Overview
Nishiizu Crystal View Hotel is a seaside hot spring hotel in Ukusu, Nishi-Izu, Shizuoka. You stay near the entrance to the Dogashima Onsen area, with mountains behind you and Suruga Bay stretching out in front. The setting feels open and peaceful, with sunset views, sea air, and the slower rhythm of the western Izu coast shaping your stay.
The hotel is especially appealing when you want wide scenery and easy comfort. From the higher floors and selected rooms, you can look out toward Suruga Bay and watch the evening sky change color over the water. The hotel sits in an area connected to the Izu Peninsula UNESCO Global Geopark, so the surrounding coast carries strong natural character, from volcanic cliffs to sea caves and rocky viewpoints.
This is a good choice when you want a relaxed coastal hotel with large hot spring baths, buffet dining, free in-house activities, summer pool access, and easy drives to Dogashima, Golden Cape, and other Nishi-Izu sights.
Accommodation
You choose from Japanese-style rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, twin rooms, and special rooms. The hotel has 78 rooms in total, including Japanese rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, and special rooms.
For a spacious stay with sea views, choose one of the special rooms. Connecting Room A has both Japanese and Western spaces, a dining area, and views over Suruga Bay. Connecting Room B also looks toward Suruga Bay and combines a Japanese room with a twin room, making it useful when you want more space to relax together.
The special two-room Japanese room faces Suruga Bay and gives you a traditional tatami layout with extra room to spread out. The special twin room sits on the top floor and includes a spacious twin bedroom and dining area with views toward Suruga Bay. The special Japanese-Western room has separate Japanese and Western spaces, both with views over the sea.
Standard Japanese-Western rooms combine a twin bedroom with an 8- to 10-tatami Japanese room. This layout works well when you want both beds and tatami space, or when you travel with family and need a more flexible room.
Japanese rooms give you a wider tatami space and futon bedding. These rooms suit you well when you want a more classic Japanese hotel stay. Twin rooms face the mountain side and offer a simpler Western-style option.
Room amenities include hand towels, bath towels, yukata, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, body soap, razors, combs, brushes, refrigerator, and safe. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and BS television can be viewed.
Dining
Dinner is served buffet-style in the first-floor dining venue. You can choose from around 50 dishes, with seasonal food fairs added during the year. The buffet focuses on seafood, sashimi, and easy-to-enjoy dishes that suit different tastes.
Dinner includes free-flow alcoholic and soft drinks. You can enjoy drinks such as beer, shochu, sake, and other options during the dinner period, without planning each order separately.
You can also add special dishes to your dinner when ordered in advance. Options may include abalone grilled at the table, simmered kinmedai, or Shizuoka wagyu steak. The details may change depending on ingredient supply and season.
Seasonal food fairs bring extra variety to the buffet. A current spring-to-summer fair highlights layered sushi, including tuna, horse mackerel with namero, miso-seasoned salmon, and smoked-style sea bream.
Breakfast is also buffet-style, with around 40 dishes. You can choose rice, fish, warm dishes, lighter items, coffee, juice, and soft drinks before starting your day. Breakfast is served in the first-floor dining venue.
Onsen and Wellness
The hot spring area gives you two very different bath styles: the hinoki bath and the crystal bath. The baths switch between men and women depending on the date, so you may enjoy both styles during your stay.
The hinoki bath was renewed in November 2023. It is a large cypress-style bath with a strong Japanese atmosphere, and it includes an open-air bath surrounded by greenery. The scent of wood and the scale of the bath make it a relaxing place to unwind after travel or sightseeing.
The crystal bath was renewed in February 2024. It has a European-inspired, Roman-bath style design, giving you a completely different mood from the hinoki bath. This contrast makes bath time feel more memorable, especially if you enjoy trying different bathing spaces.
Both bath areas include sauna access. Sauna hours are generally 15:00 to 23:00 and 7:30 to 10:00. Bathing hours change by odd and even dates, with one bath used by men in the afternoon and evening while the other is used by women, then switching for morning use.
The hot spring water is a sulfate spring. Listed bathing benefits include neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, joint stiffness, bruises, sprains, chronic digestive concerns, hemorrhoids, cold sensitivity, cuts, burns, arteriosclerosis, chronic skin concerns, recovery after illness, fatigue recovery, and general health support.
There is also a 30-tatami post-bath rest area where you can sit after bathing. Massage chairs and drink vending machines are available there, making it easy to cool down slowly before returning to your room.
Guests with tattoos
If you have tattoos, you cannot use the public baths. The bathing rules state that people with tattoos or irezumi should not enter the baths.
Facilities
Nishiizu Crystal View Hotel has many facilities for a relaxed stay inside the building. You can use the large hot spring baths, open-air baths, saunas, 30-tatami post-bath rest area, buffet dining venue, karaoke rooms, table tennis corner, board game corner, mahjong, game corner, shop, coin laundry, lobby, yukata corner, rental fishing rods, rental bicycles, outdoor pool, children’s outdoor pool, and free Wi-Fi in all rooms.
The private karaoke rooms are free to use and can be reserved at the front desk on the day. Table tennis is also free, with some tables available without reservation and one table available by same-day reservation.
The board game corner has familiar games and more unusual games, and some can be borrowed for use in your room. The mahjong table is located inside the board game area and can be reserved on the day.
The shop sells Nishi-Izu local products and souvenirs. The coin laundry is available 24 hours a day, which helps if you stay longer, swim in summer, or travel along the coast.
The yukata corner lets you choose from different patterns and sizes at no extra charge. Accessories such as colorful obi, drawstring bags, parasols, and hair ornaments can also be rented.
Free fishing rod rental is available during set hours, and bait can be purchased. Free electric-assist bicycle rental is also available for exploring nearby roads and coastal areas.
The outdoor pool uses hot spring water and opens during the summer season. A shallow children’s pool sits beside the main pool, giving younger swimmers a safer place to enjoy the water.
Activities
You can enjoy much of your stay inside the hotel. A simple day might include a morning bath, buffet breakfast, a short bike ride, time in the pool during summer, sunset viewing, dinner with drinks, karaoke, table tennis, and another soak before bed.
Nearby sightseeing is one of the hotel’s strengths. Dogashima cave cruises are about 15 minutes away by car. When the weather allows, you can cruise toward the natural sea cave known as Tensodo, often called the blue cave of Nishi-Izu.
Dogashima Tombolo is also about 15 minutes away by car. At low tide, the sea path appears and allows you to walk across toward Sanshiro Island. This rare natural crossing makes a memorable coastal outing.
Golden Cape is about 10 minutes away by car. The rock face glows golden when sunset light hits it, and the observation deck offers views over Suruga Bay and, on clear days, Mount Fuji.
Lover’s Cape is about 5 minutes away by car and gives you another wide view of Suruga Bay and Mount Fuji. Golden Cape Crystal Park is also about 5 minutes away by car and connects to the area’s glass-making history.
Other nearby outings include Toi Gold Mine, Matsuzaki’s namako wall streets, Iwashina School, Naka River cherry blossoms, Toi cherry blossoms, and local seafood shopping at Hanbata Market.
Additional features
Check-in starts at 15:00, and checkout is usually at 11:00. For stays from July 18 to August 29, 2026, checkout changes to 10:00.
Free parking is available for about 80 vehicles. If you arrive with a microbus or larger vehicle, contact the hotel in advance because parking may depend on space.
Cashless payment options include major credit cards, electronic money, transport IC cards, QR code payments, and selected gift certificates.
Nishiizu Crystal View Hotel suits you when you want sunset views, buffet dining with drinks included, spacious hot spring baths, free in-house activities, summer pool time, and a base for exploring the natural coastline of Nishi-Izu.
