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The Izu peninsula (伊豆半島, Izu-hantō) is a mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, Japan. Formerly known as Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture. The peninsula has an area of 1,421.24 km 2 (548.74 sq mi) and its estimated ...
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Izu Province (伊豆国, Izu-no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area now part of Shizuoka Prefecture and Tokyo. [1] Izu bordered on Sagami and Suruga Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Zushū (豆州). Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Izu" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Shuzen-ji
Izu Ōshima (伊豆大島, Izu-ōshima) is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea, off the coast of Honshu, Japan, 22 km (14 mi) east of the Izu Peninsula and 36 km (22 mi) southwest of Bōsō Peninsula. [1]
Hachijō-jima is about 200 km (120 mi) south of the Izu Peninsula [1] —or about 287 km (178 mi) south of Tokyo [2] —in the Pacific Ocean. [3] The smaller island of Hachijō-kojima is 7.5 km (4.7 mi) northwest of Hachijō-jima, [4] and can be seen from the top of Nishiyama. [2]
Ino Tadataka: Complete map of greater Japan coastal area; large map near Atsumi Peninsula. Inō Tadataka (伊能忠敬, 1745–1818) started learning Western astronomy when he was 52 years old. On order of the shogun he dedicated 16 years between 1800 and 1817 to survey all Japanese coastlines, but died before a complete map of Japan could be ...
As this name of the Seven Islands of Izu continued to be used even today, the islanders of the islands other than the Seven Islands feel discriminated., [1] and the Aogashima villagers in particular have petitioned not to use it at every opportunity. In connection with this, the affiliated organization of Tokyo, the "Izu Seven Islands Tourism ...