Mishima



Mishima (三島) is a city in Shizuoka in Japan.

Understand
Mishima city is locally called the “City of Water” due to its enviable position of being at the base of a peninsula, surrounded by the sea and also being directly south of Mt Fuji, historically collecting much of its annual meltwater runoff. In line with this claim, water features feature proiminantly around the station front area to symbolise it. However, the harsh reality is that throughout the modernisation of the country, more and more industrial facilities have been placed upstream and their insatiable need for water has resulted in less and less actually reaching Mishima. Today, Mishima's prized park with its beautiful landscaped lake, Rakujuen (楽寿園), is little more than a sad, dry bed of craggy basalt. Water does still flow throughout certain parts of town, but not without heavy application of the hand of mankind.

Tourist information sites

 * The local tourist association has a multilingual guide site for smartphone.
 * You may prefer the association's Japanese-only guide website. Its Pamphlet section has some materials in English and other languages.

By train
All services mentioned above are fully covered by the Japan Rail Pass.

Get around
The Izu-Hakone Sunzu Line travels further into the Izu Peninsula to Shuzenji, with several local stops in Mishima.

See
Mishima is near Suruga Bay, with Numazu as a nearby port city. Being close to Mt. Fuji, the view of it can be very good, depending on the weather.



Do
Many people visit Mishima Shrine on New Year's Day for hatsumōde (初詣), the first shrine visit of the new year.

Eat

 * Cherry shrimp (桜海老 sakura ebi), a tiny variety caught in Suruga Bay.
 * Eel (鰻 unagi). Try the traditional bowl of rice and broiled eel.
 * Wasabi-zuke (わさび漬け), a mix of grated wasabi and sake lees.
 * Uogashi Zushi (魚がし鮨)　Shizuoka mishima city hagi 41-1　(静岡市三島市萩41-1) TEL:+81 55-987-9383 Uogashi is a very popular sushi shop that can get quite crowded at dinner time.

Drink

 * Green tea (緑茶 ryokucha). The first tea of the season is very good.

Go next
Mishima is located at the intersection between the Tokaido line and a private line running down the guts of the Izu Peninsula and thus acts as the natural gateway to the Izu interior and Izu via train and western Izu regions via road.

Other locations:
 * Izunokuni
 * Izu
 * Atami
 * Kannami
 * Mount Fuji
 * Numazu
 * Susono
 * Hakone
 * Odawara