7 Editor-Selected Onsen Ryokan and Hotels in Shizuoka with Ocean or Lake Views

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Every room offers views of Sagami Bay and the Pacific Ocean, and there's a private open-air bath on the rooftop. Without anyone else around, you can have the view of endless ocean and sky entirely to yourself. What you see changes by the hour, from dusk to a sky full of stars. The large bath overlooks the Pacific Ocean, with natural hot spring water drawn from the source warming the body from the inside. This is a place where the sound of waves reaches you. This large bath is reserved exclusively for overnight guests, so once day-trip visitors leave for the night and through the morning when the sea brightens, it belongs to those staying over. The adjacent day-use onsen hall's large open-air bath and sauna, as well as Akazawa Spa's thalasso pool and barrel sauna, are also available as guest privileges.

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The private open-air bath is located on the top floor. With nothing blocking the view, only the Pacific Ocean stretches out ahead. You can listen to the sound of the waves and gaze up at a starry sky at night. On the same top floor, the infinity open-air bath called Sora, opens toward the sea with a sense of openness where the line between ocean and sky seems to dissolve. The water is a sodium-calcium chloride spring with strong heat-retaining properties, so even during outdoor air bathing in the sea breeze, warmth lingers in the body. From the panoramic large baths Umi and Kamome, you can watch the sunrise and sunset fall to the horizon. The dedicated onsen building, Yukkura, is open around the clock, and every guest room offers an ocean view.

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Every guest room has its own flowing natural hot spring open-air bath, either a hinoki cypress tub or a Shigaraki ceramic tub, continuously filled with fresh spring water, with a view of Sagami Bay. There's no waiting in line and no one watching, so whether it's late at night or early morning, you can soak while gazing at the sea whenever you feel like it. The spring water is a sodium-calcium chloride-sulfate onsen that warms the body deeply. The large bath also features a panoramic open-air bath with sea breeze flowing through and a carbonated spring bath, and after the Finnish-style sauna and cold plunge bath, you can enjoy outdoor air bathing with wind coming off the ocean. Depending on the season, you may even be able to see Atami's fireworks over the sea from the bath.

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The large bath consists solely of a deep open-air bath with a water depth of 125 cm. Standing, the water reaches your chest; seated on the bench inside the tub, it comes up to your shoulders. Resting your body against the water pressure, you take in an unobstructed panorama of the Pacific Ocean and the Izu Islands. The location, atop a hill in the Atagawa highlands, is what makes this view possible. All 26 rooms have terraces with their own ocean-facing onsen open-air baths, and only overnight guests get to watch the sea and sky change color alone, from sunrise to starlit night. The same ocean view can be seen from the foot bath on the café terrace.

Editors' comment

Each guest room has its own private terrace with a Shigaraki ceramic open-air bath, facing the sea, where you can soak whenever and as long as you like. The water drawn is a blended spring from Atami Onsen. The chloride spring has strong heat-retaining properties, keeping the body's core warm long after bathing. The large bath features both an indoor and an open-air bath, along with a facility called Sauna Max, where a well-designed flow takes you from the sauna room, to a cold plunge bath right beside it, and then to a rest area beyond. Day-use bathing is also accepted at this property, but the terrace open-air bath, where the sea breeze reaches you, belongs only to those who stay overnight.

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At the 7th-floor panoramic bath, step outside from the glass-enclosed indoor bath and the water's surface merges seamlessly with Sagami Bay in an infinity-style open-air bath. By day, sunlight dances across the open sea; by night, the water shimmers under moonlight. The spring water, containing sulfate and chloride, is gentle on the skin and leaves a lingering warmth even after bathing. In addition, every guest room has its own private onsen open-air bath on the balcony, so whether it's early morning as light rises from the horizon or the middle of the night with only the sound of waves reaching you, you can face the ocean any time you like. The large bath area also includes a sauna and cold plunge bath, letting you release heat in the sea breeze within the open-air section.

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At the edge of the open-air bath, the water's surface simply ends, and beyond it stretches the horizon of the Pacific Ocean. Nothing blocks the view, and the sound of waves reaches you continuously. The bath uses a natural hot spring with high heat-retaining chloride water, leaving warmth deep in the body even after getting out. The sauna comes in two types: a fully glass-enclosed dry sauna and a steam sauna with dense humidity. From the dry sauna, you can take in the full view of the sea and sky. The cold plunge bath is constantly refreshed with new water, and the outdoor air bathing afterward lets you feel the sea breeze directly. After bathing, there's a lounge and restaurant featuring around 6,000 manga volumes.