Izu Peninsula Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Izu Peninsula
Two to three hours by train from Tokyo station, the Izu Peninsula offers numeroushot springsand seaside resort towns, so it is a popular day trip and weekend get-away destination for many Tokyoites. The peninsula is also famous for being one of only a couple areas in Japan where wasabi is widely cultivated. AtamiandShimodaare perhaps best known, but there are dozens of less renowned towns on both sides of the peninsula, and in the interior, with inviting attractions. Geologically, Izu is a fascinating anomaly in Japan, since it's essentially a chunk of thePhilippinesthat collided with the Japanese mainland. Three tectonic plates meet at the peninsula's north end, and the seismic and volcanic activity triggered by this still-continuing slow-motion collision led toMount Fuji, many hot sprin
Izu Peninsula Travel Guide Sections
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