11 notes · updated 17 October 2026 · in English and 日本語
A Hakone and Atami itinerary for two or three days: the Hakone loop, crossing to Atami by Odawara, a day on the Izu coast, and where to stay for each.
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The Hayakawa at Hakone-Yumoto, stepping down over its weirs.14:54 · May
A first-timer's guide to Atami's hot springs: a little history, how to bathe step by step, tattoos, private baths, and day-use onsen you can visit.
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Where to stay in Atami with family or friends: what to check in a private villa (real onsen or not, one party a night, the slope, the true price) and ours.
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Things to do in Atami on a day trip from Tokyo: the trains, a morning at Kinomiya and Izusan, the old town and Kiunkaku, the beach, the springs and the night.
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How to spend a day on West Izu's Dougashima coast from Atami: when to go, walking to Sanshiro-jima at low tide, the Tensodo sea cave, and the sunset.
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Every 2026 Atami sea fireworks date and time, the last shows of the year, the best places to watch, and how to make a night of it without the crowds.
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Retro Atami in a day: the 1960s honeymoon town, a 1919 writers' villa, Showa kissaten, the old arcades, a 2,000-year-old camphor and the seafront at dusk.
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An exiled boy, years of prayers and a shogunate: how three shrines around Atami became the pilgrimage of Japan's first shogun, and how to visit them in a day.
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Tokyo to Atami takes about 40 to 50 minutes by shinkansen, 1 hour 45 by the Tokaido Line or two hours by car. Hakone links, parking and a free pickup.
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Atami Baien's plum festival runs from early January to early March: 469 trees of 60 varieties, said to bloom first in Japan. When to go, entry and access.
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Most Japanese readers see 海星 and say hitode, starfish. We read it umihoshi: the sea and the star. Why we chose it, and what the sea star in our logo is doing.
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