Atami Tsukiemon
絶景掛け流しの宿 熱海月右衛門
Area photo — not the ryokan itself · Ajiro, Atami, Shizuoka · Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
A small, Edo-themed hillside inn from 2015 with a wide view over Atami to the sea, three free private open-air baths with free-flowing spring water, and kaiseki in semi-private booths — but the shared baths are recirculated, the private baths sit side by side, and only 5 of the 18 rooms have their own bath
Tsukiemon opened in December 2015 as a deliberately new take on an old Atami inn. A mural of a samurai, an oiran and the inn's namesake Tsukiemon greets you in the lobby, and the shoji screens are printed with ukiyo-e. It has just 18 rooms on a hillside above Kinomiya, and the rooms look out over the hills, the town lights or the sea. On fireworks nights you can watch the show from your room. Most of the recent evidence comes from booking-site reviews rather than blogs. Japanese guests rate it 4.34 across 8,084 reviews on Rakuten Travel (dinner 4.46, breakfast 4.44, service 4.45, location 4.19), 4.3 across 23 on Jalan and 3.72 across 13 on Yahoo! Travel. One blog stay written up in January 2026 also called it superb. Reviewers in 2026 praise three things above all. The first is the three free private open-air baths, filled with free-flowing Atami spring water and looking out to Hatsushima island and the sunrise. The second is the multi-course kaiseki, served dish by dish in semi-private booths, with fresh local fish. The third is attentive, friendly staff. The complaints are mostly about the building. In 2026 guests reported thin walls between rooms, a step inside the rooms that worried someone travelling with an older parent, an older-looking exterior and toilets, voices carrying between the adjoining private baths, and a cramped shared bath. The shared baths also use recirculated, filtered water. Two-meal plans for two listed on Jalan in November 2026 cost about ¥34,000–54,000 in a standard room and ¥60,000–93,000 in a room with an open-air bath.
Room Selection Guide
What the guests who stayed here actually recommendRecommended
The five rooms with a private open-air bath — the Terrace Suite, the Family Suite, the two-person top-floor suite and two corner rooms
Each has its own open-air tub of free-flowing spring water and a shower, but no indoor bath. The one-of-a-kind Terrace Suite is 24 tatami mats with a 24-mat terrace around the bath (2–4 people). The Family Suite has 40 mats with tatami and sofa areas (2–7 people), and the two-person suite is on the top floor. The two corner rooms (24 mats, 2–3 people) get the widest sunset view, according to the inn. A blogger who wrote up a stay in January 2026 loved being able to step straight from the room into the bath, and a November 2026 guest watched the fireworks from the tub. These rooms add pyjamas, a ReFa hair dryer and drip coffee, and their guests get the higher-grade 'Toku' kaiseki.
View Japanese-Western rooms (eight rooms, 19 mats) and the View Family Room (23 mats, massage chair)
These are the inn's most popular rooms: beds on a raised platform plus a tatami area, sleeping 2–4 (the family room sleeps up to 5). Plans include one free 45-minute session in a private open-air bath. An October 2026 guest called the room spacious with a great view, and another October 2026 couple said it was almost too big for two.
Request To Avoid
View two-person rooms (four rooms, 15 mats); light sleepers and anyone with limited mobility
These are the cheapest and smallest rooms, with a counter seat facing the window. If you pay to have dinner in the room, it's served on that counter, which the inn admits is cramped. On peak dates (holidays, Golden Week, Obon, New Year, and all of March and August) the two-person rooms don't accept children. Rooms have a step up to the bed area. An August 2026 guest worried that an elderly parent would trip at night. Sound carries, too: in October 2026 a guest in a Japanese-Western room could clearly hear the neighbours talking.
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Dining Deep Dive
Breakfast Consensus
4.5/5A Japanese breakfast of many small dishes served in a basket, with Atami dried horse mackerel (aji) grilled fresh, clams simmered in soy, and miso soup with nori. Reviewers in 2026 single out the aji
Arrive early. Dinner (18:00–19:00) and breakfast (7:30–8:30) start times are set in check-in order and can't be chosen in advance, and private-bath slots are also booked when you arrive. Check-in runs 15:00–18:00, and the car park opens at 11:00. Take a taxi from Atami Station rather than Kinomiya, which has few taxis. One August 2026 guest paid about ¥1,900. A luggage service near Atami Station can send bags up to the inn.
Dinner Insights
4.5/5Kaiseki courses served dish by dish in a semi-private dining room with sunken (horigotatsu) booths, two-person tables and a counter. Guests in rooms with an open-air bath get the 'Toku' courses, up to Ise lobster sashimi, abalone baked in salt and sea-bream rice cooked in a clay pot. Standard rooms get Kinsen, Akamatsu (the most popular, with miso-grilled flounder and wagyu sirloin) or Aotake. For ¥1,000 per person, dinner can be served in your room instead, but this has to be requested when booking, is first come, first served, and is limited to three people. Reviewers in 2026 praise the fish, the pacing and the presentation, and many order extras such as extra sashimi or a sake tasting set. A January 2026 guest found the portions small. Bringing your own drinks to the dining room costs ¥3,000.
Onsen & Wellness Realities
Atami Onsen, a weakly alkaline calcium-sodium sulphate-chloride spring that the inn calls a 'skin-smoothing' water. Water is added, but the in-room open-air baths and the three private baths are free-flowing (kakenagashi). The indoor shared baths use recirculated, filtered water.
Three private open-air baths (I, Ro and Ha) look down over the town to the sea and are free to use for 45 minutes. Book a slot at check-in for 15:00–23:45, and on the morning after, 5:30–9:15, write your name on the sheet at the door, first come, first served. They have no showers, so wash in the shared baths first. The three tubs sit side by side, and guests in January and August 2026 could hear the people next door. There's one indoor shared bath each for men and women (15:00–23:00 and 6:00–9:00), with a lying-down tub, a shampoo bar and ReFa dryers. A January 2026 guest found the tub narrow, and the inn does not allow babies in nappies in the shared baths.
No policy found on the official site or Japanese booking sites — contact the inn. The private open-air baths and the in-room baths avoid the shared baths entirely.
Local Warnings & Nuances
- 01
Exterior wall repairs are scheduled from 25 November to the end of December 2026, 10:00–14:00. Scaffolding may block the view from some rooms, and guests staying more than one night may have restricted use of their open-air bath during those hours.
- 02
Check-in is 15:00–18:00 and check-out is 10:00 (11:00 on some plans). The roads up are narrow and steep, and the car park is a walk from the entrance, so an October 2026 guest got wet arriving in the rain.
- 03
Cash or card only, no e-payment. For bookings paid at the inn, payment in advance is required on Saturdays, holidays, fireworks nights and peak periods. Cancellations cost 50% from 7 days before, 80% the day before and 100% on the day. Atami's bathing tax (¥150 per adult) and accommodation tax (¥200 per person aged 12 and over) are paid on arrival.
- 04
Family-friendly, with baby chairs, sterilising sets, children's yukata and games on loan. Children stay at 70% (primary-school age) or 50% (younger) of the adult rate, with their own meals and futons.
- 05
Standard rooms only have a tea set and bottled water. Guests in January and August 2026 missed having coffee, which comes only in the open-air-bath rooms. A drinks machine on the second floor sells no alcohol, and room service runs after dinner until 20:50.
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Photo credits
- Ajiro, Atami, Shizuoka · Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photo credits: Ajiro, Atami, Shizuoka · Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
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