Asaba
Izu & Shuzenji · Hakone, Izu & Ise-Shima
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because if you wanted to calibrate your sense of the ryokan against the most reliable instrument there is, Asaba is it — the meter bar of the inn — and because a Noh play on a floating stage in the pond is a thing no other hotel offers.
- At Shuzenji, on the Izu peninsula, with more than five centuries of unbroken history; an independent house; children from seven (Villa Tenko for younger children).
- Spare tatami rooms facing the courtyard; the floating Noh stage in the pond, where the traditional drama is regularly performed; traditional cuisine; semi-public baths, in-room tubs and the hot-spring pool separated from the pond by a ring of rocks.
- Three MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds five-star standing.
The neighborhood
Izu & Shuzenji
The Izu peninsula and its old spa town of Shuzenji, with the temple, the bamboo path, the river and the hot springs. From Tokyo it is an hour by bullet train to Mishima and forty minutes by car.
- The pond, the bamboo and the old spa town of Shuzenji, at the door.
- Shuzenji station, minutes; Mishima, about forty minutes by car.
- Tokyo, about an hour to Mishima by bullet train; a fixed-rate taxi from both stations.
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