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Travel guide & booking · Izu’s east coast

Izu, from the people who live here.

About 2 hours from Tokyo on the direct Odoriko train. How to get here, where to bathe, what to do and what to book, from the team that runs hands-on workshops in Izu‑Kogen (soba, sushi, pottery, glass).

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Or follow our 2-day route: the TRAVEL TO IZU guidebook →

We take bookings for our own workshops. Rail passes and hotels are booked on their official sites; we only link to them.

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Izukyu Discovery Pass ↗Ito to Shimoda, 2 or 3 days, ropeway included. Opens the official sales site› TRAVEL TO IZU — the guidebookTwo days on Izu’s east coast, no car needed. 93-page English PDF, $14.99 until November 30, 2026 (then $19.99). Free 8-page sample inside› Want a private guide? ↗Message us “PLAN” on Instagram with your dates› Make your own soba ↗At our workshop in Izu‑Kogen. Opens our English booking page›

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Izu-Kogen · OnsenTattoos and onsen in Izu‑Kogen: the rules and what to askAkazawa asks guests with tattoos not to enter, except where its own standards permit. For two other hotels near Izu-Kogen: what to ask before you pay. Izu-Kogen · Getting aroundNo car in Izu‑Kogen: taxis, local buses, or a guideNo car in Izu-Kogen? Taxis do most of the work, but you have to call them. How to get one, rough fares, when the bus is enough, and when a guide makes sense. Izu-Kogen · SightsMt. Omuro chairlift: hours, price, closuresThe only way up Mt. Omuro is the chairlift. Official hours and price, why it stops, the 7–18 December 2026 maintenance closure, and what to check on the morning. Getting here · Tokyo to Izu-KogenTokyo to Izu‑Kogen: Odoriko or Shinkansen?Take the Limited Express Odoriko: about 2 hours from Tokyo Station to Izu-Kogen with no change. Seats, tickets, luggage and rail passes, from locals. Getting around · Rail passesIs the Izukyu Discovery Pass worth it?Only if your single fares, ropeway included, would top ¥5,800 in 2 days. By local train, Shimoda and the ropeway alone fall short. Sums from official fares. Izu-Kogen · LuggageIzu‑Kogen luggage: ask your hotel firstAsk your hotel to hold your bags; the station locker is the fallback. Three Izu-Kogen hotels, sending a case ahead, and what fits on the train.

Two days in Izu, in order

Our guidebook turns the answers into a route: a timed two-day plan, travel times between stops, and which hotel suits whom. 93-page English PDF, $14.99 until November 30, 2026 (then $19.99). The first 8 pages are free.

See the guidebook