Chapter 03 · Experiences
No. 10
Shrines and sacred places
Atami's shrines and the Jogasaki coast
熱海の神社と城ヶ崎海岸
A camphor over 2,000 years old, said to add a year to your life, 837 steps up from a cave spring, and a bridge over lava cliffs.
時刻表Timetable
- 所要Duration
- About 6 hours (3.5 hours for the two shrines alone)
- 季節Season
- All year; Jogasaki is at its best towards dusk.
- 人数Group
- 1–12 guests
- 移動Getting there
- Transportation by car and a bilingual guide will be arrangedOn footBy trainCome in your own carThe hire company bills you directly; our fee is for the guiding.Travel by train or in your own car. If you'd rather be driven, we book a private car with a licensed driver, and the hire company bills you directly.
- 集合Meeting point
- Atami Station or the house.
- 料金Price
- Guide fee, from ¥5,000 each with your stay
Add a paid tour and the stay is 10% less; discounts don't combine
Reserve
Choose a day, and book it
Finding the open days…
The story
Start at Kinomiya before the crowds arrive, under a camphor tree more than 2,000 years old that the town believes adds a year to your life if you walk round it once. Then Izusan, where 837 stone steps climb from a cave spring to a hall in the forest, with the whole bay opening below. Finish on the Jogasaki coast, where black lava cliffs drop into white water and a suspension bridge hangs 23 metres over the waves.
Close to home and full of stories. Start under the great camphor of Kinomiya Shrine, more than 2,000 years old. Climb to Izusan Shrine, where the exiled Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hojo Masako prayed for the Genji's return. Then follow the coast south to Jogasaki, where lava from Mount Omuro cooled into black cliffs about 4,000 years ago and the Kadowaki suspension bridge hangs over the waves.
Kinomiya in the morning before the crowds, Izusan with the bay opening through the pines, and the coast south to Jogasaki.
路線図
The route
Times are a guide; the day bends to the weather.
Start
Kinomiya Shrine
來宮神社
45 min
Its great camphor is over 2,000 years old, about 24 m round the trunk, and a national natural monument.
+0:45
Izusan Shrine
伊豆山神社
1 h
Where Yoritomo and Masako prayed for the Genji's revival; once he ruled, Yoritomo gave it wide lands as guardian of the eight Kanto provinces. At the purification fountain sit a red and a white dragon, said to warm Atami's hot springs from below.
+1:45
Lunch on the coast
海沿いでお昼
1 h
Kinmedai, Izu's red deep-sea fish, at a harbour restaurant we know. You pay the restaurant.
+2:45Finish
The Jogasaki coast and the Kadowaki bridge
城ヶ崎海岸・門脇吊橋
1 h 15 min
Lava cliffs from Mount Omuro's eruption about 4,000 years ago. The bridge is 48 m long and about 23 m above the sea; the lighthouse beside it has a 360-degree viewing deck.
Photographs 2
We never photograph other visitors' faces.
Good to know
Included
- Your host as guide, in English or Japanese
- A route planned around your group and the weather
- Help booking tickets and restaurant tables
Not included
- Travel: train fares, fuel and tolls for your own car, or the hire car
- Admissions, boats and workshops, paid on the day
- Meals and drinks
- Price
- Guide fee per person, tax included. With your stay: ¥10,000 for one guest, ¥7,500 each for two, ¥5,000 each for three to twelve. Tour only: ¥10,000 each, for two guests or more. Admissions, partner fees, meals and travel are paid on the day. Book a paid tour with your stay and the stay itself is 10% less (you always get the single best discount). Groups of seven or more, please book 10 days ahead.
- Meeting point
- Atami Station or the house.
- Ages
- The 837 steps at Izusan are optional; by the licensed hire car or your own car, you can go round to the top.
- Weather
- Fuji, the stars and the fireworks depend on the sky; we tell you the evening before if it's worth going.
- Cancellation
- Guide fees follow the stay's cancellation tiers. Partners' own terms apply to theirs.
On the mapG3
Kinomiya and Izusan, Atami · About 3 km from the house
Sources
- 01
Kinomiya Shrine's great camphor is over 2,000 years old, about 24 m round the trunk, and a national natural monument.
Source: kinomiya.or.jp (opens in a new tab) - 02
Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hojo Masako prayed at Izusan Shrine for the revival of the Genji.
Source: izusanjinjya.jp (opens in a new tab) - 03
Yoritomo endowed Izusan Shrine with many lands as guardian of the eight Kanto provinces.
Source: izusanjinjya.jp (opens in a new tab) - 04
By shrine tradition, a red and a white dragon made Atami's hot springs well up, which is why they sit at Izusan's purification fountain.
Source: gltjp.com (opens in a new tab) - 05
The Jogasaki coast was formed by lava from Mount Omuro's eruption about 4,000 years ago.
Source: itospa.com (opens in a new tab) - 06
The Kadowaki suspension bridge is 48 m long and about 23 m high, and the Kadowaki lighthouse deck has a 360-degree view.
Source: itospa.com (opens in a new tab) - 07
Hashiriyu at Izusan is a rare horizontal cave spring, found about 1,300 years ago; you can step into the cave, and 837 steps lead from it up to Izusan Shrine.
Source: izugeopark.org (opens in a new tab)
Ask us about a date.
Tell us the day, who's coming and what you'd like to see. Your host replies within a few hours, in English or Japanese.
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