Izusan Shrine & Hashiriyu
伊豆山神社・走り湯
An ancient shrine where Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hōjō Masako fell in love, and a rare horizontal-cave hot spring called Hashiriyu at the foot of the hill.
Izusan Shrine sits in Izusan, northeast of Atami Station. It was an important sacred site in ancient Kanto and is considered a shrine of matchmaking, because Minamoto no Yoritomo, founder of the Kamakura shogunate, fell in love with Hōjō Masako here. From the seaside Hashiriyu spring, you can climb more than 800 stone steps to the shrine. Hashiriyu was discovered about 1,300 years ago. Its water gushes out of a horizontal cave in the hillside, and you can enter the cave to look around. It is counted among Japan's three great ancient hot springs, along with Arima and Dogo. Entry to the shrine is free. From Atami Station, a bus takes about seven minutes. The steps are steep, so you can also take the bus directly to the shrine.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- MOA Museum of Art
- Atami Station Shopping Streets
- Atami Sun Beach
- Kinomiya Shrine
- Kiunkaku
- Atami Baien Plum Garden
- Atami Castle
- Mishima Skywalk