Autumn maples over the Amagi river, water falling into a still pool below Shirakabe

Shirakabe · Yugashima, Izu

A House
for Thinking.

A literary hot spring in the Amagi mountains of Izu · since 1954

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Seventy years on, a small inn in the Amagi mountains returns to its beginning: a house kept not to impress, but to hold a conversation.

Six chapters

01–06

01

The New Suites

Two rooms, opening summer 2026.

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Completion image of a new Shirakabe suite: twin beds under timber beams, the lit garden beyond the glass
Completion image
02

The Baths

Water from the mountain's own spring.

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The wooded ridges of the Amagi mountains above Yugashima in early summer
03

The Valley

The setting is the protagonist.

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White water of the Amagi gorge surging over dark rock
04

The Story

A writers' inn since 1954.

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Four men photographed in front of Shirakabe in its founding years
05

Cuisine

From Amagi, to the table.

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A full dinner spread at Shirakabe: sashimi, beef on hot stone, wasabi and greens for the pot
06

Reserve

Step Inside the Quiet.

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