Japan
Shizuoka
Shizuoka runs from the eastern foot of Mount Fuji down the Izu peninsula, hot-spring country with the sea on three sides: the resort town of Atami on the coast, and the older spa villages of Shuzenji, Izu-Nagaoka and Yugashima in the wooded hills of the interior.
Our places run from Gora Kadan Fuji, facing the summit from Subashiri, and Atami, where The Hiramatsu Atami looks over Sagami Bay, through Numazu Club in a pine grove at the head of the peninsula, to Asaba, kept by the same family in Shuzenji since 1484, and Ochiairo, where Kawabata wrote, above the Amagi rivers. We know 9 places to stay here, 6 of them ryokans. At 8 of them, every room has its own hot-spring bath.
How to choose
For the summit straight ahead
Gora Kadan Fuji: suites looking due west at Fuji’s summit
For a first ryokan, with dinner in the room
Asaba Ryokan: kaiseki in your room, beside a Noh stage over the pond
For French food and a bath of your own
Arcana Izu: French dinner, and an open-air hot-spring bath in every suite above the Kano river
With children
Yagyu-no-Sho: children of all ages, with a children's kaiseki for ages 8 to 12
For the sea, close to the Shinkansen
The Hiramatsu Atami: every room faces Sagami Bay and has a hot-spring bath
When to go
Izu is milder than Tokyo in winter, with plum blossom at Atami from January and the early Kawazu cherry in February, and spring and autumn are pleasant throughout; August is busy on the coast, and the rainy season falls in June and early July.
How long
Two nights, from Tokyo, or on the way west to Kyoto.
Getting there
The Tokaido Shinkansen reaches Atami from Tokyo in about 45 minutes, and Shuzenji is about two hours from Tokyo by the Odoriko limited express, or by the Shinkansen to Mishima and the Izuhakone Railway; from Kyoto, Mishima is about 2 hours by Shinkansen. From Haneda, the train to Shinagawa takes about 20 minutes for the Shinkansen. For Gora Kadan Fuji, the Shinkansen to Mishima takes about 35 minutes from Shinagawa and a taxi about 40 minutes more.
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Shuzenji, Izu
RyokanAsaba Ryokan
あさば
A Noh stage over the pond, one family's inn since 1484
Subashiri, Mount Fuji
RyokanGora Kadan Fuji
強羅花壇 富士
Forty-two suites looking due west at Fuji's summit
Amagi Yugashima Onsen, Izu
RyokanOchiairo
おちあいろう
Where Kawabata wrote, at the meeting of two Amagi rivers
Yugashima, Izu
AubergeArcana Izu
アルカナイズ
Sixteen butler-kept suites over the Kano River
Senbon Matsubara, Numazu
HotelNumazu Club
沼津倶楽部
A 1913 sukiya tea house, eight rooms beside it
Atami
AubergeThe Hiramatsu Atami
THE HIRAMATSU HOTELS & RESORTS 熱海
A 1985 sukiya guest house, Miró in the dining room
Minaguchi-cho, Atami
RyokanFufu Atami
ふふ 熱海
Atami spring No. 47, the house's own, in every bath
Izu-Nagaoka Onsen, Izunokuni
RyokanSanyo-so
三養荘
Hisaya Iwasaki's 1929 villa in a garden by Jihei Ogawa
Shuzenji, Izu
RyokanYagyu-no-Sho
柳生の庄
A Tokyo ryotei's bamboo-grove inn, with its own kendo hall
Sample trips through Shizuoka
Routes we have drawn up that stay in Shizuoka: starting points for a trip we build around your dates and pace.
9 nights · Winter
Mount Fuji and Izu: a train down the coast, the hot springs of the peninsula and two views of the mountain
From Tokyo down the Izu coast by the Saphir Odoriko, over the Amagi Pass to two inns in the hot-spring valley of central Izu, then north to the foot of Mount Fuji.
13 nights · Any season
Two weeks of ryokans: the hot springs of Izu, then Fukui and Kaga
For a client who has seen Tokyo and Kyoto: five inns in two regions and no city at all.
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Q&A
Asaba, Yagyu-no-Sho, Ochiairo and Sanyo-so all have a hot-spring bath in every room, and Arcana Izu and Fufu Atami give every room an open-air one. The Hiramatsu Atami has a hot-spring bath in each room too, facing Sagami Bay.
Atami is on the coast and on the Shinkansen, so it suits a night between Tokyo and Kyoto: Fufu Atami and The Hiramatsu Atami are there. Shuzenji and Yugashima, in the hills, are older and quieter, for Asaba, Yagyu-no-Sho, Ochiairo and Arcana Izu.
Yagyu-no-Sho, Ochiairo, Sanyo-so and The Hiramatsu Atami take children of all ages, and Fufu Atami has a child rate. Asaba takes children from 7, except in its Villa Tenko, and Arcana Izu only guests 12 and over.
Fufu Atami does not allow tattoos in its shared baths, but every room has its own open-air bath, and Sanyo-so may restrict them in the large baths. Arcana Izu and The Hiramatsu Atami have no shared baths, so you bathe in your room.