Miharuya
伊豆熱川 自家源泉 おもてなしの宿 みはるや
Does Miharuya allow tattoos? In a private bath
Miharuya has ten rooms, its own spring and a front door one minute from Izu-Atagawa Station. After dinner its open-air rock bath stops being shared and is handed to one party at a time, free.
The inn publishes no tattoo rule. It has two private baths that cost nothing: an open-air rock bath, reserved for private use from 7:40 p.m. until 7 the next morning in 35-minute turns, and a detached bath called Hanare, 50 minutes by reservation. Several of its ten rooms also have a cypress half-open-air tub fed from the inn’s own spring.
The bath
Two baths can be had privately, and neither costs anything. The first is Nangoku Noten-buro, an open-air rock bath whose name means the southern-country outdoor bath. It is a men's bath from 3 to 6:30 p.m. and a women's bath from 7 to 9:30 a.m.; in between, from 7:40 p.m. to 7 a.m., it is let to one party at a time for 35 minutes. You ask at the front desk on the day, and the inn gives out times in the order guests checked in. The second is Hanare, a private bath in a quiet spot a little apart from the main building, reserved for 50 minutes between 3 and 10 p.m.
Of the ten rooms, several have a cypress half-open-air tub filled from the inn's own spring. The larger ones hold two adults, and you set the temperature with the tap.
The shared halls, Funto-no-yu and Seseragi-no-yu, are open from 3 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. and change over at 11 p.m. Between them they have large tubs, a lukewarm tub, a tub with charcoal and a lie-down bath. The water is a sulfate spring that the inn lists for nerve pain, rheumatism and women's complaints. A steam bath that uses the heat of the spring costs ¥2,000 for 40 minutes, from 3 to 8 p.m.
The hotel
A ten-room inn that calls itself a house of hospitality, in a four-story building beside Izu-Atagawa Station. Rooms are Japanese style, some with a twin bedroom attached, and those with a cypress half-open-air bath are the top category. The inn draws on its own spring for every bath. Phone reception is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It stands just across the road to the left of the station exit.
Good to know
- Ask for the private open-air slot at check-in; turns go in the order guests arrive.
- Both private baths are free, 35 minutes outdoors and 50 minutes at Hanare.
- One minute from the station, with no shuttle to arrange.
Getting there
Take the Odoriko limited express from Tokyo to Izu-Atagawa Station, or the Shinkansen to Atami and change to the Ito and Izukyu lines; the inn's access page gives no train times. From the station it is a 1-minute walk: cross the road on the left as you come out, and the inn is right there.
Izu-Atagawa STN · Izukyu Line (Odoriko limited express from Tokyo)
1 minute.
Cross the road to the left of the station exit.
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
Use the bath in your room, or reserve a private bath.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site: (the hot spring page gives the two free private baths and their hours; the rooms page lists the rooms with cypress half-open-air tubs)
Best for: rail travelers who want a free private bath one minute from the platform
Private open-air bath Nangoku Noten-buro: men only 3 to 6:30 p.m., women only 7 to 9:30 a.m., private by reservation from 7:40 p.m. to 7 a.m., 35 minutes free; ask at the front desk on the day, and turns are given in order of check-in. Private bath Hanare, a short way from the main building: 3 to 10 p.m. by reservation, 50 minutes free. The cypress room tubs take two adults and are adjusted with a tap. A steam bath heated by the spring costs ¥2,000 for 40 minutes.
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