Overview

LiVEMAX Resort Amagi Yugashima brings you deep into the mountain scenery of Izu, where the Nekko River runs beside the property and the forested Amagi landscape surrounds the stay. This resort gives you a relaxed hot spring base for exploring the Yugashima and Shuzenji area, with open-air baths, cave baths, rooms with private terrace baths, buffet dining, and easy access to Izu’s literary and natural sights.

The hot spring is known as Kitachi no Yu. Its story is connected to Minamoto no Yoritomo, who is said to have discovered the spring after seeing steam rise from the rocks during a hunting trip near the Amagi foothills. The area later became known for writers and poets, including Yasunari Kawabata and Yasushi Inoue, giving the stay a stronger sense of Izu history as well as mountain quiet.

Accommodation

LiVEMAX Resort Amagi Yugashima offers Japanese-style and Japanese-Western rooms, with several room types designed around private open-air bathing. Many rooms include Shigaraki ware open-air baths on the terrace, where you can enjoy source-flowing Kitachi no Yu in your own space. Some simpler rooms do not have baths, so the shared hot spring facilities become the main bathing area for those stays.

The Wa-Birei Suite is the most spacious room type, with a 54㎡ layout, semi-double beds, futon bedding, and a private terrace with a Shigaraki ware open-air bath. It works well when you want more room for family or group travel. The Wa-Birei Junior Suite gives you a 36㎡ Japanese-style suite with the same kind of terrace bath, offering a comfortable balance of space and private bathing.

The Wa-Birei Superior room is a compact twin-style Japanese room with a Shigaraki ware open-air bath, making it a strong choice when you want a private hot spring bath without booking the largest room. The standard Wa-Birei room is a simpler 15㎡ Japanese-style room with futon bedding and no in-room bath. A dog-friendly Wa-Birei room is also available, with a pet cage prepared during the stay and no in-room bath.

Rooms include practical features such as Wi-Fi, refrigerator, individual air conditioning, washlet toilet, TV, kettle, hair dryer, towels, samue roomwear, slippers, and bath items. Some rental items, such as DVD players, mobile chargers, steam irons, rental PCs, and yukata, are available in limited numbers.

Dining

Dining is served buffet-style in the restaurant, with Japanese and Western dishes offered for both dinner and breakfast. This makes the stay more casual than a traditional kaiseki ryokan, and it works well when you want flexibility after a day of sightseeing or bathing.

Dinner may include warm dishes, seasonal items, grilled foods, seafood, vegetables, and table-cooked bulgogi. The bulgogi is prepared at your table, giving the meal a more interactive feel. Alcoholic all-you-can-drink service is available as an add-on, with options such as beer, highballs, sours, plum wine, shochu, red and white wine, and whisky.

Breakfast is also buffet-style, with Japanese and Western dishes to start the day before heading toward Shuzenji, Joren Falls, the Amagi area, or other Izu sightseeing spots. If the required number of diners for buffet service is not met, meals may change to a Japanese-Western set-style course.

Onsen and Wellness

The hot spring experience centers on Kitachi no Yu, using source-flowing water in a mountain setting beside the river. You can enjoy the large public bath, open-air baths, pottery open-air baths, cave bath, reserved private bath, and selected room open-air baths.

The shared bath area includes indoor bathing, open-air bathing, a cave bath, a men’s sauna, and a wooden deck. The open-air baths let you feel the seasonal Amagi landscape, while the cave bath gives you a more distinctive bathing atmosphere. The reserved private bath is available for a private session by arrangement at the front desk.

Selected rooms include private source-flowing Shigaraki ware open-air baths on the terrace. These rooms give you the easiest way to bathe at your own pace without moving through the shared bath area.

The spring source is Yunokami Onsen Yugashima No. 23. The water is a simple hot spring, classified as hypotonic, weak alkaline, and high-temperature. The source temperature is 45.2°C. The water is associated with support for neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, stiff joints, bruises, sprains, chronic digestive concerns, hemorrhoids, cold sensitivity, recovery after illness, fatigue recovery, and general health promotion.

The sauna uses a Finnish-style löyly approach, with steam created over sauna stones to raise humidity and deepen the heat. You can pair sauna time with bathing and cooling down for a fuller wellness experience.

Guests with Tattoos

LiVEMAX Resort Amagi Yugashima does not permit tattoos, tattoo stickers, or body paint in the hot spring bathing areas.

Facilities

LiVEMAX Resort Amagi Yugashima has shared hot spring baths, open-air baths, a cave bath, a reserved private bath, selected rooms with open-air baths, a men’s sauna, a restaurant, banquet hall, karaoke room, table tennis space, wooden deck, vending machines, Wi-Fi, parking, rental bicycles, rental PCs, mobile phone chargers, delivery service, fax service, and cake reservation service.

The karaoke room works well after dinner or bathing, while the table tennis space gives you an easy indoor activity with family or friends. The wooden deck adds a simple outdoor place to pause between bath time and your room. The dog-friendly room allows you to stay with your dog when the pet-stay rules are followed.

Activities

LiVEMAX Resort Amagi Yugashima places you close to nature, history, and classic Izu sightseeing. Joren Falls is one of the area’s main sights and is known as one of Japan’s top waterfalls. The surrounding basalt cliffs and natural scenery make it a good stop before or after check-in.

You can also visit Shuzenji Temple, the Bamboo Grove Path, Tokko-no-Yu, Shigetsuden, and Shuzenji Niji-no-Sato. These spots pair well with a stay in Amagi Yugashima, especially if you want a mix of hot spring culture, riverside walks, temples, and seasonal scenery. Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace offers a deeper historical outing as a World Heritage-listed industrial site.

The region also carries strong literary connections. Yasunari Kawabata wrote “The Dancing Girl of Izu,” and Yasushi Inoue wrote “Shirobamba” in connection with the area, while other writers and poets also spent time around Amagi Yugashima. This gives the setting more depth than a standard mountain resort stay.

Additional Features

LiVEMAX Resort Amagi Yugashima is best for you if you want a casual Izu resort with source-flowing Kitachi no Yu, open-air baths, cave bathing, selected rooms with private terrace baths, buffet dining, karaoke, table tennis, and access to Amagi and Shuzenji sightseeing.

Check-in starts at 15:00, with final check-in at 22:00, and check-out is at 11:00. You also have Wi-Fi, parking, day-use hot spring access, a reserved private bath, dog-friendly room availability, rental bicycles, rental PCs, cake reservation service, and a buffet restaurant with breakfast and dinner service.