Izu is in the eastern shizuoka about an hour from Tokyo by bullet train. Let's go cycling or walking around countryside. Visit the world heritage sites:
At Mishima station or Izu Nagaoka station
One of the world heritage sites.
You can see the traditional Japanese residence.
A Mishima station or Izu Nagaoka station
This tour is used by bike (electrically assisted bike) or walking to go around Izunagaoka and Nirayama countryside.
It is a very local trip instead of an urban area.
You will see a view of Mt. Fuji and Nirayama Reverberatory Furnaces together if it's clear weather. (both of them are the world heritage sites)
You will see an old traditional officer's house in Egawatei residence.
You will see the Buddha statue of National treasure by famous sculpture artist Unkei at Ganjojuin.
Lunch at a local restaurant what you would like to eat.
By bike only, you can visit Izu panorama park to climb up to the top by ropeway.
Also if you would like, you will try to tea leaves picking, a strawberry farm for picking experience.
guide fee & guide transportation fee
you and guide transportation fee, lunch, rental bike fee( 1,000~3,600 yen/day), entrance fee: Nirayama guidance center, Egawatei regidence: combined ticket 700 yen
Ganjoujuin temple (500 yen),
Optional: tea leaves experience (1,500 yen ~ 1,600 yen),strawberry picking (1,000~1,800 yen),Izu panorama park 1,800 yen/person
I can guide you in Yokohama, Tokyo, and Hakone if you pay my transportation fee.
except Tue & Wed (closed Ganjoujuin temple)
This tour is using a bicycle or walk. ( electrically assisted bike 1,000 ~E-bike high spec 3600 yen) needs booking.
View of Mt. Fuji (depends on the weather or season)
Walking tour: needs an extra 2 hours
Optional: Green tea picking experience needs 1 hour extra and booking in spring and fall limited.
Optional: Strawberry picking experience needs 45 min extra and booking in Jan to early May.
I am a professional chef and a food journal writer, obviously, all the normal trips will not interested me at all. This wasabi field trip with Ms. Yasuko was an extraordinary one as we had a chance to see the process of how the wasabi was cleaned, prepared and packed. I was impressed. The wasabi farms were also gorgeous to see!
Yasuko, Provided a very thorough tour of the Mt Fuji Srine and museum/learning center. We met at the port and took several trains from Shimizu to the Fuji area. Also had lunch at a local noodle eatery. A very enjoyable day.
Dear Michael, Thank you for a good review. I'm happy to hear you had fun on that day with me. I'm afraid your wife missed something close to the Mt.Fuji area's atmosphere. But you will be back here in the best season to see Mt.Fuji in the future. I appreciate you joining my tour.
Yasuko was ready to chat and advise us about our itinerary through GoWithGuide. On the day before our tour she contacted me through whatsapp so we could confirm the meeting time and as a result, was easy to find at the port. She had already purchased an IC card for us to use which made catching public transport a breeze. We just had to reimburse her on the day. Using public transport was a fantastic experience and the bullet train ride was awesome. Unfortunately Mt Fuji was enveloped in cloud but the other places she took us to were great and without volumes of tourists.
Dear Debi, Thank you for writing a good review of my tour. I'm happy to hear that you had a good time with me. So you will be back to see Mt.Fuji sometime in the future. Again I appreciate so much for your cooperation.
Our party of 4 was met by yasuko (or Jasmine as she asked us to call her). She was an incredible guide, knowledgeable, and very flexible as we made some changes to our plans. She was able to meet all our must sees including a short ride on the bullet chain. You cannot go wrong with having Jasmine as your guide in the Mt. Fuji area.
Dear Robin-san, thank you so much for a good review. I'm happy to hear that you had fun with me around the Mt.Fuji area. I appreciate you all were kind and cooperative. Welcome back to Japan in a different season. Yasuko