Okinawa is the portal between Japan and the tropics and comprises of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands. Naha City is its capital and it achieved world-wide fame when they were found to be the archipelago with the longest life expectancy in the world.

Located about 100 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, Izu’s proximity to the capital makes the peninsula a popular weekend getaway. Mt. Fuji can be viewed from the peninsula’s western coast.