Overview

Sun Urashima Yuki no Sato is a sea-facing ryokan in Toba, Mie, inside the Ise-Shima area. You stay with Ise Bay in front of you, flower arrangements throughout the building, warm Japanese hospitality, two natural hot spring sources, and seasonal cuisine built around the food of Ise-Shima. Every room faces the sea, so the view becomes part of your stay from morning to night.

This ryokan suits you when you want a quiet coastal stay with private-bath room options, strong onsen quality, seafood-rich dining, and access to Toba and Ise sightseeing. A free shuttle connects the ryokan with Toba Station by advance reservation, taking about 20 minutes.

Accommodation

You can choose from main-building rooms and the separate Mizu no Hoshi room area. All rooms face the sea, and some rooms include hot spring baths or open-air hot spring baths. Room styles include standard Japanese rooms, terrace rooms, rooms with dining spaces, barrier-free room types, and special rooms with private hot spring baths.

The main-building special rooms include private hot spring open-air baths and ocean views. The 9th-floor Japanese special room has a 12-tatami Japanese room, dining room, shower booth, private hot spring open-air bath, coffee machine, humidifying air purifier, DVD player, Wi-Fi, and massage chair. Dinner is served in your room, while breakfast is served in the dining area.

The 6th-floor special room has beds, a daybed, dining room, and private hot spring open-air bath. This room is also ocean-view and non-smoking, with room equipment such as refrigerator, TV, bath, warm-water washing toilet, kettle, safe, humidifying air purifier, DVD player, Wi-Fi, and coffee machine. Dinner and breakfast are served in your room for this room type.

Mizu no Hoshi gives you a more private and refined stay. The 1st-floor room with hot spring bath has a 14-tatami Japanese room with Simmons twin beds and a private indoor bath using 100% source water. The 2nd-floor Mizu no Hoshi special room has a 12.5-tatami Japanese room, bedroom, dining room, and hot spring open-air bath, with meals served in the private dining room inside the room.

Room items may include yukata, pajamas, towels, toothbrush, hand soap, shampoo, body soap, conditioner, skincare items, grooming items, hair dryer, tabi socks, bathrobe in selected Mizu no Hoshi rooms, coffee machine in special rooms, and Wi-Fi.

Dining

Dinner focuses on Ise-Shima and Toba ingredients, including Ise lobster, abalone, Uramura oysters, sea bream, blowfish, Matsusaka beef, seasonal seafood, and mountain produce. The cuisine follows a Japanese kaiseki style, with local ingredients prepared to match the season.

You dine either in your room or in a private dining space, depending on your room and plan. Fushikaden is an ocean-view dining venue with private-style seating, and Mizu no Hoshi rooms use the dining space connected to that building. Some room types include in-room dining, while others use the private dining venue.

The dining experience works especially well when you want privacy with your meal. Private dining spaces allow you to enjoy dinner at a relaxed pace without a large restaurant atmosphere, while in-room dining plans let you stay fully settled in your room

Onsen and Wellness

The main bathhouse is Marobine-an, reached through a softly lit corridor that leads you toward the baths. The ryokan has two natural hot spring sources: Jyukou no Yu, discovered in 1989, and Shin Jyukou no Yu, discovered in 2014. Both are alkaline simple hot springs, with Jyukou no Yu at pH 9.5 and Shin Jyukou no Yu at pH 9.8.

Jyukou no Yu supplies the large public bath, men’s and women’s open-air baths, and selected rooms. Its listed benefits include smooth-feeling skin, neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, stiff joints, and bruises. Shin Jyukou no Yu supplies the men’s and women’s open-air baths, with listed benefits including sprains, hemorrhoids, chronic digestive concerns, sensitivity to cold, recovery after illness, fatigue recovery, health promotion, and smooth-feeling skin.

The bathhouse includes large public baths, open-air baths, sauna, Jacuzzi, jet bath, and waterfall-style bath. Soto no Miya includes rock-style open-air bathing, a cypress indoor bath, and individual cast-iron tubs. Uchi no Miya includes a cypress bath and individual cast-iron bath. The hot spring water is heated and circulated to maintain bathing temperature and protect the source.

You can also reserve private baths. Options include the indoor family bath Saishi no Yu, the forest-side private open-air bath San no Yu, and Urara Sansan, a private open-air bath connected with a karaoke room. All private baths require reservation.

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For more privacy, choose a room with its own hot spring bath or reserve one of the private baths. These options help you enjoy bathing without relying only on the shared public bath area.

Facilities

Sun Urashima Yuki no Sato has 32 rooms and a calm layout that encourages you to spend time inside the ryokan. You can relax in the Mizu no Hoshi library, where massage chairs and a quiet reading space give you a restful place between meals and baths. The Ama Library displays copperplate works by Kenji Yoshida and offers a place to enjoy matcha or coffee while looking toward the sea and ama-diver-inspired artwork.

Dining spaces are also part of the ryokan experience. Fushikaden gives you private-style dining with sea views, while banquet room Kaijin supports small groups and gatherings. The shop Nohanatei sells Ise-Shima, Toba, Mie, and ryokan original items, and it may also carry local Uramura oysters in season.

For wellness and leisure, you have Marobine-an with large public baths, open-air baths, sauna, Jacuzzi, jet bath, and waterfall-style bath, plus three reservable private bath options. The ryokan also has esthetic and ganban-yoku relaxation services, observation decks facing Ounoura Bay, a tea lounge, night snack spot, party room, karaoke rooms, meeting room, wedding space, parking, and listed credit card support.

Activities

You can enjoy much of the stay inside the ryokan with sea views, private dining, hot spring bathing, the library, the lounge, and observation decks. The view over Ounoura Bay changes from morning to evening, with oyster rafts and fishing boats adding a local Toba feeling to the scenery.

Nearby sightseeing is easy by car or shuttle connection. The Sea-Folk Museum is about 5 minutes away by car, Toba Aquarium and Mikimoto Pearl Island are about 15 minutes away, Ise Jingu Naiku is about 35 minutes away, and Futami’s Meoto Iwa area is about 30 minutes away. You can also visit Ishigami-san, Pearl Road, local lighthouses, and Toba Bay cruise points during your stay.

Additional Features

Sun Urashima Yuki no Sato gives you all-room sea views, two natural hot spring sources, rooms with private hot spring baths, three reservable private baths, day-use bathing, Japanese kaiseki dining, private dining spaces, in-room dining for selected rooms, Mizu no Hoshi rooms, barrier-free room options, library spaces, shop, tea lounge, esthetic and ganban-yoku services, sauna, Jacuzzi, karaoke, banquet room, meeting room, wedding space, parking, and an advance-reservation shuttle from Toba Station.