From Thursday 1st November 2018 to Sunday 4th, the annual Daidogei World Cup will be held in Shizuoka City. At dozens of stages all around the city, you'll be able to watch street performers of every kind: clowns, acrobats, jugglers, aerialists a..
Explore Shizuoka city and the surrounding area, join a tour and learn about green tea production and taste the famous Shizuoka green tea. Stay at Hotel Century, located in downtown Shizuoka, which offers rooms with views of magnificent Mount Fuji.
Would you like to know more about what it takes to produce that one cup of delicious Japanese green tea? Join an exclusive tour in Shizuoka, the home to Japanese tea, tour a tea plantation and learn about this beloved traditional beverage from the ex..
Nippondaira Hotel, located in a lush natural setting of Shizuoka, away from the busy city area, offers resort-style accommodation and elegant dining experiences, as well as opportunities for travelers to enjoy art on hotel premises, and sightseeing i..
Izu City is a relatively warm city that lies along the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture. Famous for its hot springs and the Shuzenji Temple, Izu is ideal for travellers looking for a mixture of land and sea experiences. The Kano River runs through the city, culminating in the Joren Falls, a wate..
Kakegawa is a city in western Shizuoka known for its green tea production and is surrounded by green tea fields. There, visitors may see Kakegawa Castle, a reconstructed Edo castle that is the city’s biggest landmark. Bird-lovers will also find a large variety of birds such as penguins and hor..
Shizuoka City in central Shizuoka Prefecture is perfect for outdoor lovers as it is surrounded by numerous mountains, lakes, and rivers. Like many other cities in the prefecture, Shizuoka City produces a lot of green tea and strawberries. Many historic shrines and roads line Shizuoka City that can b..
Looking for lunch one day in the middle of Shizuoka City, I headed up to the dining floor of the Cenova shopping center, hoping to find something tasty, filling and inexpensive. My eye was caught by the display outside Atari Cafe, advertising their a..
An absolute Mishima institution, Jun has been serving up hearty, affordable 'Japanese Western' comfort food to the locals since 1955. Just round the corner from Sanshin Zen Gallery a few minutes' walk from the JR station, it's a good ..
Green tea is one of Japan’s most representative products—and one of its most delicious. Green tea used to be such a prized commodity that it was used as a form of taxation in the late 1700s. One of the most prominent tea regions is Shizuo..
While visiting Japan, you start searching hotels to book. Often hotels located at the station are simple and well designed business hotels. However, Hotel Century takes it one step father and gives you convenience, luxury, style, and comfort. Hotel C..
Every autumn I go to Shizuoka for the Daidogei street performance world cup, a very fun event that takes over the city for four days. In order to be close to everything I try to stay as centrally as possible, and it would be hard to find somewhere mo..
K’s House of Ito is located in a 100 year-old Registered Tangible Cultural Property. It is located within a 7-minute walk from JR Ito Train Station and a 4-minutes walk from the beach. The hostel offers hot-spring baths, free Wi-Fi, and three l..
A little way west of central Shizuoka city, Mariko is an attractive, peaceful district, a nice place to take a break from the bustle of the city. Starting at Sumpu Takumi Shuku craft centre and finishing at Seigan-ji temple (or the other way round), ..
If you are a tea aficionado, Shizuoka is a prefecture that should be on your to-visit list. There are many tea related activities to partake in across the region, as well as plenty of stores to pick up tea and tea wares to take home with you. One of ..
There are many very old trees in Japan, and they are honored and even worshiped. It seems strange to my western mind that people pray to trees and believe they can receive luck, healing or longevity. However when I went to Kinomiya Shrine in Atami to..
