Kannon Onsen

♨️Drinkable pH 9.5 private spring, plus a wing where every room has an open-air bath

Shizuoka · Kannon Onsen

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A Spring Revealed by Kannon

• 🙏In 1963 the founder dreamed of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, and went on to strike Source No. 1 at 600 m and Source No. 2 at 800 m.
• 🗿A small seated Kannon statue unearthed during construction is enshrined at the entrance.
• 🌳Four lodging wings are spread over vast grounds of about 500,000 tsubo in the mountains of Oku-Shimoda, Izu.

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Galatia, the Guests-Only Bath

• 💧The 48°C, pH 9.5 alkaline simple spring is ultra-soft water (hardness under 1.0 mg/L), flowing 100% straight from the source.
• 🌌Facilities include a large hinoki bath, a stargazing open-air bath, a shower-fall bath, a bubble bath and a lie-down bath.
• 🧖The men's side has a log-cabin forest sauna, the women's side a sauna with a cold plunge, and a drinking fountain serves the spring water.

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Kannon Principle Day Spa

• ♨️A separate bathhouse with hot and warm indoor baths, a jet bath, an open-air bath, a foot bath and a sauna.
• 🚶It is also open to non-staying visitors for day bathing.
• 🥤An on-site bottling plant fills the spring water without air contact, reflecting the inn's drinking-spring culture.

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Pygmalion Wing

• 🛁All 18 rooms have a private open-air bath fed straight from the drinkable source, in tatami-floored barrier-free spaces.
• 🏯Special Room Type 1 (12.5-mat tatami + 6-mat Western room) and Type 2 (12.5 + 4.5 mats) have jetted hinoki open-air baths, 2 rooms each.
• 🛏️There are also 4 Regular rooms (12.5 + 4.5 mats) and 10 Standard rooms (12.5 mats, with a Shigaraki-ware or hinoki open-air bath).

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Main Building, Seiunkan & Ubusunatei

• 🏠Of the Main Building's 16 rooms, 12 Japanese rooms (8 mats + veranda) have a hinoki spring bath, and the Kannon-no-Ma suites add a foot bath and twin bedroom.
• 🌿Seiunkan's 6 modern-Japanese rooms, designed by the okami, each have a hinoki bath facing the garden.
• 🐕The detached Ubusunatei beside Source No. 1 offers rooms with open-air baths and foot baths; some accept one small dog (facility fee 2,200 yen).

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Source-Spring Kaiseki

• 🍱Restaurant Shikisai serves kaiseki of South Izu seafood and mountain produce (dinner 18:00–21:00).
• 💧Every step of cooking—washing, simmering, steaming and rice-cooking—uses the ultra-soft spring water.
• 🍳Breakfast (7:30–9:00) features tomatoes picked that morning, freshly grilled dried horse mackerel and tofu made daily.

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Farm & On-Site Facilities

• 🍅Greenhouses heated by the hot spring grow tomatoes, cabbage and other vegetables, plus wasabi, for the kitchen.
• 🍶You can also try the junmai sake named Kannon Onsen and pickled plums made with the spring water.
• 🏋️The grounds include a gym and martial-arts hall, a weightlifting room, a boxing ring and a private heliport.

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Access & Parking

• 🚌A free shuttle runs from Izukyu-Shimoda Station (about 25 min); reserve ahead for pickups at 13:45, 15:00 and 16:00.
• 🚄From Tokyo Station, the Odoriko limited express reaches Izukyu-Shimoda in about 2 h 40 min.
• 🚗Free on-site parking for 30 cars; check-in 15:00, check-out 10:00.

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Kannon Principle Day Spa

• ♨️A separate bathhouse with hot and warm indoor baths, a jet bath, an open-air bath, a foot bath and a sauna.
• 🚶It is also open to non-staying visitors for day bathing.
• 🥤An on-site bottling plant fills the spring water without air contact, reflecting the inn's drinking-spring culture.

4

Pygmalion Wing

• 🛁All 18 rooms have a private open-air bath fed straight from the drinkable source, in tatami-floored barrier-free spaces.
• 🏯Special Room Type 1 (12.5-mat tatami + 6-mat Western room) and Type 2 (12.5 + 4.5 mats) have jetted hinoki open-air baths, 2 rooms each.
• 🛏️There are also 4 Regular rooms (12.5 + 4.5 mats) and 10 Standard rooms (12.5 mats, with a Shigaraki-ware or hinoki open-air bath).

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A mountain onsen ryokan where you can soak in, and even drink, a strongly alkaline private spring in both in-room open-air baths and generous communal baths. It sits deep in the hills away from central Shimoda, so you'll need a car or the reserved shuttle, and meals are served in a dining room or banquet hall rather than in your room.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

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0.0 150.0 From Izukyu-Shimoda Station (Izu Kyuko Line): About 25 minutes by taxi. By car: Exit the Tomei Expressway at Numazu IC and continue for about 100 km.

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Kannon Onsen?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Kannon Onsen located?

It is in Shimoda. Address: 1092-1 Yokokawa.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.