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It takes less than 10 minutes to walk end-to-end of this quaint cobbled street shadowing a narrow stream leading to Ry艒sen-ji temple. However, the appealing ambience of old houses under willow trees now occupied by cafes, jazz bars, boutique shops and restaurants will encourage you to linger.
At the east end, you can enter the old Sawamura's House (c 1915), overlooking the corner of the canal, which used to belong to a mayor of Shimoda.
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A cliffside hiking trail winds over volcanic rock and through pine forest along the gorgeous J艒gasaki coast south of It艒. Most visitors head to Kadowaki鈥
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A road runs to the slope of the volcano, from where you can see Mt Fuji on a clear day. From here, you can hike 45 minutes to the 754m summit to peer into鈥
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Resembling a parasol of cyprus and glass perched on a cliff above the ocean, this remarkable cafe space is the work of superstar architect Kengo Kuma 鈥
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In the middle of the village is its namesake temple, said to have been founded over 1200 years ago by K艒b艒 Daishi, the priest credited with spreading鈥
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A 15-minute walk south of Shimoda Station is Ry艒sen-ji, site of the treaty that opened Shimoda, signed by Commodore Perry and representatives of the鈥
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This grand inn (c 1928) is now a national monument for its fine woodwork. Each of its three storeys was designed by a different master carpenter;鈥
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Ten kilometres south of It艒 is this dormant rice-bowl volcano, a perfectly smooth, steep-sided grassy mound. Ride the chairlift to the 580m summit where鈥
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Half an hour by bus from Shuzen-ji Station is this 25m waterfall in a ravine. Wasabi plants thrive in the river here; the roadstop gift shop sells tasty 鈥
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This small museum displays artefacts and artwork relating to the reception of Commodore Matthew Perry and his gunboats, dubbed 'Black Ships' by locals鈥
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A 15-minute walk south of Shimoda Station is Ry艒sen-ji, site of the treaty that opened Shimoda, signed by Commodore Perry and representatives of the鈥
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The plinth-mounted bust of Matthew C Perry commemorates the landing of the US commodore and his men at this spot in 1854, a short hop from Perry Road.
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If you keep walking east from Perry Rd, you can climb the steps into the hillside park of Shimoda K艒en, which overlooks the bay. It's loveliest in June,鈥
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Founded in 1590, this Zen temple is most famous as the first Western consulate in Japan, established in 1856. A small museum has artefacts of the life of鈥
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This museum showcases the unusual plaster art 'paintings' of native son Ch艒hachi Irie (1815鈥99) including one of his masterpieces, Shungyo-no-zu (Dawn in鈥
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Explore the rooms and antique tools and curios in this old kimono shop and residence girdled in walls of namako-kabe (a lattice-like plaster pattern so鈥
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Half an hour by bus from Shuzen-ji Station is this 25m waterfall in a ravine. Wasabi plants thrive in the river here; the roadstop gift shop sells tasty 鈥