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21-650: The line approximately parallels the eastern coast of the Izu Peninsula , a tourist district noted for its numerous hot spring resorts , and golf courses , between Itō Station in Itō and Izukyū Shimoda Station in Shimoda . The line opened in 1961. Since March 13, 2010, PASMO and Suica cards are accepted on the line. Initial plans called for the Japanese National Railways (JNR) to build

42-601: A spur line linking Atami on the Tōkaidō Main Line with Shimoda. However, funding was limited in the 1930s due to a combination of a tight fiscal policy under Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi during the Great Depression , and a number of technical issues. On March 30, 1935, the initial 8.7 km section of the Itō Line linking Atami with Ajiro was opened. The second (8.3 km) section from Ajiro to Itō

63-432: Is also served by Japan National Route 135 , Japan National Route 136 , and Japan National Route 414 . Izu also offers two scenic roads, called " Izu Skyline " (伊豆スカイライン) and " Western Izu Skyline " (西伊豆スカイライン) that offer beautiful views on nature and Mt. Fuji. Both skyline roads are favorite spots of car and motorcycle enthusiasts. The Odakyu Electric Railway runs local bus services from Odawara and Hakone , and there

84-556: Is an extensive but infrequent internal bus network. On August 12, 1985, Flight JAL 123 , while crossing peninsular airspace, experienced an explosion in the aft pressure bulkhead, resulting in an accident that killed 520 people, becoming one of the deadliest air disasters in human history. Suruga Bay Suruga Bay (駿河湾, Suruga-wan ) is a bay on the Pacific coast of Honshū in Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan . It

105-650: Is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture . The peninsula has an area of 1,421.24 km (548.74 sq mi) and its estimated population in 2005 was 473,942 people. The peninsula's populated areas are located primarily on the north and east. Tectonically, the Izu peninsula results from the Philippine Sea Plate colliding with the Okhotsk Plate at the Nankai Trough . The Philippine Sea Plate,

126-784: Is served by the Sunzu Line as far as Shuzenji. The west coast of the peninsula is less developed, and has no train service. Izu Peninsula is served by numerous expressways. By car, it is 103.3 km (64.2 mi) from the Yōga Interchange (用賀インター Yōga Intā ) on the Tokyo end of the Tōmei Expressway to Numazu. To get to the eastern side, a branch at Atsugi leads to the Odawara-Atsugi Road , which continues past Odawara to Yugawara, Atami , and Shimoda. Izu Peninsula

147-528: Is situated north of a straight line from Omaezaki Point to Irōzaki Point at the tip of the Izu Peninsula and surrounded by Honshū to the southwest and west and the Izu Peninsula to the east. Suruga Bay is a place of contrasts. Japan's loftiest peak, Mount Fuji at 3,776 metres (12,388 ft), rises from the 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) depth of the Suruga Trough running up the middle of

168-572: Is within Shizuoka Prefecture . It is administratively divided into eight cities and five towns: A popular resort region for tourists from the Kantō region , the Izu peninsula is primarily known for onsen hot spring resorts in Atami , Shuzenji , and Itō. The area is also popular for sea bathing, surfing, golfing and motorcycle touring. The peninsula abuts Mount Fuji and is a part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park . The southwest coast of Izu, from

189-649: The Amurian Plate , and the Okhotsk Plate meet at Mount Fuji , a triple junction . The peninsula itself lies on the Philippine Sea Plate. The southern portion of the peninsula is composed largely of breccia , and the central and northern portions consist of numerous highly eroded volcanoes . The Amagi Mountain Range dominates the center of the peninsula with Mount Amagi (1,406 metres (4,613 ft)) and Mount Atami (773 metres (2,536 ft)) in

210-599: The Izu Kyūkō Line also makes the same run, but using different rolling stock . This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Misplaced Pages Izu Peninsula The Izu peninsula ( 伊豆半島 , Izu-hantō ) is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu , Japan . Formerly known as Izu Province , Izu peninsula

231-588: The Izu Kyūkō Line is at Ito Station, from which local trains depart for the southern terminal station of Izukyū-Shimoda. However, several varieties of limited express trains operated by JR East originate at Tokyo Station travel via the Itō Line tracks to Ito, and then terminate at Izukyū-Shimoda. These include the Odoriko and Super View Odoriko named trains. Similarly, the Resort Odoriko operated by

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252-537: The bay's southwest end, known as Senoumi, is especially well known as a rich fishing ground. Suruga Bay was formed by tectonic subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate at the Suruga Trough , making it a source of considerable seismic activity , and giving the bay its extreme depth. Ever since the post-war industrial boom of Japan, the bay has suffered from severe industrial pollution. By 1970, local paper mills produced so much that

273-479: The bay, which makes it Japan's deepest. Numerous rivers—especially the major Fuji , the Ōi , and Abe rivers—empty into its western portion, giving that area of the bay a seabed rich in submarine canyons and other geographical features, whereas at the bay's easternmost end, only the Kano River empties into a pocket called Uchiura-wan at Numazu, Shizuoka , where the Izu Peninsula connects to Honshu , giving

294-464: The east and Mount Daruma (982 metres (3,222 ft)) in the west, with the eastern and western portions of the range extending underwater into Sagami Bay and Suruga Bay . The peninsula's major river, the Kano River in the north, flows through a graben valley created by plate tectonics. As a result of its underlying geology, the peninsula is prone to frequent earthquake swarms and tsunamis , and it abounds in hot springs . All of Izu Peninsula

315-537: The eastern and northeastern stretches from Numazu down the southwestern coast of the Izu Peninsula to Irōzaki, are generally rocky. The bay is open to the Philippine Sea / Pacific Ocean to the south, but is mostly protected from oceanic waves by Izu Peninsula. This, coupled with the seabed and water characteristics mentioned above, results in conditions favorable to fishing, sailing, windsurfing, swimming, and research on deep-sea organisms. An undersea plateau at

336-460: The government to take action. Despite subsequent regulations, surveys of local sea life in the mid-2010s continue to show intense PCB and PBDE contamination. The pollution of Suruga Bay became so infamous that it featured in the 1971 film Godzilla vs. Hedorah . The name of the titular monster is derived from hedoro , the Japanese word for 'mud', and the creature fed off heavy pollution in

357-519: The municipalities of Matsuzaki, Nishiizu and Minamiizu was designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 1937. Aside from tourism, agriculture and fishing are the mainstays of the local economy. Izu is one of the biggest producers of wasabi in Japan, and the local cuisine offers dishes flavored with wasabi . Nevertheless, these industries are not lucrative enough to prevent a heavy loss of population to Greater Tokyo and Shizuoka, particularly among

378-410: The small city of Fuji (1970 pop. 180,000) produced 2.4 million short tons (2.2 Mt) of waste water every day – equivalent to the daily sewage of Tokyo at the time (1970 pop. 9 million). The sulphur-laden sludge was so thick that it threatened to block the harbour, requiring dredging that severely damaged the marine life. Protests from local citizens and fishermen in the area put pressure on

399-460: The water greater transparency and leaving the seabed largely flat except for a number of small rocky islands, some joined to the mainland by tombolos . This seabed variety coincides with coastline differences as well: The western and central sections of the Suruga Bay coastline, roughly from Shizuoka to Numazu, are characterized by sandy beaches such as those at Yuigahama and Tagonoura, whereas

420-518: The young. The northern parts of Izu peninsula is easily accessible from Tokyo and points west via the Tōkaidō Shinkansen , which has stations in both Atami in the northeast and Mishima in the northwest. JR Itō Line and the Izu Kyūkō Line provides service along the east coast of the peninsula to Shimoda, however given the lack of population, these services are less regular. Central Izu

441-533: Was opened on December 15, 1938. Both sections were electrified at 1500 VDC when opened. Further work was delayed, and then canceled due to the outbreak of World War II . Construction south of Itō resumed when the private-sector Tokyu Corporation acquired the rights to complete the line to Shimoda and established the Izukyū Corporation to manage construction and operations of this section. The line to Shimoda opened in 1961. The northern terminal station for

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