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A snappy bullet train ride away from Tokyo, the Izu Peninsula is nature showing off. Formed almost 600,000 years ago thanks to a chain of submarine volcanoes colliding with mainland Japan, the result is a totally surreal landscape of hot springs, subtropical beaches and dramatic cliffs. Everywhere you look, the ever-changing vistas defy belief, whether you’re on the southernmost tip where Japan’s isolation ended, the 1,200-year-old onsen town of Shujenzi – aka, Izu’s ‘Little Kyoto’, or Suruga Bay (Japan’s deepest) where Mount Fuji reflects across the indigo waters. The most adventurous travellers ditch the public transport and explore by car, where the views get even more rugged and untamed the deeper you go. Natural phenomena, world-class wasabi and pristine onsens all add up to one fabulous vision of Japan.
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