Hello! This is the Matsuzaki Town Tourism Association!
Matsuzaki Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture is a town located in the southern part of the Izu Peninsula.
On Mt. Fuji Day, February 23, Heisei 24, we declared "the town where you can see Mt. Fuji the most beautiful in the world".
Please come and see the large panorama of Mt. Fuji that can be seen over Suruga Bay.
We will send out information that will make you captivated by Matsuzaki Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, so thank you!
Matsuzaki Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture is a town located in the southern part of the Izu Peninsula.
On Mt. Fuji Day, February 23, Heisei 24, we declared "the town where you can see Mt. Fuji the most beautiful in the world".
Please come and see the large panorama of Mt. Fuji that can be seen over Suruga Bay.
We will send out information that will make you captivated by Matsuzaki Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, so thank you!
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Koyasan Promenade
This place, a treasure trove of stone Buddhas second only to Hozoin on Fukinoyama in Monno, Matsuzakicho, faces a mountain stream with sheer cliffs of strange rocks and is wrapped in a little-known atmosphere of tranquil silence.
In the past, ascetic practitioners such as Kobo Daishi and Mongaku Shonin are said to have stayed here at training sites, and it was a sacred area of Shingon esoteric Buddhism. Stone towers inscribed with "Namu Amida Butsu", a Bishamonten stone statue flanked by two child attendants, and many other moss-covered stone Buddhas stand quietly here, offering peace to visitors.
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Kumomi Camping Site Rulebook ②
On Sorting and Collecting Trash
Combustible Waste
1. Drain food scraps thoroughly of water.
2. Shells, expanded polystyrene, trays, plastic bags, and other plastics are acceptable.
〔Please crush expanded polystyrene into small pieces〕
※You may use supermarket plastic bags for disposing of trash.
Cans
〔Beverage cans only〕
1. Do not put cigarette butts or similar items inside.
2. Rinse lightly.
※There is no separation between aluminum and steel cans.
Metal Waste
1. Remove dirt.〔Peel off paper labels, etc.〕
2. Includes aluminum foil, caps, and oil cans.
PET Bottles
1. Remove caps, peel off labels, and rinse lightly.
〔Caps and labels go to combustible waste〕
2. Items marked with the recycling symbol ♳.
〔Items without the mark should be disposed of as combustible waste〕
Bottles and Glass
1. Bottle caps, crown caps, and wine closures go to metal waste.
2. Remove foreign matter from inside, then wash before disposal.
Gas Cylinders and Spray Cans
1. You do not need to puncture them.
2. Caps go to combustible waste.
Cardboard
1. Remove clips and adhesive tape, fold flat, and place separately from combustible waste.
Charcoal and Ash
Extinguish fully and take to the designated area (the garbage area in front of the management building).
※Do not dispose of them on campsites or around buildings.
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【Kumomi Camping site①】
・Follow the rules and make happy memories
【Notices and Prohibitions】
〇 From 9:00 PM until 7:00 AM the next morning, please keep quiet so you do not disturb others.
No nuisance behavior toward other facility users (loud parties, noisy barbecues) is allowed.
※ “Making a racket or shouting loudly” disturbs other guests.
※ Refrain from heavy drinking.
〇 Campfires are allowed until 9:30 PM. (Be sure to douse with water before leaving.)
〇 The use of power from generators or engines, noise from musical instruments, music, other machines, and engine idling is prohibited.
Please keep radio volume low. (Use after 8:00 PM is prohibited.)
〇 Drones are prohibited for safety reasons.
〇 Please drive slowly within the facility (watch carefully for children running out).
〇 Pets must be on a leash at all times and owners must manage them responsibly.
【Remember that some people are uncomfortable with pets】
Excessive barking and similar behavior bother other guests (owners are responsible for inadequate training).
※ If the manager asks you to correct etiquette violations, please comply promptly.
〇 Guardians and adults must watch children to prevent accidents and ensure they do not disturb other guests.
※ Do not allow noise or mischief around the cooking area or toilets.
※ Water guns are prohibited on the grounds.
〇 Do not leave or dispose of trash anywhere other than the designated areas.
※ Do not discard cigarette butts.
※ Do not dispose of embers, ash, or trash around sites, buildings, or hedges.
1. We cannot accept any responsibility for theft or accidents within the campsite, so please take care of your own safety.
2. If damage occurs to facilities or equipment through intentional or negligent acts, you will be charged for repair costs and compensation (except for natural causes).
3. If behaviors that compromise safety or facility management occur and you do not follow the manager’s instructions, we may refuse service and ask you to leave immediately.
No refund of fees will be given in such cases.
【Kumomi Auto Campground Rulebook②】
Requests and Information for Users
Thank you for using Kumomi Auto Campground.
To ensure everyone enjoys a pleasant stay, please cooperate with the following.
〇 Please be quiet after 9:00 PM. (Groups should be especially careful not to disturb others.)
〇 Observe slow driving throughout the campground.
〇 Turn off engines while parked. If sleeping in your vehicle, minimize door opening at night.
〇 No vehicle entry or exit between 9:30 PM and 6:00 AM. (If you need to come or go outside these hours, notify us in advance.)
〇 Do not enter unoccupied accommodation decks, auto sites, or similar areas.
〇 Keep the cooking area clean (do not leave food waste).
〇 Refrain from using the cooking area after lights-out.
〇 Use campfires only in designated fire pits. Place a fire sheet under fire pits and never light directly on the ground.
Ash and the like must be disposed of in designated locations. Douse and extinguish with water by 9:30 PM.
Do not leave wood scraps or wood dust; please clean them up.
〇 Skyrock fireworks and loud fireworks are strictly prohibited. (Small fireworks are allowed in front of the management building until 9:00 PM.)
〇 This campground uses precious mountain spring water (suitable for drinking). Please conserve water.
For guests with pets
〇 Do not remove your dog’s leash. (Watch for excessive barking.)
〇 Owners must properly manage where pets relieve themselves.
〇 Please take responsibility for disposing of pet waste.
Information
◇ Check-in: 1:00 PM–6:00 PM
◇ Check-out: 11:00 AM ※ Accommodation check-out is by 10:00 AM.
◇ Showers are coin-operated. 200 yen for 4 minutes. Soap and shower use available.
◇ A hairdryer is provided in the toilet under the management building.
※ The campground lights are turned off at 9:30 PM.
We cannot accept responsibility for accidents or theft within the campground. Thank you for your understanding.
※ No refunds will be given for cancellations due to the guest’s convenience.
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Koyasan Trail: In the Yagiyama settlement (Yaki-yama) upstream of the Iwashina River, people once burned the mountain to clear land, so it came to be called “Yaki-yama.”
From that settlement, a three-kilometer walk into the mountains brings you to a hidden, tranquil realm where sheer cliffs of strange rock rise along a mountain stream. This place is called Koyasan. Long ago it served as a practice site for shugendo ascetics of Shingon esoteric Buddhism, and many stone Buddhist statues stand here.
☆A legendary site linked to a famous priest☆
There is even a legend that Kobo Daishi once visited this place but left because the smell of fertilizer from nearby fields was impure and the valley was not deep enough; he later went to Kishu (Wakayama Prefecture) and established Mount Koya. Supporting that tale, a practice site called “Enma Shingyo” on the cliff’s mid-slope once enshrined a statue of Kobo Daishi, though it has since been relocated to Eizen-ji Temple in Yagiyama. In the late Edo period, a monk named Taizen trained at Enma Shingyo, traveling to nearby villages to perform prayers. His reputed spiritual powers earned him the honorific title O-Daishi, and his devotees grew to some 200 people. When he left the area, he left sutras and priestly robes with the local Taguchi family as mementos. The family preserved a written box inscription noting that Taizen was from Mikawa (Aichi Prefecture), that he visited in the first year of Tenpo (1830) to enshrine a likeness of Kobo Daishi, that he stayed in retreat for about a year, and that many followers gathered. Another tradition says that during the Kenkyu era (1190–1199), the priest Mongaku also stayed here in retreat; when he tried to leave after completing his training, wild roses tangled in his robes and would not let him go. Mongaku then returned to the rock cave and continued his practice. Since then, locals have called those wild roses “Mongaku roses.”
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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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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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![[Image1]Along about six kilometers from the mouth of the Nakagawa River, which runs through the center of Ma](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/f9511027637dddf139c00c3c3fa6f63ee70f7aaa.jpg)
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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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ID:2It's 😲 a masterpiece of the flower field in the rice fieldThis text has been automatically translated.
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ID:1The rows of cherry blossoms are spectacular, and it must be great to enjoy the blossoms here at night!This text has been automatically translated.
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On about 30,000 square meters of fallow rice paddies, seeds of six flowers—African marigold, borage, baby snapdragon, daisy, poppy, and cornflower—are sown. From mid-February each year they bloom in sequence, turning the whole area into a vast flower field that delights every visitor and has come to represent Matsuzakicho.
Within the flower fields, lifelike scarecrows resembling people and animals, a Flower Field Shrine (a torii made of flowers), and a foot bath are installed. From May 1 to May 5 during Golden Week, visitors may pick flowers free of charge.
From late March to early April, you can also enjoy the cherry tree-lined Nakagawa River—about 6 kilometers and roughly 1,200 trees—making the site a lively attraction each year.
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ID:2Japan has four distinct seasons, and no matter when you come, there are beautiful flowers to admire, which is really enviable.This text has been automatically translated.
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ID:1There are cherry blossoms and it's a superb view ^^This text has been automatically translated.
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Namako-kabe
The term namako-kabe (sea cucumber wall) comes from a technique of affixing flat roof tiles to a wall and building up the mortar joints with white plaster to resemble the sea creature called a namako. This exterior wall method offers excellent fire resistance, thermal insulation, and moisture control, and was commonly seen from the Meiji era through the early Showa period. However, it has declined year by year due to deterioration and rebuilding. Today it can still be found in Izu — notably in Matsuzakicho and Shimoda City — and elsewhere in Japan, such as Kurashiki City in Okayama Prefecture and Higashihiroshima City in Hiroshima Prefecture. Matsuzakicho still retains over 190 such buildings, preserving their traditional charm.
Namako-kabe has become rare nationwide. The town treats it as an important resource and actively works to preserve it. Skilled plasterers who can still create namako-kabe carry out restorations, helping to pass on the craft and maintain the streetscape, while a local volunteer group, Matsuzaki Kura-zukuri-tai, promotes conservation and awareness. Although namako-kabe may seem commonplace, it survives today because of the dedication and efforts of these craftsmen and townspeople to pass this regional resource on to the future.
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Izu-Buntei
Built in 1910 (Meiji 43), Izu-Buntei once housed a kimono merchant.
In Matsuzaki, the town received the building as a donation from its owner and restored the interior as a valuable historic Meiji-era structure. It is now open as a free rest area. A footbath is also installed in the park beside Izu-Buntei.
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