Numazu & Mishima
two Tokaido towns about an hour out — Mishima's spring-water eel and Numazu's working fish port
July 3–5 (Fri–Sun)
Around the station · on foot
Needs a train, bus, or car
Getting there from Shibuya
The weather, July 3–5 (Fri–Sun)
Rainy season, warm and humid by Suruga Bay
Fri Jul 3
Cloudy, showers likely
25° / 20°
☔ 50%
Sat Jul 4
Cloudy
24° / 21°
☔ 40%
Sun Jul 5
Cloudy
25° / 20°
☔ 40%
A real short-range forecast, not the climate normal — cloudy with a rain chance each day, and cooler than the 30°C normal because of the cloud. It will keep shifting; re-checked closer in. Plan the aquariums and indoor play as the wet-day spine, and save the Skywalk and Genbe-gawa wading for any dry window.
Typical for these dates
- rainy season
- Mid-tsuyu — the Tokai rainy season normally ends about July 19, so July 3 to 5 is the wet, muggy heart of it. Pack rain gear and indoor backups. — japan-guide / JMA
- temperature
- Warm and humid — about 30°C high, 76% humidity (Mishima July normal). — JMA normals
- the sea
- Suruga Bay is about 22 to 24°C, and the city beach (Senbonhama) opens in August — so the coast is for the port, not a swim. — Numazu tourism
Where to stay · 3
Prices are rough per-person estimates with two meals — confirm live for July 3–5.
ホテルサンバレー伊豆長岡 本館
About ¥18,700+ per adult with the buffet; the Family Plan prices the toddler at ¥1,100
- getting in
- free shuttle from Mishima station (reserve by noon the day before); about 25 min
- rooms
- A 53 m² Japanese-western room with its own open-air bath, for 4 adults + a child
- private bath
- Gender-separated baths (a 15-bath hinoki hall) PLUS a reservable private open-air bath, 50 min free for main-building guests — so the parent and child take the private slot and everyone else uses the public baths
- with a kid
- A kids' game corner, a picture-book library, and a snack pack for ages 2+
INN THE PARK 沼津
Cottages are sold per building, and a meal plan is required (no room-only): a barbecue from about ¥12,800 a person or a French course about ¥19,800; confirm the early-July rate
- getting in
- about 18 min taxi from Numazu station (no shuttle)
- rooms
- Book a ground-level cottage, not a sphere tent — the suite tent's open inner stairs are flagged unsafe for small children. The Standard Cottage is whole-building (4 bedrooms, indoor toilets) and fits the group with room to spare
- private bath
- Public gender-separated bathhouse only — no private reservable bath. A parent can bathe with the toddler (mixed bathing is fine for ages 6 and under), and baby baths are on hand. The weakest of the three on a private soak
- with a kid
- Small children welcome; suspended-sphere tents, a campfire with marshmallows, and forest to roam
ウフフビレッジ
From about ¥28,800 for two with a barbecue dinner; early-July rate not confirmed
- getting in
- about 60 to 70 min from Mishima (train to Shuzenji, then ~20 min taxi) — the farthest of the three
- rooms
- Every air-conditioned dome caps at 4, so five means two domes (or call to ask about the toddler on a loaner mat — under-6 stays free)
- private bath
- A free-flowing hot spring — gender-separated baths plus three reservable family baths (¥1,500 to 2,000, 50 min): the man takes the men's bath, the others a private slot
- with a kid
- 0+ welcome, an air-conditioned playroom, under-6 free
Restaurants · 5
A 70-year port sushi-ya, now run by the fourth-generation master; counter nigiri of local fish — best at lunch, when it is far cheaper.
The port's landmark since 1966, known for a tower of a seafood kakiage donburi; the Minato branch takes reservations, unlike its queue-only rivals.
A port workers' canteen open from dawn — Suruga Bay sashimi and oddball set meals at canteen prices, the best value of the port. Cash only.
Mishima's iconic charcoal-grilled eel house, founded around 1856 — a high-ceilinged wooden hall with broad tatami. The catch is the weekend queue (phone ahead for a ticket).
An eel shinise from 1958, rested in Mishima's cold spring water; renovated into a roomy space with private table rooms and reservations — the calm alternative to Sakuraya.
With a three-year-old · 6
Izu Mito Sea Paradise
A Suruga Bay aquarium with a roofed show stadium and an indoor ball-pool and trampoline corner — the best rainy-day half-day, a direct bus from Numazu, free under 4. — Mito Sea Paradise
Numazu Deep-Sea Aquarium
Fully indoor by the port — deep-sea oddities and a coelacanth, a rain-proof 30 to 45 minute stop, and the seafood port is right there. — Numazu Deep-Sea Aquarium
Indoor play at LaLaport Numazu
A free indoor kids' park (trampolines, ball pool, slide) on the mall's third floor, plus a digital-play space — all-weather energy-burn, a direct bus from Numazu. — LittlePlanet Numazu
Rakuju-en park animals
A spring-fed park three minutes from Mishima station with alpacas, capybara and a small ride area — free for kids, with covered rest houses for a shower. — Mishima City
heads up —Wading the Genbe-gawa stream
Stepping-stones and icy spring water through town — lovely on a dry summer day, but the level rises and the stones submerge after rain, so skip it when it's wet. — Mishima tourism
heads up —The Skywalk dinosaur maze
A dinosaur maze for ages three and up at the suspension bridge — but it's open-air, the Fuji view vanishes in cloud, and umbrellas are banned on the bridge. A dry-day pick. — Mishima Skywalk
Cafes & kissaten · 4
A Showa kissaten on the Mishima Taisha approach, reopened in 2025 with its vintage counter and a window record player; thick-noodle Napolitan on retro plates.
A 40-year retro sweets parlour where parfaits float to your seat in little tubs on a flowing-water counter — a built-in show for a three-year-old.
A 1982 Showa kissaten near Mishima station, revived in 2025 by the family after the master fell ill — milk-butter toast, egg sandwiches and cream soda.
Numazu's oldest surviving kissaten, from 1935 — a tatami-room aesthetic, a pink payphone, and an old-style egg-yolk milkshake. A morning stop; it closes mid-afternoon.
More to do · 4
The Numazu port seafood walk
foodNumazu's working fish port — seafood bowls, himono stalls and the deep-sea aquarium, a compact stroll about ten minutes by bus from the station. — Numazu Minato
Mishima Taisha and the spring streams
easyA major old shrine a flat walk from Mishima station, with sacred trees and a snack-lined approach, set among the town's clear spring channels. — Mishima Taisha
A Showa kissaten crawl
retroBoth towns keep a run of Showa kissaten — Koln (1935), the floating-tub Donguri, the revived Gemini and Anliette — coffee, cream soda and Napolitan in time-warp rooms. — at-S feature
The Mishima Skywalk
viewJapan's longest suspension footbridge, with a Fuji view and a dinosaur maze — a clear-day excursion by bus from Mishima. — Mishima Skywalk
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Neat stuff I found
The frog hall on an island
Awashima, an island reached only by a 3-minute ferry, holds one of Japan's biggest frog collections and a serious breeding lab — including Surinam toads whose eggs hatch out of the mother's back. It announced its closure in 2024, got mobbed, then was bought and reopened by a TV comedy writer. — Awashima Marine Park
The world's only frozen coelacanth
The deep-sea aquarium by Numazu port keeps two coelacanths frozen at minus 20°C — a display it credibly claims exists nowhere else, since the rules around the "living fossil" mean no one else shows frozen ones. — Numazu Deep-Sea Aquarium