Atagawakan
熱川館
Does Atagawakan allow tattoos? Yes, covered
Atagawakan sits on its own 98.5°C spring, Hachiman-no-yu, a few steps from where it reaches the tubs. Four private baths named for the stages of a camellia, from seed to flower, are booked by the hour.
Atagawakan’s FAQ asks guests with a tattoo to cover it with a seal before using the large baths, and names no size. The pool refuses tattoos outright, seals included. Four private baths, Tane, Me, Tsubomi and Hana, are reserved by the hour on the inn’s own free-flowing spring.
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The bath
The four private baths go by the collective name Tsubaki, camellia, and each takes a stage of the flower: Tane (seed), Me (sprout), Tsubomi (bud) and Hana (bloom). The inn describes them as four different styles. They are reserved in one-hour units and open from 7 to 9 a.m. and from 3 to 10 p.m. Like the open-air bath, they are filled with free-flowing spring water that is not reused.
The spring is the inn's own, Hachiman-no-yu. It delivers 150 liters a minute at 98.5°C and is a clear, lightly salty chloride, sodium and sulfate water that the inn lists for fatigue and bruises. Because the well is so close to the tubs, the inn says the water arrives fresh.
The shared bath hall, Shikainami, has a large indoor bath with a view and an open-air bath for men and for women; on a clear day both look out to the Izu islands. It opens from 3 p.m. to 9:30 the next morning. The large indoor tub uses a mix of free-flowing and recirculated water. Soap, shampoo, towels and bath towels are supplied.
The hotel
A 39-room ryokan on the Atagawa seafront: 38 Japanese rooms of 10 tatami mats with a veranda, on standard, high and top floors, and one Japanese-Western special room, Asahi, of 95 square meters with its own open-air bath. The inn's motto is a spring of its own and a sea view for every guest. Rooms have free Wi-Fi, a refrigerator and a safe. A convenience store is 4 minutes on foot from the station. Free parking holds 30 cars.
Good to know
- Private baths are booked by the hour, mornings from 7 to 9 and evenings from 3 to 10.
- Free-flowing water in all four, straight from the inn's 98.5°C spring.
- Seven minutes on foot from the station, or call for the pickup between 2 and 6 p.m.
Getting there
The inn gives 2 hours 11 minutes at best from Tokyo to Izu-Atagawa Station on the direct Odoriko limited express, or about 50 minutes on the Kodama Shinkansen to Atami and about an hour on the Izukyu Line. From the station it is a 7-minute walk. The inn also picks guests up between 2 and 6 p.m.: tell it your arrival time ahead, or phone from the station on the day.
Izu-Atagawa STN · Izukyu Line (Odoriko limited express from Tokyo)
7 minutes.
Pickup from the station between 2 and 6 p.m. on request.
Where it is
Izu-Atagawa STN
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Tokyo Wide Pass ¥16,000 · 3 days Three days of JR East trains from Tokyo, and the Izukyu line from Ito on to Izu-Atagawa and Izu-Inatori.
- Izukyu Discovery Pass Worth it if your stay also stops at Ito or Shimoda. It covers two or three days in a row on the Izukyu line between Ito and Izukyu-Shimoda, Izu-Atagawa and Izu-Inatori included, and a vacant ordinary seat on the Odoriko. It doesn’t cover the JR part of the ride from Tokyo.
- Mt Omuro and the Izu coast day trip The Mt Omuro lift, the Atami beach road, the Jogasaki cliffs and Ito’s harbor.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
Cover the tattoo with your own seal for the large baths and stay out of the pool, or reserve one of the four private baths.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the inn’s own FAQ, opened from the questions button on its site, under the question on the large bath)
Best for: travelers who want a full hour in a private cypress bath a short walk from the station
Four private baths under the name Tsubaki, open 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 10 p.m., reserved in one-hour units. The hot spring page gives no fee. The private baths and the open-air bath are free-flowing; the large indoor bath mixes free-flowing and recirculated water. Only the special room Asahi, a 95-square-meter Japanese-Western room, has its own open-air bath.
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