Izu Trip

James Qu who is a Chinese and has been living in Japan for decades took us, the new tokyo comers to the east costal area – izu this weekend. As he speaks perfect, at least to me, Japanese, we didn’t have any trouble of communicating the locals during the trip.

Izu is located to southwest of Tokyo and right South of Mount Fuji. Noted for its beautiful coastal scenery and hotspring resorts, it is a popular site for Tokyo residence during weekends and national holidays.

We took the shinkansen from Tokyo (Shinagawa) to Mishima and rent a Toyota to start our izu trip.
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© Zhu Xinquan. The car we rent

The meandering road made me sick in the car.

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© Zhu Xinquan Look at these terrible roads in the mountain
Luckily, I recovered from the car sick and enjoyed a nice hot spring in Atami.

The view is absolutely fabulous.

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© Zhu Xinquan The izu sea

When this dish was served. Believe me, the lobster was moving in the dish!! I wish that I had taken a video of it. I almost felt a bit uncomfortable as if I were able to hear its groan for losing half of its body, which I am going to eat.
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© Zhu Xinquan
To be continued…

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