A vacation to Japan can be anything you want it to be, and a journey to the birth place of wasabi comes with ice cream, hot springs and waterfalls.

Our guide to the top day trips from Tokyo promises natural beauty, relaxation and a welcome change of pace to recharge your social battery.

The Izu Peninsula is home to many fascinating ... The hotel’s restaurant serves high-quality Japanese and Western-style course meals, using fresh local ingredients from Shizuoka and Izu, such as ...

Shizuoka Prefecture is the source of roughly half the tuna in Japan, making it only natural that the region is home to great sushi—and even a sushi museum!

The scent of wasabi wafted faintly in the air as I walked by terraces filled with the distinctive plants in Japan’s Izu Peninsula. The cool, shady mountain slopes were ideal for hiking ...

The scent of wasabi wafted faintly in the air as I walked by terraces filled with the distinctive plants in Japan’s Izu Peninsula. The cool, shady mountain slopes were ideal for hiking, and abundant ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan -- The town office of Higashiizu, along a peninsula southwest of Tokyo well known for its hot springs, has come up with a novel approach to attracting tourists, unstaffed souvenir ...

Masamori Tsuboi, managing director of JA Enshu Yumesaki, which falls under the Japan Agricultural Cooperative, believes Shizuoka lags behind Kagoshima when it comes to reinvention. "It is a time ...

Night - Cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds SW at 8 to 9 mph (12.9 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 58 °F (14.4 °C). Cloudy with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C) and a 40% chance ...