Chapter 03 · Experiences
No. 03
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Atami after dark
夜の熱海さんぽ
Sun Beach lit soft blue like moonlight, lanterns along the Itokawa stream, the promenade at its most handsome, and a nightcap where the locals go.
時刻表Timetable
- 所要Duration
- 2–2.5 hours
- 季節Season
- All year; best on clear nights near the full moon.
- 人数Group
- 2–8 guests · Ages 8 and up
- 移動Getting there
- On footOn foot, with a local bus or one stop on the train where it saves a climb. If you'd like a taxi back up the hill, it's yours to pay.
- 集合Meeting point
- Atami Station, 19:00.
- 料金Price
- Guide fee, from ¥5,000 each with your stay
Add a paid tour and the stay is 10% less; discounts don't combine
Reserve
Choose a day, and book it
Finding the open days…
The story
The evening walk the guidebooks give you in pieces, joined into one. We start on Sun Beach, lit soft blue like moonlight, follow the lanterns along the Itokawa stream, walk the promenade, and end at a bar where the locals go (you pay the bar). Two hours of the town at its most handsome.
Atami was built for evenings. In the Showa years honeymooners filled the town every Saturday, and the lights they walked under are still here. We start at the station as the shops close, drop down to the Itokawa stream, and come out on Sun Beach, lit after dark in a pale blue meant to look like moonlight.
From the promenade the bay curves away in lights. On a clear night near the full moon a road of silver lies on the water. We finish at a small bar or a late kissaten, and you take a taxi back up the hill whenever you like.
The evening walk the guidebooks split into pieces, joined into one: the beach, the stream, the promenade, and a bar we like at the end (you pay the bar).
路線図
The route
Times are a guide; the day bends to the weather.
Start
Atami Station
熱海駅
20 min
The arcades as the shutters come down.
+0:20
The Itokawa stream
糸川
25 min
Lamps along the water; in January and February, Atami-zakura above them.
+0:45
Sun Beach and the promenade
サンビーチと親水公園
40 min
The sand lit pale blue after sunset; the bay in lights.
+1:25Finish
A nightcap
最後の一杯
45 min
A small bar or a late kissaten we like. You pay the bar.
Good to know
Included
- Your host as guide, in English or Japanese
- A route planned around your group and the weather
- Help booking tickets and restaurant tables
Not included
- Drinks and anything you order
- A taxi back up the hill
- Price
- Guide fee per person, tax included. With your stay: ¥10,000 for one guest, ¥7,500 each for two, ¥5,000 each for three to twelve. Tour only: ¥10,000 each, for two guests or more. Admissions, partner fees, meals and travel are paid on the day. Book a paid tour with your stay and the stay itself is 10% less (you always get the single best discount). Groups of seven or more, please book 10 days ahead.
- Meeting point
- Atami Station, 19:00.
- Ages
- Ages 8 and up · We end at a café instead of a bar for families.
- Weather
- Fuji, the stars and the fireworks depend on the sky; we tell you the evening before if it's worth going.
- Cancellation
- Guide fees follow the stay's cancellation tiers. Partners' own terms apply to theirs.
On the mapG3
Atami Sun Beach and the Itokawa stream · About 2 km from the house
Sources
- 01
Atami Sun Beach became Japan's first lit-up sand beach in 2004; after sunset it glows a pale blue meant to suggest moonlight.
Source: mlit.go.jp (opens in a new tab) - 02
From 31 March 1951 the Saturday-only semi-express Hatsushima ran packed with honeymooners bound for Atami and Itō; the honeymoon boom lasted until Miyazaki took over as the classic destination.
Source: city.atami.lg.jp (opens in a new tab) - 03
In 1961 Atami's hot-spring resort counted 11.5 million visitors, the most in Japan.
Source: city.atami.lg.jp (opens in a new tab)
Ask us about a date.
Tell us the day, who's coming and what you'd like to see. Your host replies within a few hours, in English or Japanese.
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