Izu! A highly underestimated one-day tour guide to small towns around Tokyo🌊🏞️
How to get around Tokyo, Japan? You must come to Izu this season. There are mountains and seas, and you can even see Mount Fuji in the distance⛰️! Every frame is like Hayao Miyazaki's comic coming into reality! I will share the route with you today😃.
✅From Tokyo:
Route 1: Panorama Park - Mount Omuro - Kinosaki Coast Kadowaki Suspension Bridge - Atami Castle
Route 2: Mount Omuro - Cactus Zoo - Kinosaki Coast
📝Introduction to attractions:
1️⃣ Panoramic Park: If the weather is good, you must go to Panoramic Park. This is the most beautiful place in Izu to see Mount Fuji and Suruga Bay. The scenery is really beautiful! "Reflection of Mount Fuji" is an exclusive photography spot here. There is also a free footbath and terrace on the top of the mountain, as well as coffee and food for sale. 🎫Cable car ticket: 2,500 yen round trip (cable car operating hours 9:00-17:00).
2️⃣Omuroyama: The filming location of "Your Name". The grass becomes very green at the end of April every year, and the aerial photography looks like a huge cone-shaped matcha cake; the best time to visit is from May to August. You can first take the cable car up the mountain, and then go around the crater to see the infinite scenery of Izu Oshima, Mount Fuji, the Pacific Ocean, etc. from different angles. The scenery is beautiful and healing! 🎫Ticket for cable car: 550 yen for adults, 250 yen for children. ⏰Business hours: 9:00-17:00 from March to September, 9:00-16:00 from October to February.
3️⃣Cactus Zoo: After going down the mountain from Mount Omuro, you will find the Cactus Zoo across the road. The tickets are a bit expensive, but there are many small animals inside, and many of them are semi-open, and you can even interact with them up close, such as red pandas, Penguins and Capibala are very suitable for families to play. 🎫Tickets: 2,500 yen.
4️⃣ Kinosaki Coast: Kinosaki Coast extends from the Izu Peninsula into the sea. It is a rock formation formed after the cooling of volcanic magma. The entire coastline is magnificent, and the blue glass sea is very photogenic. 🎫Tickets: 0. ⏰Recommended play time: about 1 hour.
5️⃣ Kinosaki Kaigan Kadowaki Suspension Bridge: The suspension bridge is 48m long and 23m high, with the turbulent sea at its feet. The view from the suspension bridge is very magnificent, and many tourists come here to check in.
6️⃣Atami Castle: Atami Castle has 6 floors. The tallest one is the castle tower, which is mainly used for viewing. You can take the cable car to the top of Mount Hachiman. From Atami Castle, you can overlook the entire coastal city 360 degrees; in addition, Atami Castle It is also the best place to watch the Atami Maritime Fireworks Festival🎆. 🎫Tickets: 1,100 yen, one-way cable car ticket 400 yen. ✅The dates for the Atami Fireworks Festival from May to August are: May 2, July 26, August 5, August 8, August 18, and August 23.
⚠️It should be noted that to go from Tokyo to Izu, you basically need to take the subway + transfer to the bus. A single trip lasts 2 hours, and the last bus in Izu ends very early, so taxis are basically not available‼ ️So it is recommended that you charter a car🚘 to go there.
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