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Izu Experience-"Wasabi field" ,Great nature and Sushi
Joined 2014
This tour gives you a lot of surprises and new experiences you can just do in Izu!
Start from Shuzenji station, we go through a way of the among mountains in Naka Izu to visit one of the wasabi field .With its pure water and unspoiled natural surroundings, this area produces one of the best Wasabi in Japan and you are surprised to see beautiful wasabi terraces along the river.
On your requests, you can experience "wasabi Picking"(seasonal ) and wasabi pickles making(all the seasons ) by local housewives.Then going deeper into the mountain, you see Banjo Falls (20m high and 6 m width). You stand in front of its great water fall to feel just relax. Try to take a deep breath with your both arms full opened , you just listen to the sounds of the waterfalls, birds singing, and nature with your eyes closed , you feel very calm and peaceful, forgetting about busy daily lives while getting positive and happy feeling.
After visiting Naka Izu area, This is the time to enjoy Locan specialities!!
Yes!
With your wasabi picked or bought at the wasabi field, you can go to a local sushi restaurant and you try fresh sea food from just "out of the Suruga Bay " at their counter. Enjoy conversations with a restaurant staff,looking un usual seafood, and trying new sushi can be just enjoyable! You are also surprised the taste of real wasabi ( not hot like what you know.it is mildly hot and feels like a whipping cream !It is very difficult to describe so please try and tell me how you taste!).
When you are happy with what you eat and experience at a sushi restaurant, this is the end of the tour ,going back to the nearest train station,saying good bye to Izu with a new memory !
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Shuzenji Station (50minutes from Tokyo station to Mishima by Shinkansen then change to Izu-Hakone Railway to Shuzenji 32minutes)
Visiting a wasabi field deep in a mountan and wasabi picking or wasabi making experience
Relaxing at Banjo falls with its surrounding nature
Fresh sushi at a local sushi restaurant with real wasabi you pick or buy from the wasabi field..At the counter of the sushi restaurant, you enjoy very friendly atmosphere.
very flexible tour
Ending Point
Izu Nagaoka Station (Izu Hakone linstops closer to Mishima than Shuzenji )
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee,
1.transportation fee to Shuzenji station-the following are one way fees
①by train -50 minutes from Tokyo station to Mishima by Shinkanzen Kodama (￥4,000) then change to Izu Hakone Line from Mishima to Shuzenji (29 minutes ￥510)
➁by train-"Izuno odoriko",is the direct train from Tokyo station to shuzenji (approximately 2 hours ￥4,080)
③by bus
*➁is the direct train but it runs just few times a day and ③bus take longer so ①is recommended.
2.Taxi fare
Unlike major cities, visiting places by public transport such as bus is not convenient .
So in this tour,taxi is chartered and charged by hours
If you woould like to use the charterd taxi - (4 hours approximately ￥2３,000 for a taxi with 4 people ,included a guide.this is very convinient)
Another thing we can do is that If you would like to use a taxi for the Wasabi field visit and Banjo fallwithout a charter,it would be 2 hours approximately ￥12,000 then we can also use a taxi to the sushi restaurant or local restaurant on your request.( approximately ￥3,000 to ￥4,000).
I will discuss and organize the best transport for you .
3.Sushi lunch for participants and the guide (very reasonable priced)
If you prefer another food for lunch , there are more to chose from .
Tour Important Information
All sushi restaurants are closed on Thursday. However, the tour can be conducted and have lunch on your requests Instead of Sushi.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2014
About Tour Guide Hiroko I.
Greeting from Izu ,shizuoka prefecture, a city just 1.5 hours from Tokyo. I am Hiroko Inamura, a national licensed tour guide. I was born in Numazu and live in Nirayama, located at north part of Izu Peninsula, surrounded by beautiful seas and mountains, and at the top of it all, Mt.Fuji: a truly lovely and amazing Mountain.
I am lucky to see Mt.Fuji from my room everyday !
Since I studied and lived in Perth, Australia and Barcelona, Spain, and traveled over 35 countries, I am fluent in English and do speak Spanish that is very useful fie me to communicate with guests from abroad.
I love travelling and look for something different and special to introduce for my guests that they haven't experienced before.
Izu is the place if you want something more! And yet we Japanese seem to have kept it to ourselves: you see only few foreign visitors here!
Visiting the top and center of Izu areas, you constantly meet Japanese traditional and rural world , visit to a wasabi water-field, it's great fun!- and you can experience "wasabi picking " or "wasabi pickle making " during the season, you can do "Japanese tea picking" , ,wearing the special traditional tea picking Kimono! There are many more attractive sits such as Banjo Fall, Joren fall in Amagi and lots more to make your day memorable.
This area is great during the seasons of autumn leaves and cherry blossom.
And what you can't miss our on is a visit to the oldest hot-springs resort in Izu: the really beautiful Shuzenji. Walking around the town , , ,exploring historical and traditional sits and the grate Bamboo Grove Path remind you of "the good old days".
This is the town described as "the little Kyoto "and designated as one of the best visiting place in Japan by the Michelin guide book.
I have just mentioned a few of many other attractive places in this area .
I am very happy to introduce you what you can see,do and eat here in Izu and its surrounding areas and I promise you to have wonderful memories !
Reviews
Kyle K.
Izu Experience-"Wasabi field" ,Great nature and Sushi
“Well-organized, very welcoming and warm”
Our visit with Hiroko to the wasabi fields in Izu was an amazing experience from the moment we met her at the station. She was very welcoming and provided a warm, happy tour for our family. Everything was very well organized and she took special care to spend extra time seeing things that we were interested in. We would highly recommend her if you are looking for a special experience in Japan.
Hiroko I.
(7 reviews)Dear Mr. Kyle and Mr. Kyle’s parents, Thank you so much for your warm comments. I am so glad to know that you and your parents enjoyed the tour surrounded by peaceful and beautiful nature of Izu with no tourists. And I appreciate your friendliness and kindness. I hope that you and your parents stay fine and happy. Please give my regards to your parents. Thank you very much again. I am lo forward to meeting you all again in the future. Best regards, Hiroko
Gordon A.
The custimized Shizuoka 6 hours for Mr.Gordon and Mr. Gordon’s mother on April 16, 2019
Customized
“Amazing Mount Fiji”
My mother and I travelled to Shizuoka and enjoyed a wonderful day with Hiroko. Absolutely recommend her as a guide if you are in the Fuji area.
Hiroko I.
(7 reviews)Dear Mr. Gordon, Thank you very much for your warm comment on the tour. I am so glad that you and your mother enjoy the tour and saw magnificent view of Mt. Fuji. It was a wonderful day for me throughout the tour, too but we really had great walk in Miho Pine grove. I hope that you and your mother will stay well and happy. Thank you again for everything and I hope to see you again in the future. Best regards, Hiroko
Camille A.
Izu experience tour “wasabi field and green tea picking” for Mrs. Camille family
Customized
“Awesome day visiting a wasabi farm and tea plantation”
Hiroko was an awesome guide. We were travelling with a 4 month old and we forgot his formula. She brought us to a drugstore so we can get formula so we can continue our trip. It was a bit challenging travelling with a 4 month old but she made it easy for us. She did a customized tour for us, first to a wasabi farm where she gave us information on how wasabi is grown, then after that we went to a short hike to view a waterfalls. After that she brought us to a tea farm. Where we picked tea leaves and tasted green tea. We enjoyed our tour wih Hiroko. It was a perfect day for us.
Hiroko I.
(7 reviews)Dear Mrs. Camille, Thank you very much for your warm comments. I am so glad that you, your husband and Charles enjoyed the tour and made a great memories of Izu.It was a lovely tour for me, too. Your baby ,Charles, is so quite and very good boy. You all are still vacation in Philippines so please enjoy there and I am looking forward to hearing about your wasabi growing in January. Thank you again. I hope to see you in the future. Best regards, Hiroko
