Overview

Ito Ryokuyu is a small seven-room ryokan in Ito Onsen, one of Shizuoka’s long-loved hot spring towns. Every room has a private garden open-air bath with source-flowing hot spring water, giving you the freedom to bathe whenever you like without leaving your room.

This stay feels quiet, personal, and rooted in classic Japanese ryokan style. You can relax in a room with tatami, a garden-facing bath, and a nostalgic Showa-era atmosphere, then enjoy seasonal Japanese cuisine built around Izu seafood and the ryokan’s signature simmered kinmedai. With only seven rooms, Ito Ryokuyu suits you well when you want privacy, hot spring quality, and a slower stay in Ito.

Accommodation

Ito Ryokuyu has seven Japanese-style rooms, each with a private garden open-air bath and an indoor bath. The rooms look toward greenery and keep a calm traditional feel, with tatami flooring, warm lighting, sliding doors, and enough space to settle in properly.

The room layouts range from compact 8-tatami rooms to larger rooms with two Japanese-style spaces, including 10-tatami, 12.5-tatami, 10-tatami plus 6-tatami, and 8-tatami plus 4-tatami options. Each room has its own name, including Toshima, Shikine, Oshima, Niijima, Kozu, Miyake, and Mikura. The style stays consistent across the ryokan: private bathing, garden views, Japanese design, and a feeling of being tucked away from the busier side of Ito.

Rooms include useful comforts such as air conditioning, washlet toilet, TV, refrigerator, kettle, hair dryer, humidifying air purifier, yukata, bathrobe, towels, skincare items, bath items, tea, and a coffee machine. Wi-Fi is available in all rooms and the lobby. All rooms are non-smoking, with a designated smoking space available.

Dining

Dining at Ito Ryokuyu focuses on Japanese cuisine made with Izu seafood and local ingredients. Dinner and breakfast are usually served in a private dining room, giving you a calm meal setting with more privacy than a large restaurant. Room dining can be arranged in advance when available.

Dinner changes with the season, but the meal highlights the flavors of Izu. A seasonal course may include fresh sashimi with raw wasabi, hamo, summer vegetables, domestic beef, fried fish, abalone, freshly cooked clay-pot rice, Izu miso soup, and dessert. The signature dish is simmered whole kinmedai, prepared with rich flavor and served as one of the main pleasures of the meal.

Breakfast is Japanese-style and also served with privacy in mind. You may enjoy dishes such as shirasu with grated daikon, salad, a seafood shabu-style hot pot with the Kowakien special fish broth, grilled fish, wasabi nori, dashi rolled egg, Ito’s local chinchin-age, simmered dishes, clay-pot rice, pickles, and fruit or yogurt. The meal gives you a gentle but satisfying start before sightseeing or another soak in your room bath.

Onsen and Wellness

Ito Ryokuyu uses its own hot spring source, and every room has a source-flowing garden open-air bath. The water is a weak alkaline simple hot spring with a pH of 8.4. It has a soft feel and is known as a “beauty water” style spring because the alkalinity helps soften old surface skin cells and leaves the skin feeling smooth after bathing.

The in-room open-air bath is the main onsen experience here. You can bathe in your own garden-facing space at any time, without sharing the bath or following the public bath schedule. This makes the ryokan especially comfortable when you want repeated short soaks throughout your stay.

You can also use the large public bath and open-air bath at the main building, Ito Kowakien. The main bath has both hotter and gentler water areas, and the men’s and women’s bathing areas switch late at night. The main building also has a rare drinking spring area, where you can taste the hot spring water from the proper drinking point.

The spring is associated with support for neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, joint stiffness, bruises, sprains, chronic digestive concerns, hemorrhoids, cold sensitivity, recovery after illness, fatigue recovery, and general health promotion.

Guests with Tattoos

Ito Ryokuyu has private open-air hot spring baths in every room, so you can enjoy the onsen privately with tattoos. Tattoos are not permitted in the shared public baths at the main building.

Facilities

Ito Ryokuyu has seven rooms with private garden open-air baths, a lobby, a lounge, private dining rooms, Wi-Fi in all rooms and the lobby, a designated smoking space, parking, and access to the main building’s large public bath, open-air bath, drinking spring, shop, restaurant, lounge, post-bath rest area, and summer pool.

The lobby features a large one-piece African keyaki wood table weighing about one ton, with sofa seating where you can enjoy a welcome drink at check-in. The corridor leading to the rooms uses soft lighting and seasonal garden views, giving the walk to your room a quiet ryokan feeling.

Aromatherapy, esthetic treatments, anma massage, body care, foot reflexology, and head care can be arranged by reservation. Celebration items such as cakes and flowers can also be prepared in advance, making the ryokan a good choice for birthdays, anniversaries, or a quiet special occasion.

Activities

Ito Ryokuyu gives you a comfortable base for exploring Ito and the wider Izu area. You can visit Tokaikan, the historic former ryokan that shows the atmosphere of old Ito, or spend time around Ito Orange Beach, Ito Marine Town, Komuroyama Park, Mount Omuro, and Jogasaki Coast.

Seasonal events also fit well with a stay here. In February, the Kawazu cherry blossoms draw many visitors to Izu, while summer brings beach time and fireworks around Ito. If you prefer to stay close to the ryokan, you can spend most of your time between your room, your open-air bath, and the quiet garden view.

Additional Features

Ito Ryokuyu is best for you if you want a small Ito Onsen ryokan with only seven rooms, private source-flowing open-air baths in every room, Japanese cuisine served in private dining rooms, signature kinmedai dishes, and access to the main building’s public baths and drinking spring.

Check-in starts at 15:00, and check-out is at 11:00. You also have free Wi-Fi, all non-smoking rooms, parking, shuttle service from JR Ito Station during set afternoon hours by request, delivery service, drink room service, and access to summer pool facilities at the main building. Children under junior high school age cannot stay, and pets cannot stay.