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Shizuoka, Matsuzaki Tourism Association

Mar. 28, 2024
[Image1]In the western and southern parts of the Izu Peninsula, widespread deposits from ancient submarine v
[Image2]In the western and southern parts of the Izu Peninsula, widespread deposits from ancient submarine v
[Image3]In the western and southern parts of the Izu Peninsula, widespread deposits from ancient submarine v
[Image4]In the western and southern parts of the Izu Peninsula, widespread deposits from ancient submarine v
[Image5]In the western and southern parts of the Izu Peninsula, widespread deposits from ancient submarine v
[Image6]In the western and southern parts of the Izu Peninsula, widespread deposits from ancient submarine v

In the western and southern parts of the Izu Peninsula, widespread deposits from ancient submarine volcanic eruptions are found. After a long era of submarine volcanism, the whole of Izu uplifted and emerged onto land, and subsequent erosion sculpted the landscape we see today, allowing us to view beautiful internal structures that would originally have remained buried underground. Among the submarine volcanic deposits, volcanic ash and pumice that settled on the seafloor preserved features such as bedding and, over long periods, lithified into rock. These stones became valued as a soft, easily worked, and heat-resistant building material known as Izu stone, and until around the early Showa period they were quarried and shipped from various parts of Izu. Muroiwa Cave was a quarry that operated from the Edo period until 1954 (Showa 29), and it remains one of the few places where visitors can see the site largely as it was in those days.

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Fukinoyama rises to 550 meters near the border between Matsuzaki and Nishi-Izu towns, northeast of Matsuzaki town center and alongside Mount Chokuro of the Amagi range. At the summit stands Hozoin, a Soto Zen temple founded as a sacred esoteric site by Kukai (Kobo Daishi) in the 3rd year of the Dado era; it was originally called Fukino Jizo Mikkyoin. In the Muromachi period it flourished as a great sacred site with 88 branch temples, but it later fell into decline and was revived by the monk Iwanaka. During the Bunki years (1501–1504), Seian, the fourth head priest of Fumon-in in Kawazu, converted from Shingon to Soto Buddhism, and the temple gained the name Hozoin from that time. The temple grounds are densely wooded, featuring the largest cedar in Minami-Izu, estimated at about 400 years old (6.5 m in circumference, 34 m tall), and a 150-year-old Oshima cherry tree. Along the approach, more than 180 stone statues known as "field Buddhas" line up in a rare sight. The moss-covered stone figures of Dainichi Nyorai, Yakushi Nyorai, Amida Nyorai, Jizo, Kannon, Kobo Daishi and others have a quietly desolate air, as if chanting the impermanence of human life. The site is also the 7th sacred stop on the Izu Yokomichi 33 Kannon pilgrimage.
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Along about six kilometers from the mouth of the Nakagawa River, which runs through the center of Matsuzakicho, to Osawa Onsen, roughly 1,200 Somei-yoshino cherry trees are planted, creating a famous cherry-blossom spot that reaches full bloom from late March to early April. You can also enjoy it together with the concurrently held flower fields in rice paddies. During the blooming season, the evening cherry blossoms are lit up, and the reflection of the trees in the Nakagawa River creates a magical scene.

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