Seaside getaway just 90 minutes from Tokyo
TOKYO —
What with the recession and all, it’s getting harder to justify — let alone pay for — that luxury overseas beach holiday. But who’d have thought that there’d be a viable alternative just a 90-minute train ride from downtown Tokyo?
Sayan Terrace is a seaside hotel that draws inspiration from the world’s best beach resorts, then bundles them all into a package that you might actually be able to afford. The hotel’s 33 rooms come decorated in Pacific, Atlantic and Japanese styles, many complete with gorgeous sea views. Take a dip in the ocean then unwind on a lounger at the hotel’s terrace cafe, before enjoying a slap-up French dinner and a good bottle of plonk in the evening.
Rates start at 18,000 yen for two people including breakfast, and 22,000 yen with dinner as well. Lunch, tea and dinner are served in the hotel restaurant, while breakfast comes in a basket that you’re free to wander around with while you look for the ideal spot in the sun — a nice touch, that.
While you’re in the area, you might also want to pay a visit to the nearby Thermes Marins du Pacifique, a top-class spa that boasts Aquatonic baths and a vast menu of treatments, including massages, algae packs, marine facials and pre- and post-natal plans.
Sayan Terrace: 2163 Hama, Onjuku-machi, Isumi-gun, Chiba. Tel: 0470-68-7711. Nearest station: Onjuku. www.sayanterrace.jp
Thermes Marins du Pacifique: 1920 Okimatsu, Katsuura-shi, Chiba. Tel: 03-5200-0222. Nearest station: Kazusa-Okitsu. www.thalasso.jp/tmp
This story originally appeared in Metropolis magazine.
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Ultradude
cool - used to live right near, it is a pretty decent beach.
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PaulieWalnuts
I did just that!! my girlfriend had a facial. we were on the pre-natal plan
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gaijintraveller
The city has a lot to learn from overseas destinations. There is no nightlife to talk about and in the summer lifeguards order people to stop swimming at 5pm. The city also orders the umi-no-ie, the places selling food and drink, by the sea to close at 5.
On the positive side the sand is good and tetrapods are only around the fishing ports at either end.
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gogogo
Looks nice, pity you have to be rich enough to own a car to get there.
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humblesamurai
Good news, thanks to Metropolis magazine and JT.
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Ultradude
gogogo - hmm, have you seen those wacky box-like contraptions rolling on tracks...not sure but some call them trains...try the "Wakishio" train on the Sotobo-sen.
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DeepAir65
probably cheaper to go to Guam for the weekend than here
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JeffLee
What happens before and after "beach season"? Whenever I've gone to a Japanese beach outside of that time, it's covered with garbage, and accommodation and restaurants are non-existent.
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Coolasapool
you can fent one for 2 days for 10,000yen.. not that much dude
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Yelnats
Too far and too much money. Try taking a day hike on Enoshima Island. Great views and restaurants, and wonderful for photography, and it is open all year long.
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Mittsu
Yelnats - you get paud by Enoshima for advertising? Try Atami - "interesting" nightlife and the beach can be a laugh in high summer.
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Yelnats
Nope do not get paid. Atami during the summer? If you drive, get ready for traffic. If you take the train, get ready to have to sit in separate places.
Atami is not a day trip. And the nightlife sucks.
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