Around Tokyo
An excellent camping ground 500m north of Sokodo pier and near a beach, with toilets, cold showers and cooking facilities.
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Around Tokyo
Clean, well-run hostel with small bunk-bed dorms, about 400m southwest of the pier; book early during summer.
Nikkō
Handy for Tōbu Station, this guesthouse has reimagined an old apartment building as a mishmash of dorms, studio apartments with small balconies, and hotel…
Around Tokyo
On the northwestern shore of Lake Chūzenji, this stately hotel is the sister property to the historic Nikkō Kanaya Hotel, and has a charmingly old…
Fuji Five Lakes
On Yamanaka-ko's southern shore, this resort-like complex of timber cottages in a garden setting also has restaurants, gift shop and a popular hammock…
Hakone
Good enough on a budget, with simple tatami rooms and common areas. Its location offers easy access to great hiking, but note that there's a 10pm curfew…
Fuji Five Lakes
As well as camping, this place also offers shed-like bungalows set in a wooded area up from the lake, with campfires, shared bathroom blocks and a shop…
Izu Peninsula
Past its best but with a certain retro appeal. This peach-hued pile offers bay views, seafood dinners, palm trees by the rotemburo (outdoor onsen) and a…
Nikkō
Simple, minimalist hostel in an old wooden house on a quiet backstreet just five-minutes' walk north of Tōbu Station. Dorms are a bit tight, and there's…
Izu Peninsula
A bit too far up the hill for beach views, this homely guesthouse has been welcoming visitors for almost 30 years. The English-speaking owner is a good…
Yokohama
One of the better cheapo hostels in the neighbourhood, Zen has boxy Japanese and Western-style rooms, a few sporting design makeovers by artists. A shared…
Izu Peninsula
Next to the station, the Marseille adds a little je ne sais quoi to the standard business-hotel offering with well-maintained, pleasant rooms and a tea…
Izu Peninsula
Part of the reliably adequate Toyoko Inn chain, the Atami branch has everything you need and nothing more. Some rooms have decent views, and the hotel is…
Around Tokyo
Spot this hotel just up the road from Motomachi port by its red front gate. Family-run, it offers tatami rooms and an onsen, as well as a rotemburo …
Izu Peninsula
Neat Japanese-style rooms in a sprawling family home. The owners speak next to no English but are friendly and welcoming, and the central location is…
Fuji Five Lakes
Popular old lodging with small tatami rooms, one with mountain views. Limited English is spoken. It's an eight minute walk south from Shimoyoshida Station.
Around Tokyo
A good quality capsule hotel with facilities for both men and women. Just five minutes' walk uphill south of the port; look for the green porch out front.
Izu Peninsula
As cheap as a bed gets, this surfer's flophouse is across the road Shirahama-jinja, and has an invitingly shacklike cafe-bar attached.
