Chapter 03 · Experiences
No. 24
Onsen
Onsen hopping in old Atami
熱海・湯めぐり
A cave spring found 1,300 years ago, the old Ōyu geyser, and a real day-use onsen chosen for your group, with the etiquette explained first.
時刻表Timetable
- 所要Duration
- About 3.5 hours
- 季節Season
- All year; best in winter.
- 人数Group
- 1–8 guests
- 移動Getting there
- On footBy trainOn 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, 14:00.
- 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
Real hot springs, properly. Start at Hashiriyu, a cave spring found some 1,300 years ago; pass the old Ōyu geyser; then sink into a day-use onsen your host has chosen for your group, tattoo-friendly or private where possible. Your host explains the etiquette first, so nothing feels strange.
Atami has more than 500 hot-spring sources, and Tokugawa Ieyasu came to bathe here in 1604. We start at Hashiriyu, a spring that runs out of the side of a cave by the sea at about 70°C, found some 1,300 years ago; you can step inside it, but it is for looking, not bathing.
Then into town to the Oyu geyser, one of Atami's seven old springs, which now erupts every five minutes, and the lanes where the inns of the Showa years still stand. We finish with a long soak at a day-use onsen chosen for your group. The tub at the house is heated tap water; this is the real thing.
Real hot springs, properly: your host picks the day-use onsen for your group, including tattoo-friendly or private baths where they exist.
路線図
The route
Times are a guide; the day bends to the weather.
Start
Hashiriyu
走り湯
30 min
A cave spring by the sea, about 70°C; for looking, not bathing.
+0:30
The Oyu geyser
大湯間歇泉
20 min
One of the seven old springs, erupting every five minutes.
+0:50
The old inn lanes
旅館の残る路地
40 min
The lanes where the inns of the Showa years still stand.
+1:30Finish
A day-use onsen
日帰り温泉
1 h 30 min
A long soak, chosen for your group.
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
- The day-use onsen's entry fee, paid at the door
- Bus fares
- 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, 14:00.
- Ages
- We choose an onsen that welcomes children.
- 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
Hashiriyu, the Oyu geyser and old Atami · About 2 km from the house
Sources
- 01
Atami has more than 500 hot-spring sources with a combined flow close to 20,000 litres a minute, averaging about 63°C.
Source: city.atami.lg.jp (opens in a new tab) - 02
Tokugawa Ieyasu came to Atami to take the waters in 1604, and later had Atami's hot water carried to Edo Castle.
Source: city.atami.lg.jp (opens in a new tab) - 03
Hashiriyu at Izusan is a rare horizontal cave spring, found about 1,300 years ago; you can step into the cave, and 837 steps lead from it up to Izusan Shrine.
Source: izugeopark.org (opens in a new tab) - 04
Hashiriyu flows at about 70°C and some 180 litres a minute, and can be visited (it is not a bath).
Source: city.atami.lg.jp (opens in a new tab) - 05
The Oyu geyser, one of the Atami Shichiyu (seven old springs), once erupted about six times a day; it stopped in 1923 and is now made to erupt about every five minutes.
Source: ataminews.gr.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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