Izu Island Adventure

I just got back from my trip to Shimoda and the five of the seven Izu Islands (click for previous post, with map). Here are a few photos from the trip.

Shimoda bay, where Perry and his black ships arrived in 1854. I love the names of the vessels: “Macedonian” and “Vandalia” to name the two most threatening. The US wasn’t joking around.

Kozu Island.

Ahh, the local cuisine. Delicious stuff.

A natural hot spring right by the sea.

Beaches, beautiful sub-temperate beaches…

A shinto shrine buried in the forest.

Click the photograph below for a panorama shot from Shikineshima Island (Niijima Island can be seen in the distance on the far left.)

I’m now off to a small city further south where I attended high school—yes, the Lord George Nathaniel Curzon recieved part of his secondary education at a Japanese public school. Once I return to the US on the 24th, posting will resume with a vengeance. See you then.