Ryokan, Shuzenji, Izu Peninsula
Asaba
Asaba is a ryokan of ten rooms at Shuzenji Onsen on the Izu Peninsula, kept by one family since 1484, its rooms turned to a pond where a Noh stage stands on the water, and every room with an onsen of its own on the Shuzenji spring.
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the room
The rooms
The ten rooms run from 52 to 220 square metres, most between 71 and 152, laid in tatami in the old way, some with a bedroom; the largest is a detached villa. Several look across the pond to the Noh stage and the others onto the garden, and every one carries an onsen of the spring, some half open to the air and some fully in the open.
to unwind
The onsen
The open-air onsen sits in a grove of bamboo, the wind moving through the stems, and its water is the Shuzenji spring, running straight from the source without recirculation. Every room adds an onsen of its own on the same spring.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki of Izu, built with suppliers the ryokan has worked with for generations: fish from Suruga Bay, abalone, spiny lobster, kinmedai over charcoal, and wagyu grilled on the coals. Breakfast is served in the room, with the ryokan's own wind-dried fish and a rolled omelette made to order.
the setting
Izu Peninsula
Shuzenji is an onsen village in the hills at the centre of the Izu Peninsula, along the Katsura River and around the temple of Shuzen-ji. The ryokan stands in the village, its rooms and its Noh stage arranged around a pond, with a grove of bamboo behind the open-air onsen.
The temple of Shuzen-ji stands across the village, and a bamboo path follows the Katsura River through its lanes.
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questions
Questions about Asaba
Where is Asaba?
In Shuzenji Onsen, at the centre of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka, about seven minutes by car from Shuzenji Station. From Tokyo the journey is about eighty minutes by Shinkansen to Mishima and the Izuhakone Railway, or about two hours on the Odoriko limited express.
Do the rooms at Asaba have their own onsen?
Yes. All ten rooms carry their own onsen of Shuzenji spring water, flowing from the source, and the ryokan keeps an open-air onsen in a bamboo grove.
Can Asaba be part of a private journey?
Yes. A Custom Tour of Japan can include Asaba on dates of your own, created around your party alone, with your own Tour Director. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
Asaba, on your dates.
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