Things to Do in Atagawa Onsen
1 Japanese roundup
Where Japanese travelers eat and stay in Atagawa Onsen, and what they tell visitors to skip, from their own comments, translated.
Where to stay1
Rules that apply anywhere in Japan39
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- Can You Share Food at a Japanese Restaurant? Ramen Answer
Usually yes, once everyone has ordered their own bowl. Top reply on a ramen-sharing row (8,048 likes): ask the staff on the spot. The shop decides.
8,048 likes
- Are Kids Allowed in Restaurants in Japan? Japanese Answer
Yes, at most places. The top Japanese reply (7,400 likes): no one is angry at crying kids, only at parents who leave them to it. Some shops post rules.
7,400 likes
- Is It Rude to Do Makeup on a Train in Japan?
Past lipstick, mostly yes. A leading Japanese answer (40,807 likes) says stop at lips; powder and brushes that hit the next rider are the problem.
41,495 likes
- Japanese people splitIs the Seishun 18 Ticket Still Worth It? What Japanese Say
Only if you ride far on back-to-back days. Japanese riders say the 3- and 5-day version suits rail fans, not workers or day-trippers (802 likes).
2,181 likes
- Can You Wear Earphones While Cycling in Japan?
Yes, if one ear stays open: one earbud or open-ear headphones are legal while you can hear traffic. Both ears sealed risks a ¥5,000 ticket (314 likes).
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Every place Japanese commenters named7
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- Atagawa Banana & Crocodile GardenHigashiizu, ShizuokaThe one attraction the thread agrees is still thriving (168 likes), with a parking lot full of cars (25 likes) and a fruit parlour remembered for parfaits made with fully ripened bananas (87 likes). Open 9:00 to 17:00, last entry 16:30, no closing days, 2,000 yen for adults and 1,000 yen for children, one minute on foot from Izu-Atagawa station, and home to 16 species of crocodile.MapWhy it's here
- Atagawa Prince HotelAtagawa Onsen, HigashiizuThe hotel behind the most-liked stay report in the thread: few other guests in March, which made it quiet, good food and an easy pace (316 likes).MapWhy it's hereCheck rates and availability on Agoda
- Hotel Cetus RoyalAtagawa Onsen, HigashiizuNamed by a guest who paid 9,900 yen per person a few months before writing, for a sea view and free-flowing drinks in the lobby at check-in and in the lounge by the pool (51 likes).MapWhy it's here
- Ito-en Hotel AtagawaAtagawa Onsen, HigashiizuThe 9,200 yen room with dinner and breakfast, tax included, that a February visitor took when the reasonably priced places were full. Maintenance is patchy in the rooms, but there were at least 25 people at the buffets (28 likes).MapWhy it's here
- Atagawa HeightsAtagawa Onsen, HigashiizuWhere a recent guest took a room with its own open-air bath and called the water quality wonderful, enough to plan a return (25 likes).MapWhy it's here
- Izu no Ajidokoro NishikiBy Izu-Atagawa stationThe seafood restaurant a visitor names for a kaisendon eaten this spring, with a steaming hot spring tower standing right in front of it (10 likes).MapWhy it's here
- Hokkawa OnsenHigashiizu, ShizuokaOne dissenter says Atagawa is not that derelict, the limited express stops there and the Wani Garden is fun, but that for a night's sleep he would pick Hokkawa, the next hot spring down the coast (19 likes).MapWhy it's here
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The loudest voice on Atagawa Onsen
“Around March this year I stayed at the Atagawa Prince Hotel. There certainly weren't many guests, but that made it quiet, the food was good, and I could take it easy. The server who brought the dishes was a young woman from overseas, and it was endearing how hard she tried to explain the difficult dishes in halting Japanese. I'd like to go again.”
今年の3月頃、熱川プリンスホテルに泊まりました。たしかにお客さんは少なかったですが、その分静かだし、お料理も美味しくて、のんびり過ごすことが出来ました。 お料理を出してくださる仲居さんが若い外国人の女の子で、難しい料理の説明をたどたどしい日本語で一生懸命してくれたのが微笑ましかったです。 また行きたいと思います。
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