Ito Onsen Toshinan Komeya
伊東温泉 淘心庵 米屋
Area photo — not the ryokan itself · Ito Onsen along the Okawa River, Ito, Shizuoka · Sakaori / CC BY 3.0
A 17-room 'ryotei ryokan' in an Itō bamboo grove where every room has its own free-flowing onsen bath and the monthly kaiseki is served in a private dining room — but there are no views to speak of, some cheaper rooms face walls, and the old building is full of steps
Toshinan Komeya calls itself a ryotei ryokan — an inn built around its kitchen — and has been run since 2004 by Kyoritsu Resort, the group behind Dormy Inn. It sits in a bamboo grove five minutes' walk from Minami-Itō Station, with 17 rooms in three wings: the Japanese-style main building (1989), a modern annex (2007) and roomy hanare rooms along a pond corridor. Every room has its own free-flowing onsen bath, open 24 hours, and there are two shared baths of mild alkaline simple spring, each with an outdoor tub and sauna. It is one of the best-rated inns in Itō: Japanese guests score it 4.74 across 547 reviews on one major site and 4.7 across 1,052 on another, where dinner rates 4.9. Bloggers who stayed in August 2023, October 2025, January 2026 and March 2026 describe matcha at a hinoki counter on arrival, a monthly kaiseki with Ise-ebi sashimi and a flambéed Izu seafood sake hotpot in a private room, a choice of dishes and rice, free late-night ramen and quiet, near-empty shared baths. The complaints are consistent: no views — some annex rooms' baths look onto a wall, a corridor or a neighbouring house — and in-room baths that run lukewarm in winter, with showers slow to heat. Reviewers in 2025–2026 also mention many steps and no barrier-free rooms, thin sliding doors, insects from the surrounding woods, no menu changes for dislikes (only a set low-allergen menu), and the 2024 loss of the private bath to a fallen tree. Two-meal stays run about ¥30,000–40,000 per person.
Room Selection Guide
What the guests who stayed here actually recommendRecommended
Seiten (青天) in the annex, or the main building's An (庵) rooms with a hinoki bath
The inn calls Seiten (37㎡) its best-located room: a terrace and semi-open bath facing the bamboo grove and a small waterfall, praised by a May 2026 reviewer who soaked while watching the bamboo. In the main building, the 'An' rooms (Ume, Tsubaki, Kiku, Yuri, from 38㎡) and Botan (48㎡) have a hinoki semi-open bath behind bamboo blinds; an October 2025 blogger in Ume loved it, though the bath has blinds rather than glass and the blogger expected the washing area to be chilly in winter. Seisai (星彩, 33㎡) looks over the bamboo and waterfall.
The hanare rooms — Shūsui and Baikyō (65㎡+), Shunsō (56㎡), Yūhi (57㎡) — for families or more space
Two-room tatami suites with futons and their own onsen bath; Shunsō's is an Izu-stone rock bath by the pond, and Yūhi, the only upstairs hanare room, had its bath renewed as a semi-open hinoki tub by June 2026. These are the only rooms where children are accepted. A February 2026 guest in Shūsui called the bath spacious enough to soak in again and again.
Request To Avoid
Annex rooms 柔風 and 静海 (Jūfū, Seikai, 31㎡) and 恵季 (Keiki, 34㎡)
Same-price rooms vary a lot. A February 2026 guest in this type found the semi-open bath facing the main building's wall with only a simple fence, a cooking smell and lukewarm water that couldn't be adjusted; a September 2025 guest saw only a corridor window from the bath and kept the blinds down all day; an October 2026 guest in Keiki felt the bath could be seen from a neighbouring house. There's no indoor bath, so washing is outdoors (cold in January 2026). Rooms within a type are assigned by the inn, and plan photos may show a different room (March 2026).
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Dining Deep Dive
Breakfast Consensus
4.6/5A Japanese set breakfast in a private room at 7:30, 8:30 or 9:30, with a choice of fish (grilled salmon or simmered kinmedai, for example) and lots of small dishes — widely praised, though an October 2026 guest had the rice tub cleared 15 minutes in and was asked repeatedly about the shuttle time
Tell the inn your shuttle time in advance (departures from JR Itō Station at 14:30, 15:30, 16:30 and 17:30; morning runs back every 30 minutes from 9:00 to 11:00). Drivers should set the satnav to Minami-Itō Station, not the inn's address, and follow the signs on utility poles. Free ramen (yonaki soba) is served at the lobby counter 22:00–23:00, and there's free milk and juice outside the baths.
Dinner Insights
4.6/5A monthly kaiseki served over 1.5–2 hours at 18:00 or 18:30 in a private dining room with a sunken table and floor heating — or in your room on some plans and rooms, not guaranteed. The October 2025 and October 2026 menus included Ise-ebi, tuna and squid sashimi with wasabi you grate yourself, a grilled sea-bream and Ashitaka-beef course, and a flambéed Izu seafood sake hotpot; you pick one of five small dishes (the house beef stew is the favourite) and one of three finishers. Several 2026 reviewers call it the best food they've had in the Kyoritsu group. Criticisms: no swaps for dislikes, only a set low-allergen menu with two days' notice (May 2026), an almost identical menu a year on (August 2026), salty food (February 2026) and ¥3,000 corkage per bottle in the dining room.
Onsen & Wellness Realities
Alkaline simple spring, described by the inn as free-flowing (kakenagashi) in both shared baths and every in-room bath; whether it's heated or watered is not stated. Room-bath temperature can't be set — it drops in winter and takes time to recover, and you can only add tap water. Several guests found showers slow to heat (2025–2026).
Every room has its own onsen bath, usable 24 hours. Two shared baths — the Azumaya rock bath (indoor bath, outdoor tub, cold plunge and sauna) and the hinoki bath (indoor bath, outdoor tub, sauna) — swap between men and women (15:00–24:00 and 5:00–10:30). With only 17 rooms they are often empty, and towels are provided. Downsides: small outdoor tubs, worn walls (February 2026), a hinoki floor that was slippery (since improved), insects in the rock bath's outdoor tub (August 2026). The private bath, Issui, has been closed since a tree fell on it in January 2024; the inn announced in January 2026 that it won't reopen there.
The inn's FAQ says guests with tattoos may not use the shared baths and asks them to use their in-room bath instead.
Local Warnings & Nuances
- 01
Check-in 15:00 (last check-in 18:00 with dinner), check-out 11:00; a one-hour extension costs ¥3,000 per room.
- 02
Cancellation: 10% from 7 days before, 20% from 4 days, 50% from 2 days, 80% on the day with notice, 100% without.
- 03
Children are accepted only in the hanare rooms Shunsō, Baikyō and Shūsui; there are no barrier-free rooms, and 2026 guests with bad knees struggled with the many steps.
- 04
Surrounded by woods: insects and spiders turn up in rooms and baths, and sliding doors carry noise from neighbours. Work on the slope next door began in October 2025 and may be noisy.
- 05
Parking is free but limited to 9 cars, a short steep walk below the gate; staff may move your car or drive you up to the entrance.
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- 【宿泊記】伊東温泉「淘心庵 米屋」露天風呂付き客室と懐石料理を堪能 (まなてぃのぽよーんろぐ)
- 淘心庵 米屋（2023.8）①チェックイン・パブリックスペース (思い出に残る温泉旅館〜おこもり滞在記〜)
- 正月明け社会復帰前の現実逃避旅行は淘心庵米屋さん (4travel.jp)
- 【伊東にある知る人ぞ知るお宿】淘心庵 米屋のサービス紹介 (東京の本当においしいお店)
- 【伊東】淘心庵 米屋の株主優待プランでいただく 豪華な夕食 (東京の本当においしいお店)
- 伊東温泉 淘心庵 米屋（共立リゾート） クチコミ・レビュー (楽天トラベル)
- 淘心庵 米屋（共立リゾート）のクチコミ・評判一覧 (じゃらんnet)
- 伊豆伊東温泉 淘心庵 米屋（共立リゾート） - クチコミ・評判 (一休.com)
- 淘心庵 米屋 よくあるご質問 (共立リゾート 公式)
- 【公式】淘心庵 米屋 | 共立リゾート
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