Sightseeing Spot Spots in Oi River / Yaizu / Kakegawa Area

  • Ieyama Cherry Blossom Tunnel
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Pref. Shimadashi Kawanechouieyama
    This is a site famous for its cherryblossoms in Ieyama, Kawanecho, Shimada City. A natural tunnel of cherry blossom trees lines the Oigawa Railway for about onekilometer. One can enjoy watching while a historic steam locomotive runs along the rows of beautiful cherrytrees. During the spring blossoming season, the train increases its runs, and the Kawanecherryblossom festival is held in coordination with other cherrylocalities.
  • Rengeji-ike Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shizuoka Pref. Fujiedashi Nyakuouji 1-chome 474-1
    This park located in Fujieda City blooms year-round with many seasonal flowers. These include some 260 wisteria and 1,300 cherry blossoms, as well as flowering plums, rhododendron, and Japanese iris. The park also has a soothing Japanese garden, an open-air concert hall, and a jumbo slide, the latter of which makes it popular with kids.
  • Kasui Yuri no Sono
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shizuoka Pref. Fukuroishi Kuno 2990-1
    This nearly 100,000 square-meter lily garden in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture is famous the more than 150 varieties of lily that bloom there. Visitors can enjoy viewing the lilies while walking the promenade that circles the shore of the central lake, which is landscaped in the style of a Japanese garden. The garden also has a restaurant where guests can enjoy soba noodles or lily tempura while viewing the quiet lake shore.
  • Kamikurasawa Sengamachi Rice Field Terraces
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    Shizuoka Kikugawa-shi Kurasawa
    The terraced rice paddies, called "Senkura," meaning a thousand rice paddies by the local people, are located at the end of the hill east of the Kamikurasawa Public Hall. The area is also noted for its diverse ecosystem, including Japanese red-legged frogs, loach, and the seven grasses of autumn.
  • Makinohara Daichaen
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shimada-shi Kanaya Fujimicho Surrounding area
    This tea garden spans the area between the plains downriver on the Oigawa river and the Kiku River. A vast green-colored carpet spreads on top of a plateau at an elevation of 100 to 200 meters. The tea garden got its start when samurai traveling with the Tokugawa clan abandoned their swords and started cultivating. Then, Kawagoshi-ninsoku (coolies crossing a river on foot) pitched in, and the local farmers eventually took over, and the garden developed into Japan's biggest tea garden. Currently, it comprises 40% of the tea production in Shizuoka. From the Makinohara Park located in one area, you can see the Oi river below, and on a clear day, you can see out to Mt. Fuji and Suruga Bay.
  • Sasamagawa Dam
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    Shizuoka Shimada-shi Kawanecho Sasamado
    This dam was made in 1960 to stop up the Sasama River, a tributary of the Oi river. What was the peak of a mountain now sits as a lonely island in the middle of the dam lake. The contrast between the emerald green of the lake surface and the deep green of the lonely island is beautiful, and there are many families here enjoying the scenery in each season, including the azalea, new greenery, the fall leaves. There is a walking path around the lake, so you can enjoy hiking or cycling. From Mt. Gongen rising in the back, you can see the Uyama no Nanamagari-a scenic spot of the Oi River.
  • Sagara Plum Garden
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Makinohara Katahama 1521
    The park is located about 20 minutes by car from the Yoshida Interchange on the Tomei Expressway. 700 plum trees are planted on the 1.5 hectare mountain slope. During the opening period, there is a log cabin for rest and a store selling oden, amazake (sweet sake), homemade pickled plums, etc.
  • Omaezaki Kaigan
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Omaezaki
  • Shishigahanakoen
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    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Pref. Iwatashi Odaira

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  • Akiha Park
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Makinohara Katsumata
  • Inarigawa Tsutsumi
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Iwata-shi Komaba
  • Otagawa Levee
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shuchi-gun Morimachi Mukaiamagata
  • Otsu Yagawa Levee
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Shimada-shi Oke
  • Ohata Kawa Tsutsumi
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Haibara-gun Yoshidacho Kawashiri
  • Ohama Park
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Kakegawa-shi Osaka
  • Hagima Zaka Sakura Namiki
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Makinohara Higashihagima
  • Koyagawa Tsutsumi
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Yaizu-shi Kitashinden
  • Koishikawa Tsutsumi
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Yaizu-shi Yaizu 2-chome
  • Konpirasan Ryokuchikoen
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Fujieda Shida 3-chome
  • Tanno Ike Park
    Travel / Tourism
    Shizuoka Kikugawa-shi Tanno

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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