Izukogen Onsen

Coastal Izu resort with a long Edo-period bathing history. Famous for the wooden Tokaikan inn, sodium chloride springs, and fresh sashimi at the morning market.

1200-year-old onsen at the head of the Katsura River in central Izu. Bamboo grove, red bridges, the historic Shuzenji temple complex.

Seaside city on the Izu Peninsula, an hour from Tokyo by Shinkansen. Coastal sodium chloride springs; fireworks over Sagami Bay in summer.

Quiet Kanagawa onsen in the foothills of the Hakone outer rim, on the Manyōshū-era list of historic baths. Plum blossoms in February.