Chapter 03 · Experiences
No. 13
Host originals
Jogasaki at dusk
夕暮れの城ヶ崎
Black lava cliffs from a 4,000-year-old eruption, a cliff path past an old cannon battery, a bridge 23 metres over the waves, and the sky going pink over Oshima.
時刻表Timetable
- 所要Duration
- About 4 hours
- 季節Season
- All year, at dusk.
- 人数Group
- 1–12 guests · Ages 8 and up
- 移動Getting there
- By trainCome in your own carTransportation by car and a bilingual guide will be arrangedThe 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
- The Bora Naya car park at Futo, 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
Four thousand years ago lava from Mt. Omuro poured into the sea here and set as black cliffs. We walk the 25-minute cliff path at the end of the day, from an old fishermen's hut past a cannon battery from the last years of the shogunate, to the Kadowaki suspension bridge, 48 metres long and 23 above the swell. Climb the lighthouse as the sky goes pink, and watch Izu Oshima darken on the horizon.
About 4,000 years ago Mount Omuro erupted and sent lava down to the sea, where it cooled into the black, broken cliffs of Jogasaki. A path runs along the top of them, through pines, from Bora Naya, an old fishermen's hut, to the Kadowaki suspension bridge, hung about 23 metres above the waves.
We walk it in the late afternoon, climb the lighthouse deck as the sun goes, and watch Izu Oshima darken across the water. If you're hungry, the old fishermen's hut serves meals.
The 25-minute cliff path from an Edo fishermen's hut, past a battery from the end of the shogunate, to the Kadowaki bridge, timed for the last light.
路線図
The route
Times are a guide; the day bends to the weather.
Start
Bora Naya
ぼら納屋
10 min
An Edo-period fishermen's hut, now a restaurant.
+0:10
The cliff path
崖の上の遊歩道
35 min
Through pines, past the fish-watching hut and the old battery.
+0:45Finish
The Kadowaki bridge and lighthouse
門脇つり橋と灯台
45 min
48 m across, 23 m up; the lighthouse deck sees all the way round.
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
- The Bora Naya car park at Futo, or the house.
- Ages
- Ages 8 and up · The cliff path has unfenced edges: hold small hands.
- 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 mapH5
The Jogasaki coast, Itō · About 21 km from the house
Sources
- 01
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) - 02
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) - 03
The Jogasaki picnic path from Bora Naya to the Kadowaki bridge takes about 25 minutes and passes the Futo fish-watching hut and a battery from the end of the shogunate; Bora Naya, a fishermen's hut built for the Edo-period mullet fishery, now serves meals.
Source: itospa.com (opens in a new tab) - 04
The Izu Peninsula became a UNESCO Global Geopark on 17 April 2018.
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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