Mount Omuro
A 580-meter grassy volcanic cone on the Izu Kogen plateau in Ito. You reach it by chairlift, and the crater rim is walked on foot, with views of the sea, the Izu islands and Mount Fuji.
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In the destination Izu Peninsula.
In the photo: Tokaikan and the Matsukawa River in Ito.
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The city
A hot-spring resort on the east coast of the Izu Peninsula, Ito has hundreds of springs, bathing houses and the former wooden ryokan Tokaikan, by the Okawa River. To the south, in the Izu Kogen area, are the cone of Mount Omuro, reached by a chairlift, and the Jogasaki coast, with lava cliffs and a suspension bridge over the sea.
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The local experience
A 580-meter grassy volcanic cone on the Izu Kogen plateau in Ito. You reach it by chairlift, and the crater rim is walked on foot, with views of the sea, the Izu islands and Mount Fuji.
A coastline of black lava cliffs formed by an eruption from Mount Omuro, featuring the Kadowaki suspension bridge 23 meters above the sea, a lighthouse and cliff-edge trails.
Former three-story wooden ryokan from 1928, on the banks of the Okawa River in central Ito, now open as a cultural center, with tatami rooms, an observation tower and a hot-spring bath on some days.
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