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Ito onsen hotels with a sea view: 5 picks, Kawana to Futo
Approximate, at the rate on 2026-10-02. You pay in yen.
- Ito onsen hotels with a sea view: five, two with every room facing it
- Kaze no Kaoru UMI and Tsuki: an open-air bath in every room
- Ayu no Kaze serves meals in your room; Kawana Bettei looks over Sagami Bay
The five
| Best for | Where to book | Score | Weeknight (per person) | Saturday |
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| Sea view and an open-air bath in all 20 rooms — if you can’t decide | Luxury Wa Hotel Kaze no Kaoru UMI Check price |
84/100 | ¥40,000–44,000 | ¥56,000 |
| Nine villas with open-air baths; free pick-up from Futo | Gensen to Hanare no Oyado Tsuki Check price |
83/100 | ¥33,000–77,000 | ¥55,000–77,000 |
| Five villas on a hill over Sagami Bay, with a taxi pick-up | Ito Yukitei Kawana Bettei Check price |
76/100 | ¥50,000–57,000 | — |
| Five-room inn above the onsen town, with meals in your room | Gensen Kakenagashi no Chiisana Oyado Ayu no Kaze Check price |
76/100 | ¥37,000 | ¥30,000–42,000 |
| Nine-room pension facing the sea and Mt Fuji; private baths free | Ito Onsen Ocean View Villa J’s Check price |
75/100 | ¥13,000–28,000 | ¥21,000–27,000 |
Prices are the cheapest per person found on Rakuten Travel for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 2026-11-11 – 2027-01-02, for 2 adults in one room (checked 2026-11-02). They move daily — the link shows live prices.
The booking links go to Agoda, which shows today’s price and lets you pay in your own currency. Its price can differ from the Rakuten Travel figures above.
Sea view and an open-air bath in all 20 rooms
Luxury Wa Hotel Kaze no Kaoru UMI
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.68/5 (1,534) · Agoda 9.5/10 (47) · 1,581 in total
- 20 rooms, in Arai, Ito
- Spring water: simple alkaline
- Check-in 15:00; free parking for 18 cars
Why it made the five
- Every room has an open-air bath and looks out over the sea, per the listing
- Large communal bath, sauna and family bath as well
- Breakfast and dinner in the restaurant or a private room
- 4.68 across 1,534 reviews; service score 4.80
Getting there: About five minutes by car from JR Ito station. By car, 90 minutes from Atsugi IC via Route 135.
Language and payment: Whether staff speak English is not published, so ask when you book. Rakuten lists Visa, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Mastercard and others. Last check-in is midnight. Tattoo rules for the communal bath are not published, so ask first or use the room bath.
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Right for: Two people who want the sea and their own open-air bath in every room, with a private dining room.
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Not for: Anyone on a tighter budget: it is ¥39,800 per person and up on a weekday in our search window.
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Worth knowing: Bathing tax of ¥300 per adult (junior high school age and over) is extra.
Score breakdown — 84/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★★★★ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.65 on Rakuten Travel, and every room has its own open-air bath |
| Value for money | ★★★☆☆ | ¥40,000–44,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, dinner and breakfast) — 108% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; dinner in a private room; every room has an ocean view and an open-air bath; large bath, sauna and family bath; last check-in midnight. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.68 across 1,534 reviews (Rakuten Travel 1,534) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | All 20 rooms have an ocean view and an open-air bath, and there is a large bath, a sauna and private dining as well. |
Nine villas with open-air baths; free pick-up from Futo
Gensen to Hanare no Oyado Tsuki
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.66/5 (1,439)
- Winner of a Rakuten Silver Award 2024
- Spring water: calcium-sodium sulphate and chloride
- Check-in 15:00, last check-in 18:00; free parking for 15 cars
Why it made the five
- All nine detached villas have an open-air bath and an ocean view
- Free pick-up from Futo station, 3pm to 5:30pm; five minutes by car
- Dinner and breakfast in a private room or the dining hall
- 4.66 across 1,439 reviews; location score 4.73
Getting there: Free pick-up from Futo station (Izukyu line) between 3pm and 5:30pm; about five minutes by car.
Language and payment: Whether staff speak English is not published, so ask when you book. Rakuten lists Visa, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Mastercard and others. Each villa has its own open-air bath, which sidesteps the tattoo question.
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Right for: Two people who want a detached villa and an open-air bath of their own, looking at the sea.
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Not for: Anyone who wants a late check-out (10:00), or a solo traveller: bookings start at two adults.
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Worth knowing: Call ahead if you will check in after 18:00. Bookings are for two adults or more (Rakuten).
Score breakdown — 83/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★★★☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.65 on Rakuten Travel, and every room has its own open-air bath |
| Value for money | ★★★★☆ | ¥33,000–77,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, dinner and breakfast) — 88% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Free pick-up from Futo station (3pm to 5:30pm); dinner in a private room or dining hall; every room has an ocean view; stone-bed sauna (ganbanyoku). |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.66 across 1,439 reviews (Rakuten Travel 1,439) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | Nine detached villas, each with an open-air bath and an ocean view, plus a free pick-up from the station. |
Five villas on a hill over Sagami Bay, with a taxi pick-up
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.96/5 (93) · Agoda 8.4/10 (1) · 94 in total
- Spring water: sodium-calcium chloride
- Check-in 14:00, last check-in 19:00
- Free parking for 5 cars; EV charging for 3 (contact the inn first)
Why it made the five
- The listing says the five detached villas look over Sagami Bay from the Kawana hills
- Free taxi from Kawana station; 3 minutes by car
- Dinner and breakfast in a private room or dining hall
- 4.96 across 93 reviews: the highest average of the eight
Getting there: 15 minutes on foot or 3 minutes by car from Kawana station, with a free taxi pick-up from the station.
Language and payment: Rakuten records that a few staff understand a little English. It lists Visa, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and Mastercard. Tattoo rules are not published, so ask first.
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Right for: A couple marking an occasion who want a quiet villa and a very high-scoring inn.
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Not for: Anyone watching the budget: ¥49,500 per person and up on a weekday in our search window.
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Worth knowing: The sea view is described for the inn as a whole; Rakuten does not say whether the villa baths overlook it. Only 93 reviews so far.
Score breakdown — 76/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★★★ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.95 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★☆☆☆☆ | ¥50,000–57,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, dinner and breakfast) — 134% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; free taxi pick-up from Kawana station; dinner in a private room or dining hall; a few staff understand a little English; welcome drink and morning newspaper. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.96 across 93 reviews (Rakuten Travel 93) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | Five detached villas on a hill over Sagami Bay, and a 4.96 review average, the highest of the eight. |
Five-room inn above the onsen town, with meals in your room
Gensen Kakenagashi no Chiisana Oyado Ayu no Kaze
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.63/5 (208)
- Spring water: weak alkaline, sulphate and chloride
- Check-in 15:00; free parking for 5 cars
Why it made the five
- The listing says you look down over Ito’s hot-spring town and the sea
- Dinner and breakfast are served in your room
- 15 minutes on foot from JR Ito station
- 4.63 across 208 reviews; service score 4.96
Getting there: 15 minutes on foot from JR Ito station.
Language and payment: Whether staff speak English is not published, so ask when you book. The inn takes cash only; no cards. Tattoo rules are not published, so ask first.
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Right for: Two adults who want a quiet small inn and dinner in the room.
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Not for: Anyone who wants to pay by card, or a family with children aged 12 or under.
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Worth knowing: Cash only: no credit cards. Children aged 12 and under cannot stay. Dinner is at 6pm; aim to check in by about 5pm.
Score breakdown — 76/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★★☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.70 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★☆☆ | ¥37,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, dinner and breakfast) — 100% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★☆ | Check-out 11:00; breakfast and dinner in your room; a view over Ito’s hot-spring town and the sea. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.63 across 208 reviews (Rakuten Travel 208) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | Only five rooms, with a view over the hot-spring town and the sea and every meal in your room. |
Nine-room pension facing the sea and Mt Fuji; private baths free
Ito Onsen Ocean View Villa J’s
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.56/5 (325) · Agoda 8.5/10 (3) · 328 in total
- Spring water: alkaline simple and calcium
- Check-in 15:00, last check-in 17:30
- Free parking for 14 cars
Why it made the five
- The listing promises a view of the sea and Mt Fuji
- Open-air bath and indoor bath can both be taken privately at no charge
- Dinner and breakfast in the restaurant; barbecue garden
- 4.56 across 325 reviews; dinner score 4.74
Getting there: About nine minutes by car from JR Ito station. A pick-up from the station area at 4pm, once a day, must be booked by phone by the day before.
Language and payment: Whether staff speak English is not published, so ask when you book. Rakuten lists JCB and DC cards only. Because the baths can be used privately, the tattoo question does not arise.
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Right for: Two people who want to use the bath on their own, with the sea and Mt Fuji outside.
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Not for: Anyone who pays with Visa or Mastercard: the inn lists JCB and DC only.
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Worth knowing: Dinner is at 6pm and may not be served to late arrivals. A bathing tax of ¥150 per person is extra.
Score breakdown — 75/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★☆☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.55 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★★★ | ¥13,000–28,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, dinner and breakfast) — 35% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★☆ | Pick-up from Ito station at 4pm once a day, booked by phone by the day before; open-air bath and indoor bath free to use privately; barbecue garden. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.56 across 325 reviews (Rakuten Travel 325) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | A nine-room pension facing the sea and Mt Fuji, where the open-air bath and indoor bath can both be used privately at no charge. |
Know before you book
- Of the 69 onsen inns we looked at in Ito, 9 say in their own listing that you can see the sea. ‘Near the sea’ and ‘the sea from your room’ are different things, so check whether every room faces the water.
- Only two of the five say every room faces the sea: Luxury Wa Hotel Kaze no Kaoru UMI (all 20 rooms) and Tsuki (all nine villas). Ayu no Kaze, J’s and Kawana Bettei describe the view for the inn as a whole, so ask for a sea-facing room when you book.
- Futo and Kawana are stations on the Izukyu line. Tsuki collects guests from Futo station between 3pm and 5:30pm, and Kawana Bettei sends a free taxi from Kawana station. J’s meets one train at 4pm from Ito station, and you must phone the day before. Kaze no Kaoru UMI is about five minutes by car from Ito station; Ayu no Kaze is a 15-minute walk.
- If you have booked dinner, watch the check-in time. Ayu no Kaze serves dinner at 6pm and asks you to arrive around 5pm; J’s also serves at 6pm and may not be able to serve a late arrival. Tsuki asks you to call if you will be after 6pm.
- The bathing tax is on top of the room rate: ¥300 at Kaze no Kaoru UMI, Ayu no Kaze and Kawana Bettei, ¥150 at J’s (Rakuten listings).
- Ayu no Kaze takes cash only and does not accept children aged 12 and under. J’s accepts only JCB and DC cards.
How we chose: theme, conditions, scoring
How we chose
- Candidates: every property in Ito listed on Rakuten Travel — 69
- Passed the review filter (counts and averages on Rakuten Travel, the one site that lists every property in the area): 46
- Met every condition below: 9
- Kept: five, each the best at something different
Where the facts come from
- Facts: Rakuten Travel property information (in some articles, each hotel’s own site too)
- Prices: Rakuten Travel live availability, Wednesdays and Saturdays over eight weeks
- Reviews: the count and average on Rakuten Travel, as given in each hotel’s Trust row. Agoda’s reviews are shown under each hotel name for reference only and do not count towards the score
Conditions (all of them, not most of them)
- In Rakuten Travel’s Ito area, with a hot-spring bath
- The sea can be seen, in the inn’s own words: its name, its Rakuten description or its facility notes say so. A beach nearby, a swimming-season note or a guest review mentioning the sea did not count
- At least 30 reviews on Rakuten Travel, averaging 4.0 or better
Scoring
Five criteria, one to five stars each, weighted to one hundred points. Every star says where the number came from.
- Quality25 pts
- The average of the scores Rakuten Travel publishes for the room, the bath and the food.
- Value for money20 pts
- The cheapest dinner-and-breakfast rate against the median of the hotels we compared.
- Easy to stay15 pts
- Minutes from the station, a pick-up, meals in the room or a private room, and check-out time.
- Trust20 pts
- Review counts and averages published by Rakuten Travel.
- Only here20 pts
- What this hotel has that the other 7 do not.
What we dropped
| Property | Verdict | Why |
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| Tsuki no Usagi | Runner-up (67/100) | 67 points against 75 for the fifth pick. Its baths and views are strong, but at ¥55,660 per person on a weekday it costs 150% of the median of the hotels we compared, which leaves it one star for value, and its 4.55 across 245 reviews earns three stars for trust. |
| Nakajimaso | Runner-up (62/100) | 62 points against 75 for the fifth pick. It is the cheapest of the eight at ¥10,900 per person on a weekday, but the room, bath and dinner average of 4.35 gives two stars for quality, and 4.32 across 140 reviews gives two for trust. |
| Hotel Harvest Ito | Runner-up (60/100) | 60 points against 75 for the fifth pick. It is good value, at 61% of the median, but the room, bath and dinner average of 4.26 (dinner 3.98) gives one star for quality, and the sea view is described for the hotel rather than the rooms. |
| Ito Onsen Hotel Ito Powell | Runner-up | Every room has an ocean view and there is a seaside open-air bath, but its Rakuten average of 3.96 across 2,288 reviews is below the 4.0 floor. |
| Ito Onsen Yokohama Fujiyoshi Izu | Runner-up | Its listing is proud of the sea view and the food of Sagami Bay, and it averages 4.72 across 112 reviews, but no rooms for two with dinner came up in our search window (11 November 2026 to 2 January 2027), so we could not confirm a rate. |
| Kameya Rakkan | Runner-up | A seaside hotel with a sea-view private bath, but a 4.07 average is below the five picks, and no rooms came up in our search window, so there is no rate. |
| Kawana Hotel | Not confirmed | Described as a seaside resort ‘surrounded by green and sea’, but the listing does not say the sea can be seen from the rooms or baths, so we could not confirm the condition. |
Questions visitors ask
Which of these have a sea view from every room?
Two of the five: Kaze no Kaoru UMI, where all 20 rooms have a sea view and an open-air bath, and Tsuki, where all nine villas face the ocean. Among the runners-up, Tsuki no Usagi says every room looks at Oshima. Ayu no Kaze, J’s and Kawana Bettei describe the view for the inn as a whole, so ask for a sea-facing room.
Where can I see the sea from an open-air bath in my room?
Kaze no Kaoru UMI has an open-air bath in every room, and every room faces the sea. Tsuki’s nine villas each have an open-air bath too. Tsuki no Usagi, a runner-up, has one in every room facing Oshima. Rakuten does not say whether the villa baths at Kawana Bettei overlook the sea.
I’m coming by train. Which are easiest to reach?
Tsuki collects guests from Futo station between 3pm and 5:30pm, free. Kawana Bettei sends a free taxi from Kawana station. J’s meets one train at 4pm from Ito station if you phone by the day before. Kaze no Kaoru UMI is about five minutes by car from Ito station and Ayu no Kaze a 15-minute walk. Runner-up Nakajimaso is 7 minutes on foot from Usami station.
Can I have dinner in my room?
At Ayu no Kaze, dinner and breakfast are both served in your room. At Kaze no Kaoru UMI, Tsuki and Kawana Bettei dinner can be in a private room (Tsuki and Kawana Bettei also have a dining hall). J’s serves dinner in the restaurant.
Is there a bath I can use without sharing?
Kaze no Kaoru UMI and Tsuki have an open-air bath in the room. J’s lets you book both its open-air bath and its indoor bath privately at no charge, and Kaze no Kaoru UMI also has a family bath.
Do any of them have English-speaking staff?
Rakuten records that a few staff understand a little English at Kawana Bettei, and at Nakajimaso among the runners-up. For the others it says nothing, so ask when you book.
Changes
- 2026-11-03 First published. Scored from 69 candidates.