A spot I need to revisit this year is the Jogasaki trail. I went there last year as a day trip to check it out. It was pretty good for a recon trip, so definitely need to go back there this year. The housemate, his friend and I rented a car for the day to head down to the Izu peninsula. So much traffic. Got there a lot later than we wanted to.

The Jogasaki trail is about 10km through a bush track right along the coastline. We didn’t hike along the whole track, just small sections of it as we drove to different parts of it. We also did some swimming and snorkeling at different points. It’s a geopark so there’s a lot of diversity of flora and sealife as well.

We started at Izu Kogen.

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

The coastline is really cool. Sometimes I forget I’m in Japan.

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

The trail is also somewhat famous for its suspension bridges.

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Who knew these rocks were a popular swimming spot:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Not quite a sandy beach, but rock pools are cool:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Kids were jumping from the high rocks into the ocean below:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Taking the plunge:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Family picnickers:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

The fish was this big:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

A waterfall:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

We then drove up to another section of the trail where there was a lighthouse and a seaside park. It was more crowded.

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Scenery was great though:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

And this was the lighthouse:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

We didn’t stay too long. We didn’t want to pay for parking so we had to be in and out in about 30 minutes or less to avoid the parking fee.

We drove up to Futo where we had read it was supposed to be good for snorkeling.
It was a small marina:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Supposedly a range of marinelife, including humans!

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

I like that someone has a sense of humour at the Izu tourism association.

Time to hit the water and snorkel!

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Lots of clownfish:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Even spotted me a human!

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

The water was a bit murky and dirty. There was a debris and stuff. Not sure whether it was just the location, or due to the weather (there had been rain during the week).

It wasn’t the most picturesque swimming spot but there seemed to be enough marinelife. I think it’s probably a better diving spot given the number of divers there. Must be pretty amazing the deeper you get.

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

And there were jellyfish!

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Some divers:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

Yeah, popular with divers:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

And there’s a boat onsen to relax in post-snorkeling:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

The endless ocean:

From Jogasaki and snorkeling

I’ll definitely be back to Jogasaki this summer to do the proper 10km trail.