Atagawa Prince Hotel — Hotel in Higashiizu

This hotel is a Japanese-style hotel in a small seaside town. It is about 2 hours south of Tokyo on an express train. The hotel is close to the Izu-Atagawa station and provides a shuttle to and from the station, which we did not know when we booked. Take this shuttle if you want to avoid a hike up a pretty steep hill with your luggage! We also did not know that meals had to be reserved ahead of time, but fortunately we were able to find small restaurants in the town and the neighboring town for meals that the hotel could not accommodate us. There is also a Family Mart convenience store across the street from the hotel. We did have breakfast at the hotel. It was a traditional Japanese breakfast with several small dishes of fish, rice, vegetables, and hot green tea. The hotel itself is very clean and has great views of the ocean. They provide both western style rooms (with beds) and Japanese-style rooms (with tatami mats). Our favorite part of they whole stay was the onsen. They have several baths grouped into 3 areas. The areas alternate between men and women. This was our first onsen experience and I thought I would be uncomfortable but the space is very well done and scenic and the other guest mind their own business so we were able to relax pretty easily. Overall we had a good stay. We speak limited Japanese but the staff were able to fill in the blanks with...

This hotel is a Japanese-style hotel in a small seaside town. It is about 2 hours south of Tokyo on an express train. The hotel is close to the Izu-Atagawa station and provides a shuttle to and from the station, which we did not know when we booked. Take this shuttle if you want to avoid a hike up a pretty steep hill with your luggage! We also did not know that meals had to be reserved ahead of time, but fortunately we were able to find small restaurants in the town and the neighboring town for meals that the hotel could not accommodate us. There is also a Family Mart convenience store across the street from the hotel. We did have breakfast at the hotel. It was a traditional Japanese breakfast with several small dishes of fish, rice, vegetables, and hot green tea. The hotel itself is very clean and has great views of the ocean. They provide both western style rooms (with beds) and Japanese-style rooms (with tatami mats). Our favorite part of they whole stay was the onsen. They have several baths grouped into 3 areas. The areas alternate between men and women. This was our first onsen experience and I thought I would be uncomfortable but the space is very well done and scenic and the other guest mind their own business so we were able to relax pretty easily. Overall we had a good stay. We speak limited Japanese but the staff were able to fill in the blanks with...

We were greeted by a driver at the train station who was waiting for us- even though no communication had been made that we would get a shuttle, I was great full because the hotel is located up the hill!||The staff, who spoke enough English to get us settled in, were so sweet and friendly.||When you enter the hotel, don't be discouraged by the carpet- its a bit dirty, but we found the room was clean, as were the facilities we used on the property (onsen, and I saw them cleaning the pool every day). It's just an old hotel. ||Rooms were plenty spacious, we had a lovely balcony and room that overlooked the pool and the ocean. ||The wifi did not reach our room- I could access it in the lobby only.||There's a path that runs to the side of the hotel that will take you down to the main part of town (beach, bus stop). The path is next to the underground tunnel to the family mart.||Make sure to ask about dining times and places! The last night we were there, everything was closed (not sure why) and we wound up eating at the...