Izu City

Valleys of wasabi, a World Agricultural Heritage.

01 ／ Wasabi

About 70% of the prefecture’swasabi fields are here.

Shizuoka is Japan’s No. 1 prefecture for water-grown wasabi, by volume and by value, and about 70% of its growing area is in Izu City. The tatami-ishi (畳石式) stacked-stone method, developed in the late Meiji era by Hirai Kumataro, a builder from Naka-Izu, spread across Japan. In 2018 “Traditional Wasabi Cultivation in Shizuoka” became a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System.

About 70% of the prefecture’s area
Developed the tatami-ishi method
GIAHS 2018

02 ／ Hot springs

Kobo Daishi struck a rockand hot water came out.

Tokko-no-yu (独鈷の湯) is said to be where Shuzenji Onsen began. In 807, the monk Kukai, moved by a boy washing his sick father in the Katsura River, is said to have struck a rock in the river with a ritual implement and made hot water spring up. Shuzenji is said to be the oldest hot spring town in Izu. Tokko-no-yu is now for viewing only.

A legend from 807
Oldest hot spring town in Izu
On the Katsura River

03 ／ Gold mine

Pan for gold at a minethat rivalled Sado.

Toi Gold Mine (土肥金山) on the west coast flourished in the Edo period as one of Japan’s great gold mines, alongside the Sado mine. Its show tunnels recreate the old workings, and you can pan for real gold dust. The tunnels stay cool all year round.

Flourished in the Edo period
Show tunnels
Gold panning

Living here

2 hours to Tokyo on the Odoriko.

about 30,000 people
2 hours to a city centre

The limited express Odoriko runs from Tokyo Station to Shuzenji in about 2 hours. By Shinkansen, change at Mishima to the Izuhakone Railway, about 30 minutes from Mishima to Shuzenji.

People living here: 28,190people
Area: 363.97km²
Households: 11,449households
Rent (average for rentals): 39,967yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 14 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —7 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Izu City in Japan34.977°N 138.947°E

to TokyoLtd. exp. Odoriko120min

Travel times follow 市公式「伊豆市のアクセス」（2023-03-01 更新）に載っている値 (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities.

Territory of Izu City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

21.1km

伊豆の国市, 伊東市, 沼津市, 東伊豆町, 河津町, 西伊豆町

Izu City isthis kind of town.

01Home to about 70% of the prefecture’s wasabi fields, a World Agricultural Heritage
02Shuzenji Onsen, said to be the oldest hot spring town in Izu
03Pan for gold at Toi Gold Mine, which rivalled Sado in the Edo period

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Izu City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗