[2025 Minamiizu Attraction] Travel Guide for Cape Irozaki (Updated Apr)

🚤Irozaki, known as the last secret place in Minami-Izu, is one of the most popular scenic spots in Minami-Izu, with its magnificent rocky coast, white lighthouse, and mountain and sea shrine. 🚤It is recommended to sit on the left side of the bus to Irozaki and on the right side on the way back, so you can see the long coastline. 🚤After getting off the bus, you will arrive directly at the visitor center, where souvenirs and light meals are sold. Go through here and continue along the road to the sea, and you will reach the lighthouse. The lighthouse is not high, and you can walk around it in a few steps. From here, you can see the vast sea near Irozaki. Compared to the sea at Cape Tsumekizaki, the sea at Irozaki is a deeper blue. The sea water constantly hits the rocky cliffs of the coast, giving you a sense of the original power of the sea. 🚤Continue along the approach to the shrine, and you will reach Kumano Shrine, which stands on a rock at the end of Irozaki and is a place to pray for marriage. Next to the shrine, you can see the Izu Seven Islands. 🚤Return to the visitor center, take a short break, wait for the return bus, and end your trip to Irozaki. 🚃Transportation in Izu is not very convenient, but it is not complicated once you understand it, as long as you check the timetable in advance. The main transportation in Izu is the Izu Kyuko Line, which runs from north to south. The southernmost terminal is Izukyu-Shimoda Station, which is a transfer station, and you need to take a bus from here to various locations along the coast, and there are no bus routes between the coastal stations, so you have to return to Izukyu-Shimoda Station to transfer. 🚌To Irozaki: One way ¥1,190 Shimoda Station (Timetable: 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 10:40, 11:30, 12:10, 12:35, 13:20, 14:25, 15:10, 16:00, 16:40…) ↓ Tokai Bus: 45 stops, 45 min Irozaki Ocean Park Station (Return: 10:15, 11:23, 12:25, 13:00, 14:10, 15:15, 16:00)

It is a cape located in Minamiizu Town, Kamo County, the southernmost tip of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and is also a tourist attraction. The area is located at the dividing point between the Pacific Ocean and the Philippine Sea. At the tip of the cape are the Ishirozaki Lighthouse and the Ishimuro Shrine. The Ishirozaki Lighthouse was built in 1871. It was originally a wooden octagonal lighthouse. It was rebuilt into its current appearance in 1933. It is the southernmost lighthouse on the Izu Peninsula and is also a very important lighthouse for controlling the Izu Waterway. #2024TravelReview

📘Beautiful beyond expectations! No filters are needed at all, and there are almost no tourists. It’s a place not to be missed by the niche audience! ! - 🪨First stop: Shilangqi 💧The southernmost tip of the Izu Peninsula, with waves lapping at the cliffs, the endless Pacific Ocean, and shrines on the cliffs... 🚢The weather is nice and we can go to the seven islands of Izu. It’s so healing to enjoy the wind and listen to the sea! - 🪺Dragon Palace Cave 🌋It is said to be the filming location of Hayao Miyazaki's "Porco Rosso". The rock formations erupting from the submarine volcano are very shocking to see on site... 🚣🏽‍♂️There is also a deserted beach next door! - ⛩️Shirahama Shrine 📅The oldest shrine in Izu, 2400 years old… 🏄🏾‍♂️Not far away is Shirahama Coast, a surfing mecca! - 🛻The attractions are all free, and the distance between them is about ten or twenty minutes’ drive. It is recommended to drive there by yourself or charter a car! 🚌It is recommended to charter a car, there are also buses, but the intervals between each bus may be longer!