Isana Resort melds the aesthetics and flavors of traditional and modern Japan. Although you may come for the relaxing soak, you’ll be lured back — even if from afar in your mind — by meals meticulously prepared and presented in ryokan style, but exploring influences of France and flavors of the West. ||The views are beautiful, the waters soothing, and the service impeccable. Isana Resort offers a restorative balm to visitors weary of work or worried about global crises.||Our large room with a lovely view of Futo Bay featured its own rotemburo, an open-air bath. Those concerned about maintaining personal space can enjoy a private soak in constantly refreshed hot water.||We couldn't pass up the chance to relax in the larger communal indoor bath, which can be reserved for private use. Hot water cascades down a waterfall into the tub, and plate glass windows look out onto the ocean. ||If you rise by dawn, you can saunter down to Futo Harbor to watch fishermen unload and auction their catch. By hiking south along the Jogasaki Coast, you can explore the UNESCO GeoPark, including the Kadowaki Suspension Bridge.||At dinner, we savored a succession of flavors and textures: cold-smoked Fuji salmon on crispy toast with sardine aioli. Angel shrimp cake with tomato butter sauce that was almost too beautiful to eat, but too tempting to ignore. Sawara (Japanese Spanish mackerel) and scallop in a clam consomme. Sendai beef with ponzu sauce, mushroom-stuffed shishito pepper. Oh, and the Zaku sake!||I could have spent hours deconstructing my dinner, had I taken better notes. ||The staff happily accommodated (if notified in advance) allergies and preference. ||Breakfast featured more taste sensations, highlighted by the perfect soft-boiled egg in dashi (soup stock), sashimi of takabe (yellow-striped butterfish) and shiira (mahi-mahi) hauled in by Futo fishermen that morning, house-made sourdough bread — possibly the best that I, a San Francisco native, have eaten — and house-made yogurt with fruit. ||If you ever need a last meal, or perhaps the first to open your eyes to a new way of eating and being,...
Read moreIsana Resort melds the aesthetics and flavors of traditional and modern Japan. Although you may come for the relaxing soak, you’ll be lured back — even if from afar in your mind — by meals meticulously prepared and presented in ryokan style, but exploring influences of France and flavors of the West.
The views are beautiful, the waters soothing, and the service impeccable. Isana Resort offers a restorative balm to visitors weary of work or worried about global crises.
Our large room with a lovely view of Futo Bay featured its own rotemburo, an open-air bath. Those concerned about maintaining personal space can enjoy a private soak in constantly refreshed hot water.
We couldn't pass up the chance to relax in the larger communal indoor bath, which can be reserved for private use. Hot water cascades down a waterfall into the tub, and plate glass windows look out onto the ocean.
If you rise by dawn, you can saunter down to Futo Harbor to watch fishermen unload and auction their catch. By hiking south along the Jogasaki Coast, you can explore the UNESCO GeoPark, including the Kadowaki Suspension Bridge.
At dinner, we savored a succession of flavors and textures: cold-smoked Fuji salmon on crispy toast with sardine aioli. Angel shrimp cake with tomato butter sauce that was almost too beautiful to eat, but too tempting to ignore. Sawara (Japanese Spanish mackerel) and scallop in a clam consomme. Sendai beef with ponzu sauce, mushroom-stuffed shishito pepper. Oh, and the Zaku sake!
I could have spent hours deconstructing my dinner, had I taken better notes.
The staff happily accommodated (if notified in advance) allergies and preference.
Breakfast featured more taste sensations, highlighted by the perfect soft-boiled egg in dashi (soup stock), sashimi of takabe (yellow-striped butterfish) and shiira (mahi-mahi) hauled in by Futo fishermen that morning, house-made sourdough bread — possibly the best that I, a San Francisco native, have eaten — and house-made yogurt with fruit.
If you ever need a last meal, or perhaps the first to open your eyes to a new way of eating and being,...
Read moreOne of the best Onsen style hotel experience in my entire lists of Japanese trip!
“Yokatta” was the first word we herd, Even though we arrived at almost dinner serving time.
The room was lovely, clean and spacious with fridge full of complimentary drinks. The private Onsen in our room was excellent.
The entrance of dinner hall showcasing wine and dry aged fish/meat signaled great dining experience.
And yes, we are so relieved to be able to experience lovely dinner and breakfast prepared by experienced chef from Michelins star restaurant who fluently explained about all the plate component and in house prepared ingredient. We can not really stop our head shaking habit from such superb and out of this world meal we had.
In addition, there is moon bathing public onsen, available for private session up to 40min with locking door.
In the end, our gratitude was so grateful that words might not be able to express all the feeling inside. Thus, Izu MUST visit site is ISANA resort! Only this place is one of the best experience we received from our trip!
“あなたのリゾートを選んで本当によかったです“ (Anata no rizōto o erande hontōni yokattadesu)
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