I visited Japan's Izu Peninsula, and discovered delicious seafood, stunning coastal scenery, and relaxing onsens.

Wasabi is known for being the hardest plant to grow commercially in the world. It can be found naturally growing alongside Japanese mountain streams has a strict set of conditions it needs to thrive.

The Instagram post read: “Japanese wasabi is so rare that most wasabi served worldwide is actually just coloured horseradish.

Wasabi plants are arranged neatly on white shelves ... Demand for wasabi is forecast to further expand with the Japanese food boom overseas. Additionally, Kurimoto emphasized that the container ...

Wasabi is known for being the hardest plant to grow commercially in the world. The only place in the world where it can be found growing naturally is along Japanese mountain streams. Specific ...

Kristen Pope/Travel + Leisure Wasabi plants and a cone of wasabi on ice cream ... “It’s well known to Japanese people, but to foreign tourists, the peninsula is still relatively unknown.” To reach the ...

The Volcanic necks at Futo Beach on the Izu Geo Trail.