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Shizuoka Hidden Gems

La cara sur del monte Fuji y cuna del té verde japonés (produce el 40 % del país). Subir al Fuji desde la ruta Fujinomiya, las terrazas de té de Nihondaira, el balneario costero de Atami y las playas de la península de Izu: mar, montaña, té y aguas termales en un solo lugar.

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Colinas de té verde, una cálida costa pacífica y las vistas más nítidas del monte Fuji a corta distancia, con las termas de la península de Izu al este.

Clima y mejor temporada

Suave y soleado, con inviernos cálidos en la costa: uno de los climas más agradables de Japón. Bueno durante todo el año.

Gastronomía típica

  • Té verde
  • Sakura-ebi
  • Unagi (Hamamatsu)
  • Oden de Shizuoka

Lugares emblemáticos

  • Miradores del monte Fuji
  • Onsen de la península de Izu
  • Playa de pinos de Miho no Matsubara
  • Castillos de Kakegawa y Sunpu
Shuzenji Onsen — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Izu

Shuzenji Onsen

Shuzenji Onsen (修善寺温泉) is a historic hot spring town in the heart of the Izu Peninsula, founded 1,200 years ago when Bud…

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Updated Aug 2026
Izu Kogen — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Ito

Izu Kogen

Izu Kogen (伊豆高原, 'Izu Highlands') is an elevated plateau on the eastern Izu coast, known for art museums, craft gallerie…

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Updated Aug 2026
Shimoda Beaches — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Shimoda

Shimoda Beaches

Shimoda (下田) is the southernmost city on the Izu Peninsula, famous for white-sand beaches, crystal-clear water, and hist…

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Updated Aug 2026
Atami Onsen — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Atami

Atami Onsen

Atami (熱海, 'hot sea') is Japan's most famous seaside onsen resort, located on Sagami Bay with views across to the Izu Pe…

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Updated Aug 2026
Mt. Fuji — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Shizuoka· Fujinomiya

Mt. Fuji

Mount Fuji (富士山, Fuji-san) at 3,776 meters doesn't just loom over the Kanto plain—it commands it. The Shizuoka side owns…

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Updated Aug 2026
Sunpu Castle Park — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Shizuoka City

Sunpu Castle Park

Sunpu Castle (駿府城) was Tokugawa Ieyasu's retirement residence after he passed the shogunate to his son in 1605. Ieyasu g…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hamamatsu Air Base Festival — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu Air Base Festival

Hamamatsu Air Base (浜松基地) is Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF) largest air base, home to the Blue Impulse aerobatic…

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Updated Aug 2026
Perry Road — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Shimoda

Perry Road

Perry Road (ペリーロード) is a cobblestone pedestrian street in Shimoda following the route that Commodore Matthew Perry walke…

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Updated Aug 2026
Sakura Shrimp — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Shizuoka· Shizuoka City

Sakura Shrimp

Sakura shrimp (桜海老, sakura-ebi) measure 4-5 centimeters and glow translucent pink like cherry blossoms, which is poetic…

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Updated Aug 2026
Numazu Fish Market Morning Auction — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Numazu

Numazu Fish Market Morning Auction

Numazu Port Fish Market (沼津港魚市場) is one of Japan's major fishing ports, specializing in deep-sea fish from Suruga Bay's…

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Updated Aug 2026
Nihondaira Tea Plantations — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Shizuoka City

Nihondaira Tea Plantations

Nihondaira (日本平) is a hillside plateau overlooking Suruga Bay and Mt. Fuji, covered in perfectly manicured green tea pla…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hamamatsu Gyoza — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu Gyoza

Hamamatsu is one of Japan's two gyoza capitals (alongside Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture), and local gyoza style empha…

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Updated Aug 2026
Unagi no Kabayaki — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Hamamatsu

Unagi no Kabayaki

Hamamatsu is Japan's eel capital, producing 40% of the nation's farmed unagi (freshwater eel) from Lake Hamana's brackis…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hamamatsu Sand Dunes — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu Sand Dunes

Nakatajima Sand Dunes (中田島砂丘) are Japan's three largest coastal sand dunes, stretching 4km along the Pacific coast with…

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Updated Aug 2026
Shizuoka Oden — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Shizuoka City

Shizuoka Oden

Shizuoka oden (静岡おでん) is the prefecture's regional variation of oden (おでん, hot pot of simmered ingredients) distinguishe…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kunozan Toshogu Shrine — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Shizuoka City

Kunozan Toshogu Shrine

Kunozan Toshogu Shrine (久能山東照宮) is a lavishly decorated Shinto shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shogun who unifi…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hamamatsu Music Box Museum — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu Music Box Museum

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments (浜松市楽器博物館) houses 1,300+ musical instruments from around the world, spanning anc…

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Updated Aug 2026
Mishima Skywalk — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Mishima

Mishima Skywalk

Mishima Skywalk (三島スカイウォーク) is Japan's longest pedestrian suspension bridge at 400 meters, suspended 70 meters above a f…

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Updated Aug 2026
Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Numazu

Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium

Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium (沼津港深海水族館) specializes in deep-sea marine life from Suruga Bay, one of Japan's deepest bays (ma…

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Updated Aug 2026
Izu Shaboten Zoo — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Ito

Izu Shaboten Zoo

Izu Shaboten Zoo (伊豆シャボテン動物公園) combines a 1,500-species cactus botanical garden with an animal park featuring capybaras,…

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Updated Aug 2026
MOA Museum of Art — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Atami

MOA Museum of Art

MOA Museum of Art (MOA美術館) is a hillside museum overlooking Sagami Bay, housing a 3,500-piece collection of Japanese and…

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Updated Aug 2026
Lake Hamana Eel Farming — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Shizuoka City

Lake Hamana Eel Farming

Lake Hamana (浜名湖) is Japan's eel farming center, producing 40% of the nation's farmed unagi (freshwater eel) using tradi…

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Updated Aug 2026
Fuji Safari Park — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Fujinomiya

Fuji Safari Park

Fuji Safari Park (富士サファリパーク) is a 74-hectare drive-through wildlife park at the base of Mt. Fuji where visitors observe…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kadowaki Suspension Bridge — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Ito

Kadowaki Suspension Bridge

Kadowaki Suspension Bridge (門脇吊橋) is a 48-meter-long suspension bridge spanning 23 meters above the Pacific Ocean at Jog…

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Updated Aug 2026
Shiraito Falls (Fujinomiya) — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Fujinomiya

Shiraito Falls (Fujinomiya)

Shiraito Falls (白糸の滝, 'White Thread Falls') is a 20-meter-high, 150-meter-wide curtain waterfall where spring water emer…

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Updated Aug 2026
Joren Falls — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Izu

Joren Falls

Joren Falls (浄蓮の滝, Joren-no-taki) is a 25-meter waterfall cascading through columnar basalt formations in the forested m…

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Updated Aug 2026
Izu Wasabi Farms — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Shizuoka· Izu

Izu Wasabi Farms

The Amagi Mountains region of Izu is Japan's premium wasabi-growing area, producing 30% of the nation's fresh wasabi (本わ…

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Updated Aug 2026
Shizuoka Matcha Experience — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Shizuoka· Shizuoka City

Shizuoka Matcha Experience

Shizuoka grows 40% of Japan's green tea, which means doing a matcha ceremony here is like learning to make cheese in Wis…

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Updated Aug 2026