Ra-Maru

Izu Peninsula


Touristy diner serving Shimoda red snapper burgers and shrimp avo burgers along with a few bottled beers. It's just behind the harbour museum at the port.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Izu Peninsula attractions

1. Perry Monument

0.37 MILES

The plinth-mounted bust of Matthew C Perry commemorates the landing of the US commodore and his men at this spot in 1854, a short hop from Perry Road.

2. Shimoda Kōen

0.44 MILES

If you keep walking east from Perry Rd, you can climb the steps into the hillside park of Shimoda Kōen, which overlooks the bay. It's loveliest in June,…

3. Perry Road

0.48 MILES

It takes less than 10 minutes to walk end-to-end of this quaint cobbled street shadowing a narrow stream leading to Ryōsen-ji temple. However, the…

4. Museum of the Black Ship

0.56 MILES

This small museum displays artefacts and artwork relating to the reception of Commodore Matthew Perry and his gunboats, dubbed 'Black Ships' by locals…

5. Ryōsen-ji & Chōraku-ji

0.57 MILES

A 15-minute walk south of Shimoda Station is Ryōsen-ji, site of the treaty that opened Shimoda, signed by Commodore Perry and representatives of the…

6. Gyokusen-ji

0.66 MILES

Founded in 1590, this Zen temple is most famous as the first Western consulate in Japan, established in 1856. A small museum has artefacts of the life of…

7. Izu Chōhachi Art Museum

11.17 MILES

This museum showcases the unusual plaster art 'paintings' of native son Chōhachi Irie (1815–99) including one of his masterpieces, Shungyo-no-zu (Dawn in…

8. Nakaze-tei

11.2 MILES

Explore the rooms and antique tools and curios in this old kimono shop and residence girdled in walls of namako-kabe (a lattice-like plaster pattern so…