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Seven Gods of Good Fortune in Ito, Izu Peninsula Shizuoka

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I arrived at Ito by train from Atami in about 20 minutes. Japan at the beginning of July this year was unusually chilly, and it rained or stopped that day. The friends who went to Mt. Omuro haven't been able to get to the inn yet, so the three of us were going by taxi. When I asked to ask something at the tourist information center in front of Ito station, the guy told me the highlight of Ito. An old inn called Tokaikan does not do business as a hotel right now, but you can visit it, or the shopping street has a hot spring of Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) and a stamp rally. Get a taxi with various maps and coupons. This time we stayed at Tokyu Harvest Club Ito. (very different/luxurious to the one we stayed last night!) We waited for about 30 minutes in the lobby and joined my friend. Two sets of mother and two children and one set of mother and son. It got noisy at once. After check-in, go to the pool and hot springs. At night, the restaurant in t...

Going to Atami (Famous hot spring place)

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Staying at Akasaka, Tokyo Leave Akasaka around 9:30 in the morning and head for Atami. Looking at the timetable in Jordan,  https://world.jorudan.co.jp/mln/en/ it is 4390 yen per person for the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Atami, and it takes 37 minutes for the Shinkansen from Tokyo.  2nd option is "Izu no Odoriko" (Izu Dancer) train takes 1 hour 21 minutes and costs 4000 yen per person. 3rd option is Tokaido, the local train takes 1 hour 53 minutes and 1940 yen. Other friend families go by car. Since only 5 people can ride in the car, it is already over capacity, so we talked about going by train. I decided to get to Atami around noon, so I didn't hurry and my son had to pay an adult fee this year so I decided to save and go on the Tokaido. I thought that it would be possible to sit down during the daytime on weekdays, but it seems that there are many people thinking about the same thing. By the way, there is a reserved seat on this Tokaido, and it was 780 yen p...