Activities Tokyo-Kyoto: Train Stops on the Way Peter Sidell In between Japan's two main tourist destinations of Tokyo and Kyoto, there are plenty of interesting places to get off the tr...
Activities Atami Plum Garden Plum Festival 2025 Kim The Atami Plum Garden in Shizuoka is home to some of Japan's earliest blooming plum tree varieties. The annual plum festival ...
23 Activities Miho-no-Matsubara in Shimizu Yukie Suzuki On the coast at Shimizu, a suburb of Shizuoka in central Japan, Miho-no-Matsubara is a beautiful seaside pine grove, with a q...
Activities Horai-bashi: Longest Wooden Bridge Reiko Senna Horai-bashi, the world's longest wooden pedestrian bridge, spans the Oh-i River in Shizuoka Prefecture and was constructed in...
7 Activities Fuji Views From Tokinosumika Lynda Hogan Tokinosumika (Gotemba Kogen) offers plenty of things to see and do. Moreover, one of the selling points of the resort is that...
Activities Iris and Hydrangea Exhibition Kim Irises and hydrangeas are two of rainy season's highlights in Japan, and Kamosō Kachōen Garden Park in Shizuoka celebrates bo...
9 Activities Streets of Shimoda Kim Shimoda, in Shizuoka Prefecture, is a destination rich in history. Alongside the history component, the region boasts good be...
Activities Free Wi-Fi for Mt. Fuji Climbers Edward Yagisawa NTT Docomo has made free Wi-Fi available to foreign hikers at Mt. Fuji during its open-mountain season from July 10th to Sept...
Activities Kama-iri-cha Shibamoto Samuel Richards At this tea plantation in Shizuoka in central Japan, the master takes things to a new level by roasting the mature leaf into ...
Activities Horai Bridge in Shimada Reiko Senna In Shimada, close to Shizuoka in central Japan, Horai Bridge is the world's longest wooden pedestrian bridge.