izu drive

was deciding whether to drive from Tokyo down to Izu or take the rental car from one of the train stations at Izu..meaning taking train from tokyo down to Izu first.

How long would the drive be when I take the car from ikebukuro to Izukogen for example ? more 4 hrs have traffic jam ? intended date is 16th july for over night stay.

Read through some threads and hear recommendations to the west.. Would appreciate some pointers to see scenery and nice beaches .

Any suggestions on nice inns/hotels to stay there ?

I am familiar with mapcodes taught by forummer here.. but not sure Nippon would supply me a car with mapcodes ?

thank you so much

How long would the drive be when I take the car from ikebukuro to Izukogen for example ?

Driving all by car has the advantage of ease of luggage management and comfort. The disadvantage is the confusing, possibly stressful car ride out of Tokyo and the risk of traffic jams. The answer to which one is better will depend on personal preference.

Without traffic jams, I think Google's estimate of 2.5 hours is quite realistic:
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=%E7%9C%8C%E9%81%...

intended date is 16th july for over night stay.

It should not a particular busy day on the peninsula itself.

Read through some threads and hear recommendations to the west..

Yes, I, too, find the southwestern and western coast of the peninsula particularly attractive.

I am familiar with mapcodes taught by forummer here.. but not sure Nippon would supply me a car with mapcodes ?

I recommend to go with phone numbers. All GPS systems let you enter destinations by phone number.

Thanks Uji san.

Where can i get the phone numbers of the attractions ? Any suggested link ?

Coz mapcodes I can do mapping myself..

Any suggested route that you can proposed to me ?

Any carpark issues ?

I am sure there are some tolls from Tokyo to Izu. any idea how much ?

any recommendations on where to stay ?

http://izu.tokinosumika.com/olive/
the above is a spa resort ? Can stay for two person too ?

Where can i get the phone numbers of the attractions ? Any suggested link ?

Droozy,

We did a similar trip over a year ago. But took a train to Ito, and from there we rented a car exploring the IZU peninsular .
We highly recommend you visit the small tourist information office just across the road, right side , from Ito station.The people there were extremely friendly , and helpful. We could not thank them enough for helping us with information, arranging car rental, providing all the telephone numbers for places we were visiting.
And the rental-car office is just behind the tourist office.

thanks liem for your reply =)

do you still have the information with you ? U mean ito station ?

thank you so much. appreciate all replies

Where can i get the phone numbers of the attractions ? Any suggested link ?

That's difficult. I had ryokan in mind. If you can't find the attractions on the map and input them that way, using Mapcodes would be, indeed, the better approach. But I am sorry I never use them, so I don't know whether they are a guaranteed part of GPS systems.

Any suggested route that you can proposed to me ?

If you had enough time, I would recommend driving the peninsula down along the east coast and up again along the west coast. But if you have only two days, you would be spending most of your days driving. So, I recommend to look into which sights you want to see, look at a map and come up with a route that most effectively connects the sites you want to see.

Any carpark issues ?

I have never had parking issues on the Izu Peninsula before. Some tourist spots will charge small parking fees.

I am sure there are some tolls from Tokyo to Izu. any idea how much ?

It depends on the route taken, but it is likely to be around 3000 yen one way. The peninsula itself has some toll roads for tourists which go through nice scenery and are less busy than the coastal roads.

http://izu.tokinosumika.com/olive/
the above is a spa resort ?

It is a complex that includes a bath, a spa, a restaurant and a hotel.

Can stay for two person too ?

The hotel seems to have two types of cottages. One accommodates up to 4 people and the other up to six people:
http://izu.tokinosumika.com/olive/guestroom.html

U mean ito station ?

droozy,

Yes Ito station. You can't miss the tourist office, they have sign on top of the building right in front of the station .The office is in a corner of a street.

droozy,

Forgot to mention 2 of the staff speak English very well.

We rented a Toyota car. The office is about 100 m behind the tourist office.

Thanks liem
Do you still have your old itnerary?
Where did u stay ? At shimoda ? Or west coast ?
I also need to check the time required fr east to west as i can only see a road path fr ito to dogashima is the only way to cut or from shimoda
Appreciate so many valuable information ;)

We stayed the night in ITO, and travelled mainly along the east coast ,visited places in the following order:

Mount Omuro
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6309.html

Jogasaki Coast
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6308.html

Shirahama Beach
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6304.html

Shimoda
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6300.html

Perry Black Ships
Perry Road, Ryosenji Temple
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6301.html

Irozaki Coast
lighthouse and Iro Shrine
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6303.html

ok then afterwards you travel to the west ?
I was thinking to go east before going back to tokyo.

How abt your itnerary to the east ?

thank you so much liem

We did not have time to cover the western side of IZU, as we had to go to Magome & Tsumago the next day.
The previous post was our emergency West IZU itinerary provided by the staff in The ITO tourist office.

How long is the drive from ikebukuro to shimoda ?