If you want to go to Nishiizu's largest onsen resort "Toi onsen", this is the place! 8 recommended hotels and ryokan [Shizuoka]

Famous as the oldest and largest onsen in West Izu, Toi onsen offers high-quality natural onsen that have long been treasured as a therapeutic bathing spot. The beaches in the Toi area are not too crowded even during the busy season, making them a hidden gem where you can enjoy the ocean at your leisure. At Toi Matsubara Park near Toi Beach, you can see the world's largest flower clock, made of about 10,000 flowers. If you want to see a spectacular view of the sunset, we recommend Tabibito Misaki.

Toi onsen is full of inns with spectacular ocean views, making it a hot onsen resort where you can bathe in the best situation. You can also enjoy the beautiful sunset, which is a characteristic of Nishiizu, from your room or bath. Toi is also famous as a producer of white loquats, which are rare in Japan, so you can try out skin care sets and beauty treatments that use rare loquat oil.

LOQUAT Nishiizu, which offers a luxurious stay for only two groups per day, is an inn where you can stay in a renovated storehouse. The guest rooms have a large terrace and an open-air bath with natural hot spring water. You can relax in a functional and stylish space while enjoying the beautiful atmosphere of the storehouse, including the walls, doors, and ceilings.

Toi is a place where white loquats are grown, which is rare even in Japan, and the name of the inn, LOQUAT, comes from this loquat. The rooms are equipped with treatment oils, teas, and soaps made from the rare white loquat, and you can also experience the finest treatments containing white loquat extract at the in-house spa, "mimosa".

The terrace of the room is equipped with an open-air bath and a daybed, giving it the feel of an elegant resort hotel. Try out the feel and scent of the white loquat soap while relaxing in the natural onsen on the open terrace. It's also nice to spend a luxurious day relaxing on the large terrace daybed reading a book or taking a nap.

For both dinner and breakfast, you can enjoy exquisite Italian cuisine made with the bounty of the mountains and seas of Nishiizu. The chef from Kita-Kamakura's popular Italian restaurant "Takeru Quindici" will be serving up the food, so the taste is guaranteed. You can also sample plenty of natural yeast bread, which you can take home as a souvenir. From check-in to check-out, you can also enjoy smooth gelato made with pistachios and seasonal fruits from "Gerateria SANTi", also in Kamakura.

"Futaritowani En" where you can enjoy Mt. Fuji towering over Suruga Bay, is an inn where you can spend special time with your loved ones in a total of 10 detached buildings. Inside the inn, there is "Yui Terrace," where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery while sipping champagne or fresh juice, and "Hoshi ni Negai wo Terrace," where you can look up at the star-filled sky, so you can enjoy the wonderful scenery even in relaxing spots other than the rooms.

The guest rooms are spacious, ranging from 69㎡ to 103㎡, and all eight rooms except for type A's "Red Thread" and "Deai" are suites with two rooms connected together. The romantic design, with ceiling lights, flowers on the shelves, and fresh flowers, makes it perfect for couples' trips.

In the open-air bath in your room, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery like a painting, whether you are soaking in the natural onsen while watching Mt. Fuji rise up during the day, or admiring the sunset on the terrace at dusk. Mt. Fuji can be seen from the open-air bath in all rooms, and the cypress bathtubs are all over 180 cm in diameter, so two people can bathe together.

At the meal "Yui," you can enjoy plenty of fresh seafood from Izu in visually stunning dishes. You'll find yourself sipping champagne and wine as you snack on sashimi with freshly grated wasabi. The chef's special specialty, "stone-grilled porridge," simmered with spiny lobster, is a luxurious dish packed with the delicious flavor of spiny lobster.

"Fugaku Gunjo" also overlooks Mt. Fuji. All eight rooms are suites, measuring 130 square meters including the terrace and front garden. All guest rooms have different designs, including rooms with black leather sofas and cypress open-air baths, and exotic rooms decorated with vibrant kilim fabrics. All rooms offer views of Mt. Fuji, making this an inn where you can spend a luxurious and elegant time.

You can choose between a gorgeous natural granite or cypress bathtub for the open-air bath in your room. In addition, all indoor baths are jacuzzi baths, so you can thoroughly soothe your body's fatigue. Each room is equipped with a daybed and chair set that matches the design of the room, and you can relax and sunbathe on the daybed with fluffy cushions while looking at Mt. Fuji.

meal is a completely private room prepared for each room, so you can enjoy it in a private space. The French kaiseki course, which uses plenty of high-quality ingredients such as Izu local fish, caviar, truffles, foie gras, and black abalone, is a wonderful combination with the bowl. After enjoying the gastronomy, there is also a service to bring small sweets and petit fours that you can take home to your room.

Nishi Izutoi Onsen Musoan Biwa Biwa is located on the side of a small hill, with a beautiful green site of about 20,000 square meters up to the peak. There is a walking path on the mountain on the site, and depending on the season, you can enjoy picking loquats, mandarin oranges, and bamboo shoots. All rooms are made up of detached buildings with ocean views and open-air baths, and you can choose between two-story and single-story buildings. This inn has a lovely old-style design, and you can enjoy delicious food and onsen while looking out at the sea.

The open-air baths in the guest rooms are set on the terrace, allowing you to enjoy the beauty of Sagami Bay from the high ground. Amenities from COBigelow, a brand of American pharmacy, are provided, so you can enjoy the natural hot spring water while being surrounded by a refreshing scent. You can also enjoy bathing with an ocean view in the two free private baths in the hotel: the open-air rock bath and the open-air white granite bath.

You can enjoy Japanese cuisine, designated as an intangible cultural property, in a private room with an ocean view, equipped with an irori hearth and a sunken kotatsu table. The healthy menu includes many small dishes such as fresh tuna and whitebait, so you can fully enjoy your stay at a onsen ryokan. The beautifully original kaiseki cuisine evokes a sense of tradition, and in winter you can enjoy hot pot dishes around the irori hearth.

Sakahijiri Gyokushoen is a place where you can enjoy high-quality seafood from Izu to your heart's content in your in-room dining. You can choose from a variety of guest rooms, including the main building, which is the oldest wooden building in the inn, and the high-grade Shikitei, which is located on a hilltop. Some rooms are equipped with open-air baths and semi-open-air baths, and you can enjoy 100% natural onsen in all guest room baths except the annex.

Among the rooms where you can enjoy the natural hot spring water outdoors, the recommended ones are the "Junior Suite, Non-smoking, Terrace" and the "Japanese-style Room with Open-air Bath, Main Building." The "Junior Suite, Non-smoking, Terrace" shown in the photo features an open-air bath on a modern 14-tatami spacious terrace, where you can relax on the sofa while bathing in the water. The "Japanese-style Room with Open-air Bath, Main Building" is a popular room with its own private stone garden, where you can enjoy the natural onsen in a tasteful space.

There are two large public baths in the building, "Men's Bath" and "Beauty Bath," which are alternated for men and women. What's more, if you stay at Shikitei, you can make a reservation to use the free private open-air bath "Sansui," where you can enjoy the natural hot spring water while gazing at the beautiful greenery. The free private open-air bath "Gyokuryu" is also available for guests staying at the main building, so you can enjoy the natural hot onsen in a variety of different baths.

meal are packed with Izu specialties such as boiled golden-eyed snapper, grilled abalone, and steamed spiny lobster. There is also beautiful white river prawn sashimi. You can also fill your stomach with seasonal Izu seafood such as blue crab miso soup and cherry shrimp rice. Enjoy gourmet food in your elegant in-room dining, along with Shizuoka's famous sake such as "Iso Jiman" and "Kaiun".

All rooms at "Hokozu no Toki" have ocean views overlooking the sea and the sunset. There are only 10 guest rooms, all of which are suites, and are divided between the Japanese-modern second floor and the luxurious third floor with high ceilings. The rooms are all a spacious 43㎡ and all have an open-air onsen spring bath. The inn is built on high ground, allowing you to enjoy the ocean stretching out in front of you to your heart's content.

Natural hot onsen water flows into the open-air bath on the terrace of your room, and the official website has a "sunset calendar" that lets you watch the sunset at the best time, so be sure to check it out when you stay. After checking in, you can also exchange your colorful yukata as many times as you like, so you can enjoy choosing a different colored yukata to suit your mood, such as when you go for a walk on the beach. You can change into a new colored yukata when you go to sleep, so it's no problem if you get wet in the open-air bath in your room.

In addition, there are two types of private baths in the building: the rock bath "Hama Yumi" and the marble bath "Kasuruga." Both have ocean views, so you can enjoy the natural onsen in a different atmosphere to the bath in your room while gazing at the sparkling water surface. After the bath, you can also enjoy a wide variety of beauty treatments such as cosmetic acupuncture, shiatsu, and aroma treatments in your room.

The beautiful Japanese-Western fusion course meal "Suruga Modern" can be enjoyed while looking out at the sea in the dining restaurant on the first floor, which has a tropical resort feel. Fresh seafood from Suruga Bay is served beautifully, and you can enjoy a balanced meal of Izu vegetables. This is a dish that women who are particular about beauty and health will love, so it may help you become beautiful from the inside out.

At Toi Marine Hotel, you can walk to the beach from the lobby, through the outdoor pool, and straight to the sand! All rooms at this hotel have ocean views, and the beach is a 0-minute walk away. Enjoy Suruga Bay while lounging around on stylish cushions.

You can watch the sun sink into the horizon from your room, but in the "large bath with a view of the ocean" on the second floor, the sun reflects off the surface of the bath, creating a spectacular scene that makes it seem as if the entire onsen is bathed in a sunset. In addition, there is a large bath with a sauna and open-air bath on the first floor, as well as an outdoor pool and a "foot bath with a view of the ocean" that is only open in the summer, so in the summer you can enjoy all three at once: swimming in the pool, swimming in onsen, and hot springs.

meal are served buffet style, with fresh seafood from Suruga Bay, including a hearty salad filled with salmon, octopus, and shrimp, and an aqua pazza with sea bream and clams. Depending on the season, you can also enjoy all-you-can-eat sashimi of golden-eyed snapper and crab. Breakfast has a lineup of both Japanese and Western dishes, and you can also eat plenty of pancakes and sweets.

All rooms at Akaneiro no Umi Arujisu have ocean views and are equipped with open-air baths overlooking the sea. The tranquil Toi Beach spreads out right in front of you, and you can enjoy the beautiful sunset from your room. The room design is a calming Japanese-modern style that evokes the romance of the Taisho era, and the "Ocean Front Special Japanese-Western Room" on the second floor is a special room with plenty of space, including a bedroom, living room, and dining room.

You can choose from a cypress wooden box-shaped bath, a barrel-shaped bath, or a rock bath, and enjoy a bath while gazing at the endless ocean. From dusk until sunset, you can spend a luxurious time relaxing in the bath while waiting for the sunset. This inn also offers aromatherapy beauty treatments, so you can enjoy a loquat oil treatment in your room after the bath.

On the top floor, there is an open-air observation bath and a large public bath, where you can enjoy natural onsen in a large bath with an ocean view. On the same floor, there is also a breezy terrace and lounge, where you can relax after bathing, enjoying the breeze on the terrace or taking a nap in the hammock in the lounge.

For dinner, a gorgeous boat-shaped platter is served, and depending on the season, you can enjoy Izu specialties such as aurora-grilled lobster and dancing-grilled abalone to your heart's content. The fragrant Kamameshi (rice cooked in a pot) made with plenty of Sakura shrimp, which can only be caught in Suruga Bay, is a specialty dish of the inn, so look forward to it. Depending on your plan and room, you can choose where meal, either in a semi-private meal room or in your in-room dining, so it's nice to have gourmet food and onsen all to yourself in private.

"Toi onsen" is a hidden gem for a onsen trip to Izu, with many inns surrounded by a calm atmosphere despite being right in front of the sea. Why not go and gaze upon the quietly spreading sea and reset your mind from the everyday?