Hatsushima — Local services in Atami

Not worth being here unless you travelled all other places you can visit and nothing is left, or if you already have a reservation for scuba diving. Many ppl were fishing here so maybe that’s the other option you will have here.

There are basically not much things you can do. Limited number of restaurants benefiting the vested interests mostly being so rude to customers prevented me to even try queuing.

If you are starving and you are cool about arrogant restaurants, you can of course try queuing but ppl say there’s only a few restaurants serving good food so you will need to choose the longest queues (again, this is what I heard but not something I tasted and compared)

Speaking of scuba diving here, I did see some random fishes and the visibility (on September) was not bad. Maybe joining an advanced group might even lead you to see some better stuff. The dive shop I attended (located in Atami) was nice as the staffs were kind and friendly. To sum-up, for the scuba diving part, I’d say it’s good for training or maybe for relaxing underwater having a chill dive...but to this island, I don’t think I will...

This is Shizuoka’s only inhabited island and it’s about two hours from Tokyo. 30 minutes by ferry from Atami port. It’s a beautiful little island with great views and delicious food. I enjoyed walking around and enjoying the scenery. I highly recommend visiting PICA, there you can relax on a hammock or take a dip in the “island bath”. There are also many beautiful flowers there when they are in season. Also on a clear day you can catch a great view of Mt. Fuji. Even though it’s small there’s a lot to do here like diving, fishing, hot spring, and etc....

There is not much to do there, except enjoying the boat trip and refreshing breeze. There are few restaurants but you will mostly have to queue. I would not recommend to visit the island unless you have to kill time. Plan well you return to make sure you don’t wait too long for the next boat to...