薩埵峠

Satta-Toge Pass is the 3-kilometer pass that is famously dangerous, located on the Tokaido Road between the Okitsu and Yui inns. The view of Mt. Fuji from this area is truly breathtaking. Even today, Mt. Fuji is exactly like the “ukiyo-e” painting of Utagawa Hiroshige.

龍津寺

静岡市埋蔵文化財センター

The purpose of this facility is to store buried cultural assets. You can look at, experience and learn about the buried cultural assets of Shizuoka City.

清見寺

This is a famous temple built during the Nara Period along the Tokaido Road. The temple has many cultural assets, such as a garden that is nationally designated as a place of scenic beauty, “garyu-bai” plums, which are said to be a variety developed by Tokugawa Ieyasu, a “bonsho” bell, a temple gate and writings and drawings.

水口屋ギャラリー

During the Edo Period, Minaguchiya was a grand inn where feudal lords stayed. During and after the Meiji Period, many VIPs of the Japanese government stayed there. Today, it is used as a training center for companies, and the Minaguchiya Gallery, which is located within the grounds, is open to the public.

宗像神社

This shrine is said to have been built during the mid-Heian Period (794-1185 AD). Various Shinto events are held at the annual festival on July 31. The haunted mansion of the Summer Festival held at the same time is also very popular.

興津坐漁荘

This is a reconstructed version of the villa of Saionji Kimmochi, a politician of the Meiji, Taisho and Showa Periods. It is a purely Japanese-style building of the Kyoto style, constructed in 1919.

清水森林公園やすらぎの森

さくらえび天日干し

Suruga Bay is the only place in Japan where sakura shrimp can be caught, and every spring and autumn, Kambara’s Fuji River riverside turns bright pink when the catch is placed in the sun to dry. With Mt. Fuji in the back ground, it is an amazing sight.

お休み処

This Edo Era building, known as Izumi-ya and used long ago as travelers’ lodgings, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property. Some parts of the building remain unchanged from early 1800. Visitors can try their hand at weaving, dyeing, silver working, clay crafts, and more.

本陣跡

Surrounded by an imposing black fence, the Honjin Ruins still preserve some of the bygone atmosphere of the Edo Era. Inside the yard, there still exists an ancient plaster-wall warehouse and a great stone where feudal lords would place their travel palanquins.

青山荘

Seizan Villa was built in a semi-European style in the early 20th century by Count Mitsuaki Tanaka, Minister of the Imperial Household. Although visitors cannot enter the villa, it adds an exotic element to the atmosphere of Kambara.

なまこ壁の家

When walking the streets of Kambara, you will enjoy a trip back in time when you see the Namako-kabe House. The traditional architecture using tiles and “swelling” mortar combined with the grey and white color scheme give an impression of being both modern and traditional.

和歌宮神社

Every July 31st, the Wakamiya Shrine holds the Wakugurisan Festival. The torii gate is decorated with a large rope ring that visitors must pass through to purify their bodies and be cleansed of their ailments. At night, small stalls and stores along the path leading into the shrine bring energy and life to the summer night.

旧五十嵐歯科医院

This Western-style building, refurbished in 1914, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property. Its unique design using spacious windows and teeth-like awning decorations make this clinic a must-see.

志田邸

This former merchant family home and trading house, rebuilt around 1855, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property. Known as the “Yamaroku,” this old-style building still preserves the atmosphere and relics of trades made and deals done long ago.

御殿山

Springtime sees this entire mountain transformed by the cherry blossoms. Visitors will have the opportunity to traverse its walking paths and obstacle courses, and to look out over Suruga Bay and the Izu Peninsula from Sakura Suspension Bridge and Mt. Goten Square on the summit. Mt. Goten receives its name from a residence known as “Goten” that belonged to shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.