Izu-shi is located in the centre of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, about 100 km south-west of Tokyo.
Nelson’s sister city is a rural, mountainous, and forested community of 32,000 people with stunning views of Mount Fuji and Suruga Bay.
Izu-shi is famous for its hot springs, its mountains, golf courses, hiking, cycling, cherry blossoms, summer festivals, and agricultural products like wasabi, shitake mushrooms, and tea. The area is also noted for its excellent local sake and craft beer.
People in Japan have long come to the area to enjoy soaking in the onsen hot springs in Shuzenji and to enjoy the early cherry blossoms that arrive on the mild Pacific coastline of the Izu Peninsula. Izu-shi is the setting for the short story The Izu Dancer by Nobel Prize winning author Yasunari Kawabata.
Izu-shi has become a well-known destination for track cycling, road cycling, and mountain biking and was the host city for two cycling events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Indoor cycling events were held in the Izu Velodrome while a newly constructed 4100 metre course nearby was the site of the mountain bike events. The Friendship Society encourages the developing of new ties between our sister cities through cycling.
A replica of Nelson’s early Courthouse and City Hall stands in the Niji no Sato Rainbow Park in Izu-shi.
Please see Sakura Hanami Cherry Blossom Viewing under COMMUNITY EVENTS 2021 for pictures of cherry blossoms in Izu-shi.
For more information about Izu City and the region, click here
Izu-shi is famous for its hot springs, its mountains, golf courses, hiking, cycling, cherry blossoms, summer festivals, and agricultural products like wasabi, shitake mushrooms, and tea. The area is also noted for its excellent local sake and craft beer.
People in Japan have long come to the area to enjoy soaking in the onsen hot springs in Shuzenji and to enjoy the early cherry blossoms that arrive on the mild Pacific coastline of the Izu Peninsula. Izu-shi is the setting for the short story The Izu Dancer by Nobel Prize winning author Yasunari Kawabata.
Izu-shi has become a well-known destination for track cycling, road cycling, and mountain biking and was the host city for two cycling events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Indoor cycling events were held in the Izu Velodrome while a newly constructed 4100 metre course nearby was the site of the mountain bike events. The Friendship Society encourages the developing of new ties between our sister cities through cycling.
A replica of Nelson’s early Courthouse and City Hall stands in the Niji no Sato Rainbow Park in Izu-shi.
Please see Sakura Hanami Cherry Blossom Viewing under COMMUNITY EVENTS 2021 for pictures of cherry blossoms in Izu-shi.
For more information about Izu City and the region, click here
IZu-shi and The Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka, Japan
Learn more about Izu-Shi's replica of Nelson's city hall here.
Photo credit: Izu City
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