This lively market offers an astounding variety of seafood immediately delivered from nearby ports. You can barbecue seafood and eat at the market while viewing the vast blue sea and sky.

With its romantic atmosphere, this classic Ise Bay lighthouse attracts visitors from across Japan. The white lighthouse, glittering sea, and Chita Peninsula sunsets make for Instagrammable photographs.

Visit this old-fashioned sea-salt production facility using Ise Bay seawater to join a salt-making workshop. A restaurant serves local dishes, and a tiny market stocks Chita-grown fruit and vegetables.

Overlooking Ise Bay, Arakuma Shrine has gorgeous sea and village views. Ascend a trail of vermillion gates to theshrine.Thefriendlypriestperforms Shugendo rites, which combine Shintoism,Buddhism, and folk beliefs.

Ride a bicycle or walk about Himakajima Island. Discover artwork on beaches and locals drying octopuses in the sun. Enjoy swimming, eating like a king, observing herons catch meals, and breathing sea breezes.

This quiet island, famous for sunsets, is at the southernmost point of the Chita Peninsula and boasts unique traditions,freshsardinesandoysters, beachrestaurants,bioluminescent plankton, and other surprises.

Rock oysters grow in Ise Bay. Between May and September, savor these delicacies, some as big as large hands. Try them barbecued, grilled with sake and lemon, or savor the sweetness and saltiness of raw oysters.

Creamy Ise Bay winter oysters are farm-cultivated. Eaten between November and April, these small oysters are the oysters most people know. Chita chefs serve them raw, grilled, steamed, and in other mouth-watering ways.