Mibunoshou
水生の庄
Does Mibunoshou allow tattoos? In a private bath
Mibunoshou hides in the hills above Inatori, and gives each of its rooms an open-air spring tub looking over forest to the Pacific: cypress for families, rock for couples, ceramic for the room with the tea alcove.
The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Every guest room has an open-air bath of natural spring water, in cypress, rock, ceramic or stone depending on the room, with the Pacific or the forest in front. That makes the shared bath optional.
The bath
All the guest rooms have an open-air bath, and the inn describes them one by one. Several have a tub rimmed in cypress, which it suggests for families; one of these is a room with its own garden and another is done in folk-craft style with rough timber. Others have a rock tub and are pitched at couples, including the quietest room at the far end of the building. One room has a tea room and a preparation alcove and a ceramic tub. One has a moon-viewing deck and garden with a stone tub, recommended to groups of women.
The water in the room tubs is natural hot spring. The inn built the rooms to make the most of an open view: from the tubs you look out over woods and bamboo to the Pacific, and it says the scene changes with the season like a painting. The photos show a square tub with a broad cypress rim and a stone floor, set at the edge of a clipped hedge, with wooded hills falling away to a strip of sea.
There is also a large shared bath with an open-air section.
The hotel
A small ryokan in the hills above Inatori that calls itself a hidden village for recovery. Rooms are Japanese in style, each with a different layout and its own open-air bath, and are offered to adults looking for a quiet stay as well as families. Free parking holds ten cars. Phone reservations are taken from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The inn is well away from the station and the port, so plan on the shuttle or a car.
Good to know
- Every room has an open-air spring tub, so pick the room by the tub you want.
- Reserve the station shuttle; the inn is up in the hills.
- Parking is limited to ten cars, all free.
Getting there
Take the Odoriko limited express from Tokyo to Izu-Inatori Station, or the Shinkansen to Atami and change to the Ito and Izukyu lines. The inn is in the hills above the town and is not within walking distance. It sends a shuttle bus to Izu-Inatori Station for guests who reserve it. The inn's access page gives no travel times. Drivers will find ten free parking spaces.
Izu-Inatori STN · Izukyu Line (Odoriko limited express from Tokyo)
Not walkable.
Shuttle bus from Izu-Inatori Station by reservation.
Where it is
Izu-Inatori 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.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site: (the rooms page says all guest rooms have an open-air bath and describes each one)
Best for: couples and families who want a hillside room with a tub on the terrace and a long view down to the sea
Each room's tub is different: cypress-rimmed tubs the inn recommends to families, rock tubs for couples, a ceramic tub in a room with a tea room, and a stone tub in a room with a moon-viewing deck. The inn's site carried a notice that the open-air part of the large shared bath was temporarily out of use.
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