Shizuoka
7 onsen areas
Inatori Onsen
A fishing port on a cape of the Izu Peninsula's east coast, where saline cliffside baths look out over the Pacific. Famous for branded kinmedai snapper and the Hina no Tsurushi-kazari hanging-doll festival, one of Japan's three great tsurushi displays.
Izukogen Onsen
A planned highland resort above Itō on the eastern Izu Peninsula, laid out in the 1960s on lava from Mt. Ōmuro, with mild simple-thermal springs, sea-view open-air baths, pensions and small art museums, the Jōgasaki Coast, and a cherry-blossom avenue.
Izunagaoka Onsen
A hot-spring town on the central Izu plain, joining the ancient Kona spring — named in the Azuma Kagami and tied to the Hōjō clan — with Meiji-era Nagaoka. Gentle alkaline "beauty water," Mt. Katsuragi's Fuji-and-Suruga-Bay views, and the Genji history of nearby Hirugakojima.
Shuzenji Onsen
1200-year-old onsen at the head of the Katsura River in central Izu. Bamboo grove, red bridges, the historic Shuzenji temple complex.
Shimoda Onsen
Port town at the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula, famous as the site of Commodore Perry's 1854 landing. Sulfate springs and Pacific-coast ryokan with views of the Izu islands.
Itō 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.
Atami Onsen
Seaside city on the Izu Peninsula, an hour from Tokyo by Shinkansen. Coastal sodium chloride springs; fireworks over Sagami Bay in summer.