The Izu Peninsula is a beautiful location and I visited it for the weekend. Sakura were still blooming, but the peak had passed.
A grove of Sakura were in grave yard of Chorakuji shrine. It was a used for negotiations leading to the end of Japan's national isolation policy in 1854. A Russian delegation visited in 1854 and were trapped there when a tsunami destroyed their fleet. The Russian-Japanese treaty was signed at Chorakuji in 1855.
Admiral Perry for the US signed a similar treaty in Shimoda in 1854.
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