Chapter 03 · Experiences
No. 15
Mt. Fuji and tea country
Mishima and Mt. Fuji
三島と富士山
Fuji ahead all day: a 400-metre footbridge over the valley, tea rows running up to the mountain, the shrine where Yoritomo prayed, and Suruga Bay at sunset.
時刻表Timetable
- 所要Duration
- About 7 hours
- 季節Season
- All year; Fuji is clearest on winter mornings, the tea greenest in spring.
- 人数Group
- 1–12 guests
- 移動Getting there
- Transportation by car and a bilingual guide will be arrangedCome 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 Mishima Station, or the house if you travel by hire car or in your own car.
- 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
A day that keeps Fuji in front of you. Walk out over the valley on the Mishima Skywalk, at 400 metres Japan's longest footbridge, then on to the tea rows that run straight up to the mountain. Stop at Mishima Taisha, where Minamoto no Yoritomo prayed before he took power, for spring water and grilled eel. If the light is kind we finish back on the bridge at sunset, as Suruga Bay goes orange and the lights of Numazu come on.
A day on the Fuji side of Izu. Walk the Mishima Skywalk with the mountain ahead, stand at the edge of the Obuchi Sasaba tea fields for the view on so many Shizuoka postcards, and end at Mishima Taisha, where the exiled Minamoto no Yoritomo prayed for his clan's return before he raised his army in 1180. Lunch is Mishima eel, if you like it.
If the light is kind, we end at sunset back on the Skywalk; the photographs on this page show why.
路線図
The route
Times are a guide; the day bends to the weather.
Start
Mishima Skywalk
三島スカイウォーク
1 h
A 400 m pedestrian suspension bridge in the hills above Mishima, with Mt. Fuji ahead on clear days and Suruga Bay below.
+1:00
Obuchi Sasaba tea fields
大淵笹場
45 min
One of the few places to see Mt. Fuji over tea fields with no power lines in the way. The fields are working farmland, so we watch from the road.
+1:45
Lunch in Mishima
三島でお昼
1 h
Mishima's eel is kept for a few days in Mt. Fuji's spring water before it's grilled. We book the table; you pay the restaurant.
+2:45Finish
Mishima Taisha
三嶋大社
1 h
The first shrine of old Izu Province, where Yoritomo prayed for the Genji's return. A kinmokusei tree about 1,200 years old, a national natural monument, flowers twice in September and scents the whole precinct.
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 Mishima Station, or the house if you travel by hire car or in your own car.
- 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 mapF3
Mishima Skywalk and Obuchi Sasaba · About 12 km from the house
Sources
- 01
The Mishima Skywalk is a 400 m pedestrian-only suspension bridge with views of Mt. Fuji.
Source: mishima-skywalk.jp (opens in a new tab) - 02
Obuchi Sasaba in Fuji City is one of the few places to photograph Mt. Fuji over tea fields without power lines; visitors are asked not to enter the fields.
Source: city.fuji.shizuoka.jp (opens in a new tab) - 03
Mishima eel is kept for four to five days in Mt. Fuji's underground water, which takes away any muddy taste.
Source: mishima-kankou.com (opens in a new tab) - 04
Exiled to Izu, Minamoto no Yoritomo revered Mishima Taisha and prayed there for the revival of the Genji; after his success he gave it lands and treasures.
Source: mishimataisha.or.jp (opens in a new tab) - 05
Yoritomo is said to have prayed at Mishima Taisha many times during his exile, including a hundred days of prayer.
Source: city.mishima.shizuoka.jp (opens in a new tab) - 06
Yoritomo raised his army on 17 August 1180, the night of the Mishima Taisha festival.
Source: mishimataisha.or.jp (opens in a new tab) - 07
Mishima Taisha's main hall, offering hall and worship hall were designated Important Cultural Properties in 2000.
Source: mishimataisha.or.jp (opens in a new tab) - 08
Mishima Taisha's kinmokusei, a national natural monument thought to be about 1,200 years old, comes into full bloom twice each September.
Source: mishimataisha.or.jp (opens in a new tab) - 09
Mishima Taisha is known as the Ichinomiya, the first shrine, of Izu.
Source: city.mishima.shizuoka.jp (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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