We are building a library of our own photography of Shimizu. Until every spot is shot in-house, some landmark photos are used under Creative Commons licenses, with attribution below. Our own photos carry no credit line.
Homepage
- Mt. Fuji & the Port of Shimizu (hero) — Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Places
- S-Pulse Dream Plaza & Sushi Yokocho — Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha — Photo: Ennui / Public domain
- Gotemba Premium Outlets — Photo: Jungle / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre — Photo: Sablier de Verrie / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kashi-no-Ichi Fish Market — Photo: Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kunozan Strawberry Picking — Photo: Photolog / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Miho no Matsubara — Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nihondaira Ropeway — Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kunozan Toshogu Shrine — Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nihondaira — Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shimizu Marine Park & Waterfront — Photo: Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shiraito Falls — Photo: Otaki_Kohta_photo / CC BY 4.0
- Shizuoka Oden (Aoba Yokocho) — Photo: Kossy@FINEDAYS / CC BY 2.0
- Shizuoka Sengen Shrine — Photo: 小池 隆 / CC BY 3.0
- Sunpu Castle Park — Photo: Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Toro Ruins & Museum — Photo: Saigen Jiro / CC0
- Verkehr Museum (Port & Shipping) — Photo: Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shimizu Water Bus — Photo: Tnk3a / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Yui: Sakura Shrimp & Satta Pass — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nihondaira Yume Terrace — Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
Place galleries — every photo
Each place page shows these in its photo gallery, with the credit under the photo on display.
- S-Pulse Dream Plaza, home of Chibi Maruko-chan Land — The front of S-Pulse Dream Plaza — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- S-Pulse Dream Plaza, home of Chibi Maruko-chan Land — Aerial view of Dream Plaza and the Shimizu marina — SHIZUOKACITYperson / CC BY-SA 4.0
- S-Pulse Dream Plaza, home of Chibi Maruko-chan Land — A festival mikoshi procession at Dream Plaza — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The great torii of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha with Mt. Fuji — Ennui / Public domain
- The vermilion two-storey main gate — Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The honden, the shrine's main sanctuary — わたり鳥 at Japanese Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wakutama Pond, fed by Fuji spring water — Saigen Jiro / CC0
- Cherry blossom beside the main hall — Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Looking through the gate to the worship hall — 江戸村のとくぞう / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mt. Fuji above a shopping street at Gotemba Premium Outlets — Jungle / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Covered walkways and shop signs at the outlets — Hungarian Snow / CC BY-SA 2.0
- A fountain in front of the outlet stores — Hungarian Snow / CC BY-SA 2.0
- The outlet complex below the Hakone hills (older photo) — Jungle / CC BY-SA 3.0
- A sushi restaurant at the Shimizu fish market — kcomiida / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kashi no Ichi market hall at Shimizu fish market — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Shimizu fish market building beside Kashi no Ichi — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Panorama of the Kashi no Ichi buildings — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ishigaki strawberries ripening in a Kunozan greenhouse — Photolog / CC BY-SA 3.0
- The lacquered main shrine of Kunozan Toshogu — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gilded roofs of the shrine buildings at Kunozan — Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shrine halls on the Kunozan hillside — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- A tile-roofed gate inside the Kunozan precinct — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stone steps and a sub-shrine at Kunozan — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Snow-capped Mt. Fuji across Suruga Bay from the Miho shore — Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Hagoromo pine, the tree of the feather-robe legend — Saigen Jiro / CC0
- Mt. Fuji over the pebble beach and surf at Miho — Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The long black-sand beach of Miho with Fuji on the horizon — Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dancers in kimono under the pines at Miho no Matsubara — Kennagata / CC BY-SA 4.0
Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre
- The inverted-cone Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre reflected in its pool — Sablier de Verrie / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mt. Fuji framed by the centre's windows — Indiana jo / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The centre and the vermilion torii outside — Mr.Asylum / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The spiral ramp inside the timber lattice cone — 江戸村のとくぞう / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The lattice cone and Fuji reflected in the water basin — SHIZUOKACITYperson / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The centre lit up at dusk — Ennui / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mt. Fuji above Shimizu port, seen from the Nihondaira plateau — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fuji and Suruga Bay from the Nihondaira summit area — Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shimizu port and the Izu Peninsula from Nihondaira — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shizuoka city and the Southern Alps foothills from Nihondaira — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Nihondaira plateau rising behind Shizuoka city — Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
- A Nihondaira Ropeway car at the station — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The ropeway car arriving at the platform — 江戸村のとくぞう / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nihondaira Ropeway station on the plateau — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Boarding platform with Suruga Bay behind — inunami / CC BY-SA 2.0
- The wooded valley and coast seen from the ropeway — Motokoka / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nihondaira Yume Terrace and its open deck, with Fuji in the distance — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Yume Terrace building and its circular walkway — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Inside the Yume Terrace observatory — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The timber-clad viewing deck around the terrace — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The summit lawn and Fuji from the terrace — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
S-Pulse Dream Plaza & Sushi Yokocho
- Aerial view of Dream Plaza and the Shimizu marina — SHIZUOKACITYperson / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dream Plaza from the waterfront beach — Lets Enjoy Life / CC BY 3.0
- S-Pulse Dream Plaza and its bayside Ferris wheel — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Dream Plaza building beside the Ferris wheel — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- A festival mikoshi procession at Dream Plaza — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The front of S-Pulse Dream Plaza — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
Shimizu Marine Park & Waterfront
- The Shimizu waterfront from Marine Park at sunset — Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The preserved telpher crane in Shimizu Marine Park — Tnk3a / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Marine Park plaza with Mt. Fuji beyond the harbour — 浅野ます道 / CC BY 3.0
- A tall ship moored at Hinode pier, seen from Marine Park — Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dream Plaza and the small beach, seen from Marine Park — Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- S-Pulse Dream Plaza, the building Sushi Yokocho is inside — Dream Plaza from the waterfront beach — Lets Enjoy Life / CC BY 3.0
- S-Pulse Dream Plaza, the building Sushi Yokocho is inside — The Dream Plaza building beside the Ferris wheel — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- S-Pulse Dream Plaza, the building Sushi Yokocho is inside — S-Pulse Dream Plaza and its bayside Ferris wheel — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Shimizu water bus coming into Hinode pier — Tnk3a / CC BY-SA 3.0
- The water bus on the Hagoromo Line to Miho — Indiana jo / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The water bus landing at Hinode pier — ブルーノ・プラス / CC BY 4.0
- Miho no Matsubara and Fuji from the water bus crossing — Indiana jo / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The curtain of Shiraito Falls over its turquoise pool — Otaki_Kohta_photo / CC BY 4.0
- Shiraito Falls with Mt. Fuji rising behind — Big Ben in Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0
- The main cascade and plunge pool at Shiraito — Big Ben in Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hundreds of spring-fed threads of water along the cliff — Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Autumn colour around Shiraito Falls — 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Otodome Falls, a short walk from Shiraito — アルトクール / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lanterns down Aoba Oden Street in Shizuoka — Kossy@FINEDAYS / CC BY 2.0
- The Aoba Oden Street entrance at night — Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shizuoka-style oden on skewers with fish powder — 広報課 / CC BY 4.0
- Small counters along Shizuoka Oden Yokocho — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- A tray of dark-broth Shizuoka oden — 広報課 / CC BY 4.0
- The vermilion Romon gate of Shizuoka Sengen Shrine — 小池 隆 / CC BY 3.0
- The two-storey Ohaiden worship hall — Mnd / CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Romon gate and stage in the main courtyard — Yoshizumi Endo from Tokyo, JAPAN / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Carved and painted roofs of a main shrine building — Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
- A lacquered gate within the shrine complex — Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Evening view over Shizuoka city from the shrine hill — Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The rebuilt Hitsujisaru corner turret above the moat at Sunpu Castle — Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tatsumi turret and moat at Sunpu Castle Park — 江戸村のとくぞう / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The east gate of Sunpu Castle — Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cherry blossom inside Sunpu Castle Park — KΛNΛTΛ / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lawns and the park stone at Sunpu Castle Park — Halowand / CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Toro site: reconstructed Yayoi dwellings on the lawn — Saigen Jiro / CC0
- A reconstructed thatched pit dwelling — Saigen Jiro / CC0
- The reconstructed raised ritual hall — Saigen Jiro / CC0
- Restored rice paddies beside the dwellings — Halowand / CC BY-SA 3.0
- A path between thatched houses at the Toro site — Owl Cat / CC0
- Shizuoka City Toro Museum — Halowand / CC BY-SA 3.0
Verkehr Museum (Port & Shipping)
- The vaulted gallery with ship models — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Port history displays in the main hall — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Exhibits on Shimizu's harbour trades — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The brick Verkehr Museum and its courtyard pool — Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Verkehr Museum entrance wall — 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
Yui: Sakura Shrimp & Satta Pass
- Mt. Fuji above Yui port, seen from the Satta Pass side — Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The shrimp arch over Yui Sakura Ebi Street — くろふね / CC BY 4.0
- A raw sakura shrimp bowl at Yui fishing port — くろふね / CC BY 4.0
- Sakura shrimp boats heading out of Yui port — AyaKatase / CC BY 4.0
- Boats moored in Yui fishing port — くろふね / CC BY-SA 4.0
- A sakura shrimp kakiage rice bowl in Yui — Miyuki Meinaka / CC BY-SA 4.0
Itineraries
- The Afternoon Plan (13:00 Arrival Special) — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The Fuji Foothills: A Fujinomiya Day — Photo: Big Ben in Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Miho no Matsubara & the Hagoromo Coast — Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Ieyasu's City: Shizuoka by Train — Photo: Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Tea Country: From the Hills to the Cup — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Yui & the Tokaido: Sakura Shrimp — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
Journal
- Accessible Shimizu: The Port for Wheels & Slow Walkers — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Celebrity Millennium in Shimizu: The Early Bird's Day — Photo: Thank You (23 Millions+) views / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Diamond Princess in Shimizu: The 13:00 Arrival Playbook — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Getting Back to Your Ship in Shimizu: The Logistics — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Carnival Luminosa in Shimizu: The One-Shot Japan Day — Photo: GRDN711 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Gotemba Premium Outlets from Shimizu: Does It Fit? — Photo: Jungle (Wikimedia Commons) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Mt. Fuji from Shimizu Cruise Port: How to See It — Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Hagoromo Legend of Miho: The Story, Told Properly — Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- After Shimizu: Every Port on Your Japan Cruise, Rated — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Kashi-no-Ichi Fish Market, Shimizu: What to Order — Photo: Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Kunozan Toshogu from Shimizu: Japan's Original Toshogu — Photo: Motokoka / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Miho no Matsubara by Water Bus: ¥1,000 from the Pier — Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Mitsui Ocean Fuji in Shimizu: The Evening-Call Guide — Photo: Suicasmo (Wikimedia Commons) / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Navigator of the Seas in Shimizu: The Transpacific Stop — Photo: Jack Adamenko / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Nihondaira from Shimizu Port by Taxi: ~¥3,500, 25 Minutes — Photo: Alpsdake (Wikimedia Commons) / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Norwegian Jade in Shimizu: Six Calls, One Rule — Photo: Ivan T. / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Onsen Near Shimizu Cruise Port: What to Know — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Royal Princess in Shimizu: The Short-Call Playbook — Photo: Barry Skeates / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Shimizu Cruise Port, Japan: The Complete Guide (2026) — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Shimizu Cruise Port Map: Piers, Walking Times & What's Where — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Cruises to Shimizu in 2026: Which Ships Call, and When — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Cruises to Shimizu in 2027: The Season Preview — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Shimizu Cruise Weather by Month: Rain, Typhoons & Fuji Odds — Photo: Alpsdake (Wikimedia Commons) / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Is There a Hop-On Hop-Off Bus in Shimizu? No — and Why — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Money, Wi-Fi & eSIM at Shimizu Port: The 5-Minute Setup — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Shimizu in October & November: Peak Season Explained — Photo: Alpsdake (Wikimedia Commons) / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rainy Day in Shimizu: The Indoor Circuit — Photo: Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Ship's Tour, Private Tour or DIY in Shimizu? The Numbers Compared — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Shimizu vs the Ship's Mt. Fuji Tour: A Cost Breakdown — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Shizuoka Tea on a Port Day: See It, Drink It, Buy It — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Splitting Costs in Cash-Heavy Japan: How Groups Settle Up — Photo: Halowand / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Star Seeker in Shimizu: Windstar's New Yacht Moves In — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Sunpu Castle & Shizuoka City from Shimizu, by Train — Photo: Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Tagonoura Port: Japan's Closest Cruise Berth to Mt. Fuji — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Viking in Shimizu: The Autumn Overnights — Photo: Jason2035 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Westerdam in Shimizu: Holland America's Autumn Pair — Photo: Kiteinthewind / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Yokohama vs Shimizu: Which Port Really Shows You Mt. Fuji? — Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
Experiences
- Lake Yamanaka & Oshino Hakkai Small-Group Day from Shimizu Port — Photo: lumoplank / CC0
- Hakone in a Day, Private Car & Licensed Guide — Photo: Guilhem Vellut / CC BY 2.0
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