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Sights in Shimoda, Shizuoka
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白浜大浜海水浴場
Shirahama Ohama Beach
A 700-meter stretch of some of the Izu Peninsula's whitest sand, facing an emerald sea.
下田公園
Shimoda Park
A cape park on the site of Ushima Castle, known for Japan's largest hydrangea display in June.
外浦海水浴場
Sotoura Beach
A quiet cove beach on Route 135 with calm, clear shallows, also known for sea kayaking.
鍋田浜海水浴場
Nabetahama Beach
The beach nearest Izukyu-Shimoda Station, with extremely calm water safe for small children.
多々戸浜海水浴場
Tatadohama Beach
A 450-meter white-sand beach with a surfing area, swimming zone, and year-round heated showers.
九十浜海水浴場
Kujuhama Beach
A 50-meter beach beside Suzaki Imperial Villa, with calm clear water good for snorkeling.
入田浜海水浴場
Nyutahama Beach
A cycad-lined beach with fine white sand and clear water, often chosen for films and commercials.
白浜中央海水浴場
Shirahama Chuo Beach
North of Shimoda, the only local beach allowing designated barbecue, and listed among Japan's best bathing spots.
田牛海水浴場
Toji Beach
A southern Shimoda beach with clear water, relatively calm waves, and a neighboring sand-sled slope.
吉佐美大浜海水浴場
Kisami Ohama Beach
A white-sand beach about 750 meters long, popular with surfers, families, and foreign visitors.
伊豆白濱神社
Izu Shirahama Shrine
Izu's oldest shrine, over 2,400 years old, beside Shirahama Beach and known for matchmaking.
宝福寺
Hofukuji Temple
Historic temple on the former Shimoda magistrate's office site, known as Tojin Okichi's family temple.
吉田松陰寓寄所
Yoshida Shoin Hideout
Hideout where Yoshida Shoin hid while seeking a chance to stow away, with a secret room preserved.
公益財団法人 上原美術館
Uehara Art Museum
Founded from donations of Uehara Shoji's modern paintings and his parents' Buddhist statues.
下田海中水族館
Shimoda Undersea Aquarium
Floating aquarium in a natural inlet where visitors can see 10,000 Izu creatures and dolphin shows.
龍宮窟
Ryugu Cave
Wave-eroded sea cave in Toji whose partly collapsed ceiling forms a skylight about 50 meters across.
ペリーロード
Perry Road
About 400 meters of stone paving along the Hiraname River, a path Admiral Perry is said to have walked in 1854.
爪木崎
Tsume Kizaki
Scenic cape at the eastern tip of Shimoda's Suzaki Peninsula, with a white lighthouse, three million winter daffodils, and columnar joints.
下田開国博物館
Shimoda Kaikoku Museum
Museum of Shimoda's role in Japan's opening, rotating about 1,000 of some 2,000 artifacts, with AR exhibits.
了仙寺
Ryosen Temple
National historic temple founded in 1635, where Perry signed the 1854 Shimoda Treaty; about 1,000 American jasmine plants bloom each May.