Sights in Shimada, Shizuoka

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• 国指定島田宿大井川川越遺跡

  

  Nationally Designated Shimada-juku Oi River Crossing Site

  #1 ranked in Shimada

  This historic site preserves the Tokaido Oi River crossing, where people were carried across, with period river offices and porter lodgings.

• 大井神社

  

  Oi Shrine

  #2 ranked in Shimada

  Oi Shrine, long revered as a water guardian and for safe childbirth, holds the triennial Shimada Obi Festival, one of Japan's three unusual festivals.

• 島田市ばらの丘公園

  

  Shimada City Rose Hill Park

  #3 ranked in Shimada

  About 360 rose varieties from around the world fill this leading prefectural garden, with spring and autumn festivals, photo spots, and rose soft-serve.

• 旧東海道石畳（金谷坂）

  

  Old Tokaido Stone Pavement (Kanaya Slope)

  #4 ranked in Shimada

  Late-Edo stone pavement on Kanaya Slope of the Old Tokaido; 430 meters were restored in 1991 amid Makinohara tea fields.

• 牧之原大茶園

  

  Makinohara Great Tea Plantation

  #5 ranked in Shimada

  About 5,000 hectares of tea fields spanning Makinohara, Shimada, and Kikugawa, begun in 1869 by former samurai and river porters.

• 鵜山の七曲り

  Seven Bends of Uyama

  #6 ranked in Shimada

  The Oi River bends seven times through rare terrain in Kawanehon, a prefectural natural monument best seen from the highway overlook.

• 天王山公園

  Tennozan Park

  #7 ranked in Shimada

  A seasonal park on a 168-meter hill about ten minutes from Ieyama Station, known for cherry blossoms and handmade winter lights.

• 蓬莱橋

  Horai Bridge

  #10 ranked in Shimada

  Guinness-certified world's longest wooden footbridge, 897.4 meters across the Oi River, built for Makinohara tea fields.

• ふじのくに茶の都ミュージアム

  Fujinokuni Tea Capital Museum

  #11 ranked in Shimada

  Offers hands-on tea classes, including stone-mill matcha grinding, tea ceremony with sweets, and brewing Shizuoka tea.