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Where is Izu Peninsula?
Izu Peninsula (Izu Hunto) relative to Izu Seven Islands (Izu Shichito) and Izu Islands Chain).
Izu Peninsula (Izu Hanto)
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Izu peninsula is on the Philippine plate and moving toward the Sea of Japan, thrusting itself through Honshu Island, which is on the Euracean Plate.
The movement created beautiful mountainous scenery (with numerous hot springs) and interesting ocean floor along the coastline.
It is a popular weekend destination for divers around Tokyo/Yokohama area. Many divers join dive shop tours for one day or overnight weekend diving.
There are many diving spots along the coast. It is 70 miles plus and 3 hours plus drive from Tokyo, depending on how far you go into the peninsula and the traffic.
Izu Oceanic Park(I.O.P.) on the east coast and Ose-zaki (Cape Ose) on the west coast are two most popular sites among them.
A word of caution:
Often times, you have to wait in line for entry if you go to particularly popular sites closer to Tokyo area on holiday weekends. So if you are crowd phobia, choose right time to be there.
Underwater Videos of Each Destination
Click destination for Video Links.
Izu East Coast
Izu west coast
Izu South
Izu East Coast
Atami
Ajiro
- 2013 8 25 SEAPOINT網代キッテ根ダイブ (3m 52s)
- 20221128 ダイビング 網代 (21m 44s)
Izu Kaiyo Koen (I.O .P)
Ito
Hokkawa
Atagawa
Izu West Coast
Osezaki
Toi
Kumomi
- 雲見の洞窟
- 激流の先には1000000匹の群れ!雲見で洞窟ダイビング! Cave diving in Japan!
- 念願の雲見でファミリーダイビング 沖縄並みのきれいな海に感動です 群馬県伊勢崎市のダイビングショップ
- 雲見の外洋ポイント「沖の根」夏のベストシーズンに潜る (3m 30s)
Mera
Tago
Izu South
Mikomoto-jima
- 神子元ダイビング 魚の大群、凄い魚影!! (群れの映像) ※Scuba Diving, Mikomoto, Izu, Japan
- 神子元ダイビング ハンマーヘッドシャークの大群!! 100匹オーバーのリバーに遭遇!!
A group of hammerhead shark - Mikomoto Island, Japan
- #17 【VLOG】ハンマーヘッドシャークを見に神子元島に行って来ました
(32 Min.raw video, no BGM) - Sep 2022 Mikomoto Hammerhead Sharks 4K 神子元 ハンマーリバー ダイビング (4.11 min.)
- #18 【VLOG】神子元島のガイドさんに聞くハンマーヘッドシャークの見に神子元島に行って来ました
"Mikomoto diving is for advanced divers who can take care of themselves"
Hakachizaki
- TrueNorth 波勝崎ダイビングツアー (2m 42s)
- 南伊豆 波勝崎の海中洞窟 (3m 54s)
- 2019年9月29日 波勝崎 前半 (4m 05s)
Underwater Photos
Atami
- Diving in Atami - Scroll down. A lot of big photos.
Izu Kaiyo Koen (I.P.O)
Diving Articles & Reports
- Hokkawa Report : Rudder-Scrapin' Dive with 3 photos
by Charles T. Whipple - Futo Report: Diving the Door to Prosperity with 7 photos
by Charles T.Whipple
Diving Services
- PADI Dive Shops
Zoom in Japan map to Izu Peninsula and click a mark at a destination. at Diving in Japan (PADI)
- NAUI Diving Shops in Shizuoka Pref.
- NAUI DIving Shops in Kanagawa Pref.
At NAUI, Japan. (Izu Peninsula belongs to Shizuoka Pref. and Kanagawa Pref. is next to it.)
Here's a very old diving shop in Osezaki.
Diving House ManbowTourism General Information
- The Izu Region
at Shizuoka Guide - 伊豆エリア
This Japanese site has much more details. You can just translate by Google translate, etc.
- Eastern Izu area
at Shizuoka Waterside Sport
Volcanoes
- Izu-Tobu - A bit slow to load. Be pacient!
from Japanese Volcanoes
at Sumisonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Global Vocanism Program - Izu-Tobu Volcanoes (PDF 21,777kb)
from National Catalogue of The Active Volcanoes in Japan (4th Edition) (EN)
Sea floor topography around I.O.P.
on 伊豆東部火山群(手石海丘) Eastern Izu Volcano Group