school’s name), which is said to have been written by the Prime Minister of Japan at the time Sanjo Sanetomi. The Senbazuru (thousand cranes) relief created by master craftsman Irie Chohachi, and the Kaikatei building, which was the old Iwashina City Hall and now rest house, are both also of particular interest. The site has been designated as a national Important Cultural Property.

明治期に各地に小学校ができましたが、費用の４割を地元民の寄付でまかなったという学校（復元）。隣に廃校になった小学校の立派な校舎があり、過疎化を名目とした学校統合の結果でしょうか。鏝師の入江長八が腕をふるった部屋があります。山田五郎さんの色紙が印象的でした。
Uehara Museum of Art

4.0

16 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shizuoka Pref. Shimodashi Udogane 341

This is an art museum in Udogane, Shimoda City. Housed in this museum are the Modern Art collection of Uehara Shoji, the honorary chairman of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and the Buddhism Art collection of both of his parents, Shokichi and Koeda. The museum displays masterpieces from both the west and Japan including the Bridge at Argenteuil by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the Portait of Reiko by Kishida Ryusei, and treasured statues of Buddha from the Heian and Kamakura eras, housed, respectively, in the Modern Art Gallery and the Buddhist Art Gallery.

伊豆の国市の願成就院に3度目の訪問をし、伊豆長岡温泉にチェックインするまで時間があったので、ネット検索したこの美術館まで行きました。3度目でも感動した運慶の国宝5像を￥500で拝観した後だったためか、仏教館の祈りの対象ではなかった約130体の模刻像には感銘も受けませんでしたし、名品選コレクションの仏像も香雪美術館の村山龍平氏の収集したものに比べるとかなり見劣りました。天城越えして車で往復2時間半ほ...
Gyokusenji Temple

3.5

30 Reviews

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Shizuoka Pref. Shimodashi Kakisaki 31-6

"The Gyokusenji Temple is a Buddhist temple located two minutes' walk from the Kakizaki-jinja-mae bus stop. It is a 400-year-old temple belonging to the Soto School of Zen Buddhism which has been designated as a National Historic Site. The Gyokusenji Temple is famous for having been used as a venue for the second and third rounds of negotiations leading up to the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda (Peace and Friendship Treaty) between Japan and Russia in 1855. It was also used to house the first U.S. consulate in Japan, and thus played a role in the opening up of Japan to foreign trade in the last years of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Temple was the backdrop to the events dramatized in ""O-Kichi Monogatari,"" which relates to five women who worked as servants at the consulate. Within the Temple cemetery are the tombs of five crewmen of the ""Black Ships"" (as they were known in Japan) of Commodore Perry's U.S. fleet, as well as a crewman of the ""Diana"" and a crewman of the ""Askold."""

ハリスが日本最初の領事館を開いた寺です。アメリカ大統領であったカーターも訪れました。ハリス記念館では、幕末の貴重な資料を見る事ができます。見学者は我々だけで貸し切り状態でした。行きは下田駅からタクシーで６分ほどで到着。帰りはちょうどよいバスがなかったので、大通りまで歩きながらタクシーを呼びましたが、下田駅まで歩けたかもしれません。
Ryosenji Treasure Museum

3.5

30 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

3-12-12 Shigenogawa-cho, Shimoda-shi, Shizuoka prefecture

This is a treasure museum located adjacent to Ryosen-ji Temple grounds and is designated as a National Historic Site as the place where the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity was concluded. The museum differs from general historical archives as it doesn’t just have materials related to the opening of Japan to the world and original documents, it also has video displays. There are collections on display with the theme of Perry, Blackships, the Nanban period and Intercultural exchange, and also a collection on display with the theme of “gender and religion”. The museum is located 10 minutes by foot from Izukyu-line Shimoda Station.

We just entered the museum shop of Mobs The Museum of Black Ship. With small children, it was good enough. You can still see some elements of the exhibition at the front. It’s located at the...
Chorakuji Temple

3.0

23 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture 3-13-19

This is a temple of the Chisan sect of Shingon—it is the 40th temple where amulets may be offered out of the 88 Holy Places. The temple was the location of the signing of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and Russia and the place where the ratification documents for the US-Japan Treaty of Peace and Amity were exchanged, and it is reported that the temple was founded by Takamichi in 1557. It has also been designated as a Historic Site by Shomoda City. On the grounds of the temple, it is also possible to visit the treasure hall dedicated to the Oyoshi Kannon and the tragic love of Osumi Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom). The temple has also been gathering faith as a temple which issues amulets for Izu’s Seven Deities of Good Luck tour. It is located 15 minutes by foot from Izukyu-line Shimoda Station.

下田のペリーロードぞいにあるお寺。1854年、ロシアとの日露和親条約締結の地となったところです。小さなお寺ですが、日本の歴史の舞台となったところです。
Kappa no Tera Seisoku-ji Temple

4.0

16 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunkawaduchou Yatsu 256

This temple is in Yatsu, Kawazu Town, Kamo County. It was founded in 1319 by monk Tokkei Kakusho. Legend says that the chief monk once saved the life of a kappa (a mythical river monster) that lived in the river flowing nearby, and the kappa gave the temple a pot that is still venerated in the main temple hall today. They hold the Kyuri Fuji rite here, in which cucumbers are used as effigies of the body to aid in driving out demonic diseases, pray for sound health, and wish fulfillment.

以前の体験ですが・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・桜で有名な河津川のすぐ近くにあるお寺で、「河童の瓶」という言い伝えのある土器があるそうです。寺の入り口の横には瓶を持った河童の銅像が飾られていました。私が訪問した時に、住職と思われる方から「御朱印帳があればお先に出して」と声をかけていただきました。親切です。やはり近頃の流行で、御朱印を集める人が多いのですね。 [写真はこちら]https://w...
Saikoji Temple

4.0

16 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shizuoka Kamo-gun Higashiizucho Inatori 563-1

This temple belonging to the Kencho-ji School of the Rinzai Sect of Zen Buddhism is located about a two-minute walk from Izu-Inatori Station. The temple is just around the first right corner on Ekimae-dori Street heading southeast from the station. The kaya (Torreya nucifera) tree on the temple grounds, which estimated to be about 750 years old, has been designated as a Prefectural Natural Monument. The tree is so famous that the temple is also called Kaya-dera Temple. The temple is part of Hachigadera, a cluster of eight temples in Inatori. We recommend visiting the temple along with the other seven temples. Visitors can divine their fortunes using Mani-guruma (a prayer wheel) after first exorcising their misfortune by walking the Fudo Shosai no Michi. Other points of interest include the temple's treasure house, which contains the Heiwa Shaka Nyorai, a statue of the Buddha that is a National Treasure of Burmese (now Myanmar).

伊豆稲取駅舎を出て前の道路を稲取漁港方面に行き直ぐ右側です。お寺の案内看板が大きく出ており、鐘楼と大木が見えます。正門から入り右側にかやの大樹があり榧の寺と呼ばれているそうです。静岡県指定天然記念物の榧の木の傍にある丸い玉に触れてパワーを頂きましょうとありました。パワースポットなのでしょうか。正面に本堂、左側には世界一ビルマの佛鐘、なでぼとけや石仏等々ありました。また、宝物館、不動消炎の道、占い摩...
Izubuntei Residence

4.0

14 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunmatsuzakichou Matsuzaki 250-1

This is a free rest area located in Shizuoka Prefecture’s Kamo County, Matsuzaki Town. With a combined store and residence built in 1910 and two storehouses, the exterior’s splendid plaster work and Namako-kabe walls (walls covered with square tiles jointed with raised plaster) are worth seeing. It was originally a dry-goods store, but was donated to the town to revitalize the community and opened to the public after repair work was completed. Inside the area that was once the reception as well as dirt floors still remain, and nostalgic furnishings and implements can be seen. In the adjacent park is a foot bath with a roof.

明治に建てられた呉服店の建物が無料の休憩所として解放されています。なまこ壁通りにあり、こちらの建物にもなまこ壁が残っています。横にある小さな公園には足湯もあり、散策の途中で立ち寄るのに良い施設です。
Yoshida Shoin Gukisho

4.0

9 Reviews

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Shizuoka Pref. Shimodashi Rendaiji 300

Yoshida Shoin Gukisho (interim residence) near Tenjin-jinja Shrine in Rendaiji, Shimoda City is designated as a designated cultural property by Shizuoka Prefecture. It used to be the residence of Dr. Murayama Gyomaro who became close to Yoshida Shoin when he visited Rendaiji to heal his skin disease. However, it is called by its current name as Shoin hid there for several days when he planned to go overseas by boarding a kurofune (an American black ship). Visiting is possible for a fee.

駐車場は、施設の手前にある青空駐車場に２台分あります。幹線道路から小道に入って約10メ−トルの右側です。駐車場から徒歩１〜２分歩くと、左手に見える茅葺屋根の古民家が目的地です。訪問時、雨模様の天気のせいか、土曜日にも関わらず他の来場者無し。せっかく来たので入場料100円を支払い中へ。すると、受付の方が時間があれば説明しますよ、との申し出があり、お願いしました。約30分、下田での松陰先生の行動を...
Shirahama Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Shizuoka Pref. Shimodashi Shirahama 2740

This is Izu’s oldest shrine located in Shimoda City, Shizuoka Prefecture. As the temple grounds sit on a hillside on the Shirahama coast “Hidachiyama” (Mt. Hitachi), it is called Shirahama Shrine but its official issued name is Ikonahime no Mikoto Shrine. The god of matchmaking, Ikonahime no Mikoto is enshrined in the main shrine. The Chinese parasol tree forest is one of Japan’s Natural Treasure, while the 2000-year-old juniper tree forest has been designated by Shizuoka Prefecture as a Natural Treasure.
Todenji Temple

3.5

8 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shizuoka Shimoda-shi 1-14-5

This temple is located about a 15-minute walk from Izukyu-Shimoda Station on the Izu Kyuko Line. The temple, which belongs to the Jodo-shu sect of Pure Land Buddhism, is said to have been founded in the mid-15th century. The temple's Amida Hall, which is located on the right just beyond the temple's gate, enshrines a seated statue of Amidanyorai designated as a cultural property of Shimoda City. To the left of the gate is Tsunamizuka, a mound erected in the memory of those lost in the 1854 tsunami. The temple features the grave of the shipwright Tsurumatsu, who was the lover of Saito Kichi known as Tojin O-kichi, the young geisha who served as a concubine the American Consul General Townsend Harris. Visitors can also enjoy viewing the light purple flowers of the wisteria trellis on the temple's grounds in the early summer.

船大工・鶴松の墓は稲田寺、お吉の墓は宝福寺です。先に訪れたのは宝福寺で後からホテルの迎車時間待ちに訪れました。唐人お吉ちのストーリを知ってから、ここの鶴松の墓をお参りしました。空想物語でなく事実の話なのでロマン派にはどう思うでしょうか。下田駅からすぐで一番近いお寺で「うどん屋のむさし」のそばです。
Chohachi Memorial Hall

3.5

6 Reviews

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunmatsuzakichou Matsuzaki 234-1

Exhibiting the works of Irie Chohachi, a skilled plasterer who was born in Matsuzaki, this museum is located within Jokanji Temple in Shizuoka Prefecture’s Kamo County, Matsuzaki Town. Chohachi was active from the late Edo period to the Meiji period, and was a leading artist for plaster reliefs, which involved creating pictures with plaster and a trowel. Approximately 20 of his masterpieces can be seen up close including the Hiten (a type of angel in Buddhist culture) and the ceiling fresco of a dragon, which was designated a Matsuzaki-cho Cultural Property.

入江長八が幼い頃を過ごした浄感寺にある記念館です。有名な「雲龍」「飛天の像」をはじめ数々の作品を見ることができます。鏝絵に精通している人は少ないでしょうから、解説いただくと見所や視点がわかり良いと思います。(「八方睨みと言われているが、長八が意図したものでは無いこと」とか) 加えて石田半兵衛邦秀の数々の透し彫りも素晴らしく、堪能できました。敷地内には長八の墓、また左官協会？による碑もあります。
Kumomi Kujirakan

4.0

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shizuoka Kamo-gun Matsuzakicho Kumomi 387

This museum is located about a 120-minute drive from Numazu Interchange on the Tomei Expressway via National Route 136. It exhibits one of the few skeletal specimens of a North Pacific right whale in the world. The immature whale, which beached itself in Kumomi Port in 1977, was 11.5 meters long and weighed 22 tons at the time of its death. Efforts were made to save the whale, as there are only a few thousand North Pacific right whales left in the wild, with most of them in the southern hemisphere. However, these attempts ultimately proved futile and the whale was preserved as a skeletal specimen after it died of emaciation. Other exhibits at the museum include the equipment used in the fishing of tengusa (red algae), a specialty of Kumomi Port.

伊豆一周う。ドライブの際に寄った博物館。昔、この雲見の港に迷い込み死亡したセミクジラの骨格が展示されています。かなり大きな標本です。他には基本は写真やパネル展示でクジラの生態等が解説されています。オープンは金-月の間ですが、観覧者がいないと施錠されていますので、入口にあたる観光案内所の方へに行っ開けてもらうと良いでしょう。海岸線の136号線沿いにありますが観光案内所がいきなり出てき...
Tofukuji Temple

4.0

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shizuoka Kamo-gun Nishiizucho Naka 24-1

"This temple belonging to the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism is located along the Ito-Nishiizu Line (Prefectural Route 59) about a 10-minute drive from Dogashima, a place of scenic beauty known as the Matsushima of Izu. The pristine Nishina River flows just past the belfry gate of the temple, which is the 83rd temple on the Izu 88 Temple Pilgrimage. It is said to have been established in 1233 as Tenfukuji Temple before its name was changed to Tofukuji Temple. The ceiling of the main temple building features a late Taisho period plaster relief depicting the Five Hundred Arhats. The celestial maidens arranged on the four corners of the relief represent heaven. It is said to have been created by a craftsman nicknamed ""Nonbe-yasu"" for his heavy drinking."

お昼過ぎにお寺に着いても誰もおらず、電話をして拝観の旨を伝えて案内をしてもらいました。本堂天井の立体的に作った漆喰の龍と五百羅漢を拝見。奥様と思しき方に製作の歴史について説明をして頂きました。拝観料は200円檀家さんの法要をこの本堂で普通に使っているとのことで、タイミングによっては拝観出来ない場合があるので前もって電話で確認してもらったほうがいいとの事ワタシが行った日も午前中は法要があっ...
Shimoda Kaikoku Museum

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4-8-13 Shimoda-shi, Shizuoka prefecture

A memorial museum in the port town of Shimoda which was the first city in Japan to open its port to the western world and where the American ‘black ships’ led by Commodore Perry arrived. The museum building is an impressive sight with its Namako Wall (sea cucumber wall), and of its approximately 2,000 item collection of artifacts connected with the opening of Japan, the museum displays about 1,000 of those on a regular basis. The museum houses a number of collections including models of the black ships, portraits of Commodore Perry, keepsakes and artifacts from Townsend Harris, the first American Consul to serve in Japan, and of Tojin Okichi, the woman who served Harris. As well as an exhibition on Yoshida Shoin, the man who tried to get himself on to one of the black ships, there is a display corner highlighting folk traditions such as the Shimoda Taiko Festival. All in all there is plenty to keep visitors informed about the history of Shimoda and the opening up of the country. The nearest station is Shimoda Station.
Culture Park Hina no Yakata

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunhigashizuchou Inatori 1729

This exhibit hall is located at Inatori Bunka Park in Kamo County, Shizuoka Prefecture. There, visitors can see the area's famous hina no tsurushi kazari (hanging decoration dolls). The hall hosts a number of events, including decoration crafting workshops, postcard art contests, and more. From January to March each year, the hall hosts a Hina no Tsurushi Kazari Festival visited by many tourists and locals alike.
Fukufuku Wajinmenkan Japanese Mask History Museum

3.0

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Shizuoka Kamo-gun Higashiizucho Naramoto 1248-2

Located just north of Izu-Atagawa Station, this museum is the first place in the world to introduce the history of masks in Japan, and as the name implies, it is the first place in the world to introduce the history of masks in Japan. The museum exhibits not only a wide range of masks, including bugaku, kyogen, and Noh masks, but also masks over 2 meters in length and weighing 500 kg, which are rich in expression and can be enjoyed just by looking at them.

お面の博物館が伊豆熱川駅から少しのところにあります。温泉しかないようなところですが、こういうのも趣味でやっているのだろうなぁ。興味があればいいし、興味が無い人には時間つぶしにはいいです。

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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.