Our second portion of our Izu trip was to spend a few days in Shimoda, a town in the southern portion of the peninsula. This area is notable for being the location that Commodore Perry visited during his second voyage to Japan in order to open Japan to international trade, by force if necessary. Perry…
Month: June 2022
Izu Peninsula Pt. 1 – Ito and Kawazu
It has been a hot minute since we have last posted. Yikes, this adventure was way back at the end of March…we went to the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka, Japan. We stayed in two areas in the peninsula Ito and Shimoda. It was our first trip of the year coming out of some covid restrictions…