Tag Archives: Mount Omuro

7 Nights In Izu: Is The Picture Postcard Cinder-Cone Mountain Becoming Too Touristy? Plus Japan’s Best Zoo & Over-Eating!

Posted on March 6, 2025 by tokyofox

Whilst some people love the variety of a different place and activities for their holiday each year, there are also many others who are more than content to just the do the same every time. I’ve long been of the … Continue reading →

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We Had A Zoo-perb Day Out Getting Up Close With Many Cute Animals At This Place!

Posted on February 8, 2025 by tokyofox

The subject of zoos is one that can be extremely divisive at times. Many are critical of them for turning animals into a sideshow rather than being free to live their lives naturally in the wild. Putting animals in cages … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Tokyo Fox Hits of 2024

Posted on January 1, 2025 by tokyofox

  So 2025 has only just begun and already Tokyo Fox is looking back!! There have been exactly ten new posts on here each and every month for over a decade but last year saw it reduced to eight a … Continue reading →

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TF Top 24……Photos For 2024 (End Of Year Filler Post!)

Posted on December 29, 2024 by tokyofox

  This lame and lazy half-assed compilation post idea was ushered in at the end of 2018 with an eye on permanently replacing the ‘TF Top 10……Filming Location Trips For (year)’ series which has finally run out of steam now … Continue reading →

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7 Nights In Izu: Great Lakes, Picturesque Mountains, A New Footbath, Robot Waiters & 4 Candles!

Posted on February 26, 2024 by tokyofox

The New Year was just around the corner by the time we finally went to Izu for our winter holiday. That was due to having a number of guests in Tokyo over the Christmas holiday as well as work, sickness … Continue reading →

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TF Top 21……Photos For 2021 (End Of Year Filler Post!)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by tokyofox

This lame and lazy half-assed compilation post idea was ushered in at the end of 2018 with an eye on permanently replacing the ‘TF Top 10……Filming Location Trips For (year)’ series which has long been running out of steam and … Continue reading →

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Another Abandoned Building On The Shores Of Lake Ippeki And The Regular Visit To Komuroyama

Posted on September 15, 2021 by tokyofox

A few years ago I wrote about the abandoned ruins of a lakeside hotel close to the shores of Lake Ippeki-ko in Ito but little did I know that there were more nearby! Another hotel too.   Usually such derelict … Continue reading →

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Return To Japan’s Greenest & Cleanest Extinct Volcano In Izu

Posted on August 19, 2021 by tokyofox

  There are two popular tourist mountains in Ito on the Izu Peninsula. Mount Komuro is famed for its beautiful sea of pink tsutsuji (azalea) flowers in late April or early May each year, and then there`s Mount Omuro which … Continue reading →

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At One With Nature In Izu: The Jogaskai Coast, Mount Komuro, Mount Omuro & Ippeki Lake

Posted on June 27, 2021 by tokyofox

  One of the most obvious and best things about going to Izu (Shizuoka Prefecture) every few months is the abundant nature in the vicinity of my parents-in-law`s home in Ito. It`s a world away from the city life we … Continue reading →

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Cycling In Izu #3 – A Giant Kannon Structure In The Mountains & A Religious Cult Building

Posted on October 24, 2019 by tokyofox

My bicycle was taken on this trip to Izu with the idea in mind of doing some rides on future weekends but I was quite keen to get this particular one out of the way in the knowledge that I’d … Continue reading →

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