Izu Peninsula
| Izu Peninsula | ||
 Landsat image of the Izu Peninsula |
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 138 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Waters 1 | Pacific Ocean | |
The Izu Peninsula ( Japanese 伊豆 半島 , Izu-hantō ) is a peninsula southwest of Tokyo on the Japanese island of Honshū . It lies at the foot of Mount Fuji and is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park . The province of Izu used to be here , today the peninsula is part of the Shizuoka Prefecture . It separates Suruga Bay in the west from Sagami Bay in the east. The highest point on the mountainous peninsula is the Amagi volcano , where the Kano River rises.
The north end of the peninsula is easily accessible from Tokyo. Broad Tōkaidō Shinkansen keep in Atami (east side) and Mishima (west side). You can also drive from Tokyo via the Tōmei motorway and several expressways to Hakone in the north and Numazu on the west side of the peninsula.
The peninsula is a popular recreational area for residents of the Tokyo region. It is best known for its onsen (hot springs) including Atami , Itō and Mishima . It is also a popular destination for scuba divers . The most important diving areas are Izu Kaiyō Kōen ( 伊豆 海洋 公園 ), Yawatano ( 八 幡 野 ) and Ōsezaki ( 大 瀬 崎 ). In the 1970s tourism collapsed on the Izu peninsula as long-distance flights became cheaper and the Japanese were increasingly vacationing abroad.
The Izu Peninsula Geopark project was developed against this trend, which aims to make historical sites and natural beauties on the peninsula accessible and to bring them closer to visitors from abroad with information boards and signposts in English and Chinese. The selection of the sites also led to recognition as a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2018 .
Izu is one of Japan's most important producers of wasabi ; the local cuisine offers numerous wasabi-flavored dishes.
The peninsula was immortalized literarily in Kawabata Yasunari's story The Dancer by Izu .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japan - Izu Peninsula - The fascinating-bizarre beauty of decay . In: Far Travel . The world online. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ↑ Graham Smith: The land that time forgot: Inside the crumbling Japanese holiday resorts left to rot after they were abandoned 40 years ago . Dailymail Online. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ The gift of a volcano coming from the south - Izu Peninsula Geopark. Retrieved October 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Izu Peninsula UNESCO Global Geopark. Retrieved October 13, 2018 .