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The peninsula itself is more of a tourist attraction for the Japanese themselves, and less so for foreigners. I don't recall seeing a single person who wasn't Japanese, with the exception of Dana. What's interesting about that is part of the attraction of Shimoda is that was where Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japan to the rest of the world. A place with such historical significance for outsiders would always seem to be a place you would find other cultures, but that's not the case. |  Two Japanese girls pray at the Shinto shrine at the edge of Cape Iro. |
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| Staring out at the Sea of Japan, this man hangs on a rail at Cape Iro. | |||
