3 Facilities
A municipal public bath two minutes from Bandai-Atami Station. Two pools of free-flowing spring water — a lukewarm one at about 36°C and a hot one — with silky alkaline water made for long soaks. Unusually, admission is highest in the morning and drops to ¥400 from 14:00 and ¥300 from 16:00. No towels or soap; bring your own.
A large hotel at the heart of Bandai-Atami Onsen, using alkaline simple spring water at 52 to 58 degrees. There are several bathing places, including an open-air bath set in a garden, and the open-air bath is the women's side in the morning and the men's in the afternoon. Day bathing is for one visit, in the morning or the afternoon, at 1,500 yen for adults and 700 yen for children aged 2 to elementary school (taxes included). Reception is 10:00 to 17:00 on weekdays and 10:30 to 17:00 on weekends and holidays, and bathing runs 10:00 to 18:00. From 12:30 to 13:00 the baths change over and cannot be used. Towels are 300 yen to buy and 300 yen to rent, and a private bath can be added for 3,000 yen per group.
An inn in the older part of Bandai-Atami Onsen, the quarter that runs along a river gorge. Day bathing is accepted 10:00 to 19:00 at 1,000 yen for adults and 700 yen for children. The private open-air bath is 2,000 yen for 45 minutes for one to five people, by reservation, and runs flow-through. Guests may share the shuttle bus of the sister hotel, Hotel Hananoyu, which makes Bandai-Atami Station easy to reach. The spa opened some 800 years ago, and its name is said to come from Atami in Izu, the homeland of the lord who came to rule this land.