Culture / Tour Spots in Mishima / Numazu / Naka-Izu Area

  • Izu-Mito Sea Paradise
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    4.0
    174 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Numadushi Uchiuranagahama 3-1
    Located in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Izu-Mito Sea Paradise is one of the oldest operating aquariums in Japan. The facility is famous as the first in Japan to keep bottlenose dolphins, sea otters, and walruses. The aquarium is full of attractions, including a giant tank filled with deep sea creatures from the bottom of Suruga Bay, an entrancing illuminated jellyfish tank, a touch pool where visitors can come in contact with deep sea creatures, and marine animal shows. Shows sure to delight adults and children alike are held throughout the day—a dynamic dolphin show, comical sea lion performances, walrus feeding time, and an Asian small-clawed otter handshaking event.

    i was surprise when i saw the big sea lion! as part of the show,the sea lion went up stairs and there jumped so high! aside from the penguins in the show,i also like those tiny penguins! they are so...

  • Rakujuen
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    4.0
    181 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Mishimashi Ichibanchou 19-3
    This is a park around a three-minute walk from JR Mishima Station, on a site run by Mishima City and originally used as a villa for Prince Komatsu Akihito that was built in 1890. Surrounded by rich forest the park is home to 160 varieties of trees and plants and, depending on the season, 30 species of birds as well. The garden surrounding Ohama Pond is designated as a Natural Monument of Japan and a Place of Scenic Beauty. It is a popular park for families, with its Norimono Hiroba area featuring a merry-go-round and miniature train, and the Dobutsu Hiroba (“Animal Area”) where one can enjoy petting small creatures. Admission is required for the park.

    The highlight is the old historical building with a large pond in front. The view is quite nice. You can only go into the building by guided tour (every hour). As this place turned into a place where...

  • Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium
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    Shizuoka Pref. Numadushi Sembonminatochou 83
    Located in the Minato 83 Banchi commercial facility in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, this unusual aquarium focuses on deep sea life. The aquarium’s centerpiece is its coelacanth exhibit, which includes extremely rare displays of both a frozen and a mounted coelacanth, a deep sea fish whose form hasn’t changed in 350 million years. Other popular exhibits include a large aquarium filled with animals from Suruga Bay, a treasure trove of deep sea life; an almost magical tank of luminescent fish; and a tank housing giant isopods, famous for their ability to live for years without eating. Unique deep sea life-themed merchandise is available at the aquarium shop.
  • Sano Art Museum
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    4.0
    42 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Mishimashi Nakatamachi 1-43
    "This art museum primarily holds exhibits of Japanese fine arts, with an impressive array of styles, such as pottery, paintings, and photographs. In the regular exhibit section, a portion of the collection, such as swords, and Buddha statues, is on display. The premises include a stroll-type Japanese garden, which receives spring water from Mt. Fuji, and is called ""Ryusen-en"", a place with enjoyable views in each season."

    I came during a special videogame-artifact collaboration the museum was hosting. This is a small museum and has one floor of galleries on the second floor and the ground floor has the museum store...

  • Bernard Buffet Museum
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Suntougunnagaizumichou Higashino Clematis Hill 515 - 57
    The Bernard Buffet Museum is an art museum that collects and exhibits works by the French artist Bernard Buffet, one of the leading figurative artists of the Post-War period. There are more than 2,000 works in the Museum’s collection, including oil paintings, watercolors, woodblock prints, posters, etc. There is also the “Buffet Children’s Museum of Art,” an experiential museum for children, as well as a café and a museum shop, making this a place where people of all ages can enjoy art.

    JR 三島駅から 無料シャトルバスで25分 井上靖文学館を抜けてすぐです 入館料は1000円ですが クレマチスの丘メルマガを登録していると 200円引になります 平日だったせいか ほとんど貸し切り状態で かなりゆっくり観れました テーマごとの区切りもわかりやすく 想像していた以上に 充実していて大満足です

  • Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum
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    4.0
    41 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Suntougunnagaizumichou Higashino Clematis Hill 347-1
    Located on a clematis-covered hill, the Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum is the only museum in the world dedicated to the work of the contemporary Italian figurative sculptor Giuliano Vangi. The Museum displays a range of Vangi’s sculptures created since the 1960s. The Museum garden is planted with many different varieties of clematis, including white clematis, as well as roses and tulips, with beautiful flowers in bloom all year round.

    念願叶っての訪問でした。 三島駅からの無料シャトルバスを利用。20分程度で到着。 丘の上からは海も見える、と勝手に期待していたのですが、見えない場所でした。季節によるのでしょうか。丘を背の高い木が囲っているので、なんとなく無理のような。 しかし、鳥の囀りの中、ヴァンジの彫刻はどれも素晴らしく、この作品群のためだけにも行く価値があります。 彫刻も色々な素材を使っていて、それもまたイタリアという土地を...

  • Kannami Buddha Statues Museum
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    4.5
    16 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Tagatagunkannamichou Kuwahara 89-1
    An art museum in Kannami-cho, Tagata County, Shizuoka Prefecture with pieces including a bronze statue of Bhaisajyaguru from the Heian period and a bronze statue of the Amitabha triad from the Kamakura period. The museum was established with the religious devotion of the locals and a desire to protect and maintain their cultural assets. The Amida Raigo Triad has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan while the seated Bhaisajyaguru and the standing Twelve Heavenly Generals have been designated Tangible Cultural Properties of Shizuoka Prefecture.

    この辺りは、のどかな山里で昔ながらの風景が見られるところです。 その中に、モダンな三角屋根の建物が場違いな感じであります。かんなみ仏の里美術館”の内部に入ります。 国指定重要文化財の”阿弥陀如来及び両脇侍像”です。 鎌倉時代に実慶によって作られたそうです。さらに、平安時代の”薬師如来坐像”です。この仏像は木造で針葉樹の木目の模様が眺められるほどです。さらに、この美術館には、薬師如来像に随侍してい...

  • Mishima-taisha Shrine Treasure Hall
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Mishima-shi Omiyacho 2-1-5
    This is an exhibition hall within Mishima-taisha shrine along the Prefectural Route 22 in Omiya-cho, Mishima City. Housed here are the priestly treasures and cultural artifacts of the Mishima-taisha shrine handed down from the priests and Yadabe estate. Included in these are the National Treasure, the decorative Umemakie cosmetics box (generally, a replica is on display) said to be donated from Masako Hojo. The treasures on exhibit are switched out a few times a year, and the adjoining gallery is also available for other exhibits.

    三島大社に伝わる神宝や史料が展示されている宝物館です。 展示物のほとんどが、三島大社の神主職として代々世襲されてきた矢田部氏に関連する資料、三島大社の境内を描いた図、三島大社と深く関わりのある武将との書簡等がほとんどで、神社に寄進された宝物類はあまり多くありません。三島大社がこれまで歩んだ歴史的な背景を学ぶ上では非常に勉強になりますが、三島大社に纏わる武将との関係性を深掘りする上では少し物足りない...

  • Heda Shipbuilding Museum
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Numazu-shi Heda 2710-1
    A museum located a 75-minute drive from the Tomei-Numazu Interchange. It was established in 1969 as part of the Meiji Centennial Project and presents materials connected with the construction of Japan's first real Western-style ship, the Heda-go, along with a mock-up of the Diana-go, which is kept here and which the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry has designated as part of the Heritage of Industrial Modernization. The adjacent Museum of History and Folklore provides information about the history of the fishing industry in Heda, while the Suruga Bay Deep Sea Creatures Museum displays deep sea life forms that have been caught in the waters of Suruga Bay.

    資料館には、専用駐車場があります。御浜の海水浴場は、子供が小さいころ、家族で何度も来ており、此の資料館は、小生は初入館です。ロシアのディアナ号を戸田港で修復したそうです。水族館が併設されています。

  • Shuzenji Temple Treasure House
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    Shizuoka Izu-shi Shuzenji 964
    Located in the precincts of Shuzenji Temple, this museum houses and exhibits the temple's treasures, including the "Mask of Yorike," which inspired Okamoto Kido's "Shuzenji Monogatari," and is said to depict Yorike's final days. The museum also exhibits valuable relics of the Kamakura Shogunate, such as a scroll of the Sung version of the Houkou Hannya-Haramitsu Sutra, which is said to have been handwritten by Hojo Masako, and the Yorike camp flag, as well as esoteric Buddhist ritual tools from about 1,000 years ago, such as a gilt bronze four-legged fireplace incense burner.
  • Showa no Mori Kaikan
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    Shizuoka Izu-shi Yugashima 892-6
    This commercial complex inside Roadside Station Amagigoe is located along National Route 414. It is about a 60-minute drive from Numazu Interchange on the Tomei Expressway or Nagaizumi-Numazu Interchange on the Shin Tomei Expressway. The Mori no Johokan information center introduces the flora and fauna and other nature that inhabits the Amagi Mountains through panels and videos. The Izu Modern Literature Museum features exhibits including original manuscripts, first editions, and photographs of writers with deep connections to the Izu region. The museum even features Inoue Yasushi's former residence, which has been relocated to the museum's courtyard. It also features wasabi fields, waterwheels, and a grove of Japanese maples that are especially beautiful from autumn to early winter when their fall colors come in.
  • Izu Modern Literature Museum
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    Shizuoka Izu-shi Yugashima 892-6 Showa no Mori Hall
    This museum inside the Showa no Mori Center commercial complex is located along National Route 414. It is about a 60-minute drive from Numazu Interchange on the Tomei Expressway or Nagaizumi-Numazu Interchange on the ShinTomei Expressway. It features exhibits including original manuscripts, first editions, and photographs of 120 writers who are from Izu or have deep connections to the region including Kawabata Yasunari, Inoue Yasushi, and Kajii Motojiro.
  • Fuji Bamboo Garden
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    Shizuoka Sunto-gun Nagaizumicho Minami Isshiki 885
    Japan's only bamboo garden, located about a 15-minute drive from the Tomei Numazu Interchange of the Tomei Susono Interchange. About 100,000 plants of some 700 varieties are planted there, and no other bamboo garden in the world boasts so many varieties. Visitors can see exhibits about every aspect of bamboo in the research and museum building: uses of bamboo, efforts to find new uses, methods of preparing bamboo materials, samples of bamboo grass, folk crafts, and tea ceremony implements. Items made of bamboo are also for sale inside the building.
  • Georia
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Izu-shi Shuzenji 838-1

    修善寺駅から徒歩で修善寺温泉に行く途中にあります。徒歩ですと暫く歩きます。地下にあり、無料で入れます。海底の火山が移動して日本にぶつかり今のようになったそうです。勉強になりました○

  • Mishima Pasadena Art Museum
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    Shizuoka Mishima-shi Daiba 1086-72
  • Shimizu Soccer Museum
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    Shizuoka Sunto-gun Nagaizumicho
  • Amagi Museum
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    Shizuoka Izu-shi Yugashima 176-2
  • Mishima Municipal Hakone no Sato
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    Shizuoka Mishima-shi
  • Shoji Art Museum Montmusse Numadu
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    Shizuoka Pref. Numadushi Hon Shimoitchoda 900-1
  • Kanogawa Museum
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    Shizuoka Izunokuni-shi Mamanoue 467-2

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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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