Japan
4 ranked
hotels in Izu
6 MICHELIN Keys · 0 Forbes Five Star · 0 World's 50 Best placings
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Onsen ryokan hidden in central Izu's wooded valleys
Izu has 4 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Asaba leads on prestige score at 6.64 out of 10, followed by Arcana Izu and Fugaku Gunjo. Of those, 4 hold MICHELIN Keys.
The four ranked properties on the Izu peninsula all hold MICHELIN Keys, one at the three Key level, and all are ryokan rather than hotels. Asaba has been run by the same family for centuries at Shuzenji, its rooms arranged around a pond with a noh stage on the far bank where performances are still staged in spring and autumn.
Ochiairo occupies a set of registered timber buildings at Yugashima, deep in the valley of the Kano river, and Arcana Izu and Fugaku Gunjo take more contemporary approaches in the same wooded interior. All draw on the peninsula's hot spring water, the reason writers and Tokyo travellers have come here since the Meiji era.
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asaba3 Keys · 12 rooms | 6.64 | 3 MICHELIN Keys |
| 2 | Arcana Izu1 Key · 16 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 3 | Fugaku Gunjo1 Key · 8 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 4 | Ochiairo1 Key · 14 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
The central highlands around Shuzenji and Yugashima, along the Kano river, hold the historic ryokan and the densest spring water, reachable by train and bus from Mishima in about an hour; the eastern coast at Ito and Atami is busier and closer to Tokyo, while the southern capes at Shimoda and Dogashima are the most remote.
Autumn foliage in November and the cold clear weeks of winter, when outdoor baths make the most sense and Mount Fuji is visible, are the classic times to come; New Year, Golden Week and Obon are the peaks, and the rainy weeks of June are the quietest.
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Izu are Asaba, Arcana Izu, Fugaku Gunjo. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 4 award holding hotels in Izu in total.
Izu has 4 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index, of which 1 hold the top rating of three Keys.
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
Autumn foliage in November and the cold clear weeks of winter, when outdoor baths make the most sense and Mount Fuji is visible, are the classic times to come; New Year, Golden Week and Obon are the peaks, and the rainy weeks of June are the quietest.
The central highlands around Shuzenji and Yugashima, along the Kano river, hold the historic ryokan and the densest spring water, reachable by train and bus from Mishima in about an hour; the eastern coast at Ito and Atami is busier and closer to Tokyo, while the southern capes at Shimoda and Dogashima are the most remote.