Feel football, history and nature around Shizuoka.
After the satisfying experience of football at "Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA",
visit the origin of "Shizuoka, the Kingdom of Football in Japan". From
Shizuoka city, you can go to "S-Pulse Dream Plaza"
in Shimizu city, featuring "Football Museum", "Chibi-Maruko-chan
Land", "Sushi Museum", etc., unique and interesting facilities
from children to adults. "Nihondaira" is the hill
located between Shimizu and Shizuoka cities, and you can see the beautiful landscape
of Suruga Bay, Shizuoka and Shimizu cities, and Mt. Fuji.
"Kunozan Toshogu Shrine" enshrines the General Tokugawa-Ieyasu
in the 17th Century, where you can see interesting and precious articles at that
time. The combination of "Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA" with the sightseeing
spots around Shizuoka city will provide you with a variety of options when you
stay in Shizuoka Prefecture.
An amusement complex, featuring Shimizu Sushi museum (the first sushi museum
of Japan, single ticket adult 400 yen, child 200 yen), "Teruhisa Kitahara
Toy Museum" (single ticket adult 500 yen, child 300 yen), "Chibi-Maruko-chan
Land" (single ticket adult 300 yen, child 200 yen), "Shimizu Succor
Museum" (a unique museum in the city of football, Shimizu city, single ticket
adult 300 yen, child 200 yen), and movie theaters, amusement corner, large seafood
market "Shimizu Port Market" and shopping mall. Beautiful light-up scene
at night.
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The peak of Mt. Udo, and "Nihondaira" was named after the old story
that Yamato-Takeru-no-Mikoto" looked down the field from here when he was
on the way of battles to the East. 308m-height hill, from which you can see the
Port of Shimizu and Miho Pine Trees, as well as the mountains of Izu, Shizuoka
city, the South Alps and Cape Omaezaki. The most famous view is that of Mt. Fuji.
You can also see the beautiful night view below. Take an aerial cableway from
the peak to Kunozan Toshogu Shrine, where you can see elegant and gorgeous buildings
and a museum displaying the articles related to Tokugawa-Ieyasu. There are many
strawberry picking farms along the coast under the mountain, and you can pick
and eat strawberries from January to May.
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Enshrining
Tokugawa-Ieyasu as well as Toyotomi-Hideyoshi and Oda-Nobunaga. The "Gongen-style"
buildings are located at the top of Mt. Kuno, with beautiful carvings and paintings.
Built by the 2nd General Hidetada according to the last words of Ieyasu. Nik
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