Senoumi Bettei Umiusagi
石花海別邸 海うさぎ
Does Senoumi Bettei Umiusagi allow tattoos? In a private bath
Umiusagi, the annex of Senoumi, has no big bath of its own. In its place are four private open-air tubs on the seventh floor, one for each season, open to any guest who finds a door free.
The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Its bathing is built around four private open-air baths on the seventh floor, named for the four seasons, free and used without a reservation whenever one is empty. A few rooms also have an open-air tub of their own. The big shared baths belong to the main house, Senoumi, which asks tattooed guests to stay out of them.
The bath
All the bathing here is private. On the seventh floor are four open-air baths that any staying guest may use at no charge: Haru-usagi, Natsu-usagi, Aki-usagi and Fuyu-usagi, the rabbits of spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are no reservations. You go up, see which is free and take it. From the tubs you look out over the sea to the Izu islands. The photos show a broad square tub of pale cypress, raised on a timber deck inside walls of slatted wood, with a wide window opening on the water.
The baths are open from mid-afternoon to 11:30 p.m. and again from 5:30 to 9 a.m. Bath towels are taken up from the room. The water is a lightly salty spring that the inn lists for the skin, nerve pain and cold sensitivity.
Four rooms go one step further with an open-air bath of their own. Rooms 506, 507 and 508 are 28 square meters plus a tub the inn says is big enough for two to relax in, facing the open sea. Room 706 had its open-air bath rebuilt in December 2023.
The hotel
A 24-room annex of the Inatori inn Senoumi, in Japanese modern style: beds set on tatami mats, with interiors by the architect Atsushi Kawai and the interior coordinator Yuriko Sumi. Every room is non-smoking, with smoking places on the third and seventh floors, and Wi-Fi is free throughout. Check-in is from 3 to 6 p.m. and check-out at 10 a.m. A free car park is 3 to 4 minutes away on foot, and a paid one, ¥1,000 a night, is within a minute. The rocky seaside garden Iso Sea Garden Ikejiri is a minute's walk.
Good to know
- Four private open-air baths, free, with no reservation: take whichever is empty.
- Open until 11:30 p.m. and again from 5:30 a.m.
- Bring the bath towel from your room; none are kept at the baths.
- Reserve the free station shuttle, which leaves Izu-Inatori between 2 and 5:30 p.m.
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. From the station the inn is 5 minutes by car or about 20 minutes on foot. A free shuttle leaves the station between 2 and 5:30 p.m. and should be reserved in advance. Tell the inn if you expect to arrive after 6 p.m.
Izu-Inatori STN · Izukyu Line (Odoriko limited express from Tokyo)
About 20 minutes.
Free shuttle from the station, 2 to 5:30 p.m., by reservation; 5 minutes by car.
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
Skip the shared baths and use one of the private baths. No reservation needed.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site: (the hot spring page and FAQ describe the four free private open-air baths and say no reservation is needed)
Best for: couples who want a cypress tub to themselves over the sea without booking or paying for it
Four private open-air baths on the seventh floor: Haru-usagi, Natsu-usagi, Aki-usagi and Fuyu-usagi (spring, summer, autumn and winter). Free, no reservation, open from the afternoon to 11:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 9 a.m.; the hot spring page gives a 3 p.m. start and the FAQ 2 p.m. Bring the bath towel from your room. Rooms 506 to 508 and room 706 have their own open-air bath.
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