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Shizuoka travel guide

Among the top tea producers in Japan, and known for eel and sakura shrimp. Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, Kunozan Tosho-gu, Mishima Taisha, and Suruga bamboo basketry. Shizuoka, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

    Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.

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    Fujieda · Place · candidate to visit

    Rengejiike

    The water source of tea country.

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    Shizuoka · Place · candidate to visit

    Kunozan Ishidan

    One thousand one hundred and fifty-nine stone steps, remembered by a Japanese pun on the number.

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    Izunokuni · Place · candidate to visit

    Nirayama

    A World Cultural Heritage component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution. A reverberatory furnace that actually operated still stands.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Fujinomiya · Place · candidate to visit

    Hitoana

    A cave said to be where the founder of the Fuji-ko practised.

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    Fujinomiya · Place · candidate to visit

    Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha

    The head shrine of all Sengen shrines in Japan. Everything above the eighth station of Mount Fuji is held to be the grounds of this shrine. The idea that the mountain itself is the deity reaches as far as the form of land ownership.

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    Shizuoka · Place · candidate to visit

    Kunozan Toshogu

    Where Ieyasu was first buried. The halls are National Treasures, built in 1617, 19 years earlier than the present halls of Nikko Toshogu. The main approach runs to 1,159 stone steps.

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    Specialties & souvenirs

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    Crafts & industry

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    Suruga Hina Doll Accessories

    Hina doll accessories of Shizuoka. Small furnishings to be set out on the hina tiers are made. Suruga has continued as a production area for hina accessories.

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    Suruga Hina Dolls

    Hina dolls of Shizuoka. The head and costume are made up and the doll is dressed.

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    Suruga Joinery

    Joinery of Suruga. Wood is joined without nails.

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    Art & culture

    Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.

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    Shizuoka · Place · candidate to visit

    Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art

    Collecting landscape painting East and West, with a Rodin wing of 32 works including the Gates of Hell.

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    Shizuoka City Museum of Art

    No collection of its own; a gallery set inside a station-front commercial building, in the middle of the commute.

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    Serizawa Keisuke Art Museum

    For the Living National Treasure of stencil dyeing, in a stone building that ranks among Seiichi Shirai's best.

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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    View-O, Numazu Port Observation Floodgate

    A floodgate at Numazu port with an observation room 30 metres up, among the largest of its kind in Japan.

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    Bentenjima Seaside Park

    A park at the mouth of Lake Hamana. The sun sets beyond a red torii standing in the sea.

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    Mizugazuka Park

    A park along the Fuji Skyline in Susono. At 1,450 metres, with the Hoei crater straight ahead.

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