While located 3½ hours from Tokyo, the white sands of the Shimoda beaches are well worth the longer trek.
Found at the tip of the Izu Peninsula, Shimoda was the site where Commodore Matthew C. Perry came ashore on his return trip to Japan with 8 black warships.
Legend has it that the sight of 8 steam-powered monstrosities parked off the coast of Shimoda instilled terror in those who saw them—–kind of like those science fiction movie scenes where giant alien space ships suddenly appear out of nowhere in the sky?
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