Four days: change hotels or stay in Atami?
Change hotels to combine the shrine with Atami, or stay in Atami for architecture, art, the camphor tree and coast. Choose an Atami-stopping Kodama and allow time to walk to Kiunkaku before last entry.
Choose a 3 nights, 4 days itinerary
Kunozan Toshogu, Atami architecture, art and coast
Stay one Shizuoka night then two Atami nights for mountain views, shrine, villa, art and sea. The hotel-transfer day includes Kodama unreserved fare JPY 3,100.
Kunozan Toshogu, Atami architecture, art and coast →3 nights, 4 days BAtami architecture, art, shrine and coast
Stay three Atami nights without changing hotels for villa, art, camphor tree and sea on separate days. Finish coast walks/lunch before afternoon departure.
Atami architecture, art, shrine and coast →Kunozan Toshogu, Atami architecture, art and coast
Stay one Shizuoka night then two Atami nights for mountain views, shrine, villa, art and sea. The hotel-transfer day includes Kodama unreserved fare JPY 3,100.
Day one: station → Nihondaira/Kunozan Toshogu → Shizuoka hotel
Start from Shizuoka Station in the morning to complete the first-day shrine return. For late-afternoon arrival, omit or move this visit.
- Shizuoka Station-mae → Nihondaira Ropeway bus terminus
Choose a bus reaching the ropeway terminus. Check outward and station-bound return services in your weekday/weekend/public-holiday timetable. Allow ropeway, shrine and viewpoints after summit arrival.
Weekday outward timetableWeekday return timetableNihondaira Ropeway: one-way ride time
- Nihondaira Ropeway Station → Kunozan Station and Toshogu
Prepare a return ropeway ticket and descend to Kunozan. A roughly five-minute ride is followed by about 80 steps to shrine buildings. Tickets, queues and stairs are extra. If stairs are difficult or wind stops the ropeway, omit the shrine and focus on terrace views.
Shizutetsu Nihondaira Ropeway: visitor guideNihondaira Ropeway: one-way ride time
- Kunozan Toshogu → Shrine worship area
Use shrine admission for architecture and paid worship areas. Admission for senior high school students and older visitors costs JPY 700; museum admission is separate. Hours are 09:00–17:00, with reception until 16:50, but finish in time for your return bus.
- Toshogu and Kunozan Station → Nihondaira Yume Terrace
Return by stairs to Kunozan Station and take the ropeway up. No walking path connects the mountains. Allow time for lunch and rest, then follow terrace signs for about three minutes. The outdoor corridor is free; general building admission costs JPY 100. The building opens 09:00–17:00 Sunday–Friday and 09:00–21:00 Saturday. It closes on the second Tuesday, or the next weekday if Tuesday is a public holiday. Fuji views depend on weather.
Shizutetsu Nihondaira Ropeway: visitor guideYume Terrace: visitor guideYume Terrace: facilities
- Nihondaira Ropeway bus terminus → Shizuoka Station-mae
Reach the stop for your chosen station-bound bus. If late, shorten remaining viewing/rest to meet it. Eat dinner and go to your hotel after return. The return fare is excluded from this subtotal.
Weekday return timetableWeekday outward timetableShizutetsu: section fares, outward checked/return unconfirmed
Day two: Shizuoka → Kodama → Atami Kiunkaku → hotel
- Shizuoka Station → Kodama and Atami Station
Choose an Atami-stopping Kodama in JR Central’s date-specific planner. Checked ordinary-class unreserved fare JPY 3,100 comprises base JPY 1,340 + express JPY 1,760. Unreserved tickets do not guarantee seats. Allow the Kiunkaku walk after arrival before 16:30 entry.
JR Central: basic eastbound timetableJR Central: Kodama dates, routes and fares
- Atami Station → Kiunkaku
Eat near the station, then walk about 20 minutes to Kiunkaku. Explore Japanese and Western architecture and the garden, allowing time for hillside walking and rest.
Kiunkaku: admission and hoursKiunkaku official tourism: 20-minute station walkJapan Travel and Tourism Association: Kiunkaku walk
- Kiunkaku → Buildings and garden
Hours are 09:00–17:00, with admission until 16:30. Closed Wednesdays except public holidays, and 26–30 December. Confirm opening for your date before exploring.
Kiunkaku: admission and hoursAtami tourism: Kiunkaku closure exceptions
- Kiunkaku → Towards Atami Station
Return about 20 minutes along the same route. Rest near the station before your hotel. Choose dinner according to whether your stay includes meals.
Kiunkaku: admission and hoursKiunkaku official tourism: 20-minute station walk
Day three: Atami stand 8 → MOA → station
- Atami Station stand 8 → MOA Museum of Art bus terminus
Take the museum-bound bus, roughly seven minutes to its terminus. Choose outward/return services together. M-marked services do not run on museum closure days.
- Bus terminus → MOA main building
Buy tickets at the escalator entrance in front of the bus stop. Follow eight escalator sections for about ten minutes to MOA Square, then continue to the main entrance. Allow extra time for tickets and queues.
MOA: official escalator entrance/bus stop mapMOA: Art Street and escalator access
- MOA main building → Art and lunch
Explore your date’s exhibition, allowing separate time for lunch and rest. Usual hours are 09:30–16:30, with entry until 16:00. Closed Thursdays except public holidays, and during display changes. Check exhibited works, dates and the opening calendar together.
- MOA Museum of Art → Atami Station
Descend escalators to the stop for your selected return bus. Gallery–stop travel and waits are extra to the roughly seven-minute ride. Rest or eat dinner near the station.
Day four: station → Sun Beach → station
- Atami Station → Sun Beach coast
After breakfast, walk about 20 minutes from the station to the sand and promenade. Enjoy sea scenery on a separate day from architecture/art.
- Sun Beach coast → Atami Station
Shorten the visit in heavy rain or wind. The uphill station return takes about 20 minutes plus rests and boarding access. Lunch can be on the way or near the station. This is a coast walk; summer swimming/water park are separate.
Included: A ropeway return at JPY 1,250, shrine admission at JPY 700, terrace admission at JPY 100 and outward bus fare at JPY 710 total JPY 2,760. The Kodama base fare at JPY 1,340 and express ticket at JPY 1,760 total JPY 3,100. Kiunkaku costs JPY 610. MOA admission at JPY 2,000 and two bus rides at JPY 200 each total JPY 2,400.
Extra costs and conditions: Hotels, meals, storage, travel outside the prefecture, hotel transfers, experiences, cafés, shopping and facilities outside your ticket cost extra. Nihondaira return bus travel costs extra; the subtotal does not double the outward JPY 710 fare. The beach water park, rentals and parking are excluded from this walk.
Partial adult individual-ticket totals checked 8 October 2026. They use listed ordinary tickets, not a guaranteed cheapest discount combination. Recalculate for changed exhibitions, tickets or fares. Fare-query conditions do not establish an actual itinerary or secure seats.
Shizutetsu Nihondaira Ropeway: visitor guideKunozan Toshogu: feesYume Terrace: visitor guideShizutetsu: section fares, outward checked/return unconfirmedJR Central: Kodama dates, routes and faresKiunkaku: admission and hoursMOA visitor guideTokai Bus: both directions
Atami architecture, art, shrine and coast
Stay three Atami nights without changing hotels for villa, art, camphor tree and sea on separate days. Finish coast walks/lunch before afternoon departure.
Day one: Atami Station → Kiunkaku → Atami hotel
- Atami Station → Kiunkaku
Eat near the station, then walk about 20 minutes to Kiunkaku. Explore Japanese and Western architecture and the garden, allowing time for hillside walking and rest.
Kiunkaku: admission and hoursKiunkaku official tourism: 20-minute station walkJapan Travel and Tourism Association: Kiunkaku walk
- Kiunkaku → Buildings and garden
Hours are 09:00–17:00, with admission until 16:30. Closed Wednesdays except public holidays, and 26–30 December. Confirm opening for your date before exploring.
Kiunkaku: admission and hoursAtami tourism: Kiunkaku closure exceptions
- Kiunkaku → Towards Atami Station
Return about 20 minutes along the same route. Rest near the station before your hotel. Choose dinner according to whether your stay includes meals.
Kiunkaku: admission and hoursKiunkaku official tourism: 20-minute station walk
Day two: Atami stand 8 → MOA → station
- Atami Station stand 8 → MOA Museum of Art bus terminus
Take the museum-bound bus, roughly seven minutes to its terminus. Choose outward/return services together. M-marked services do not run on museum closure days.
- Bus terminus → MOA main building
Buy tickets at the escalator entrance in front of the bus stop. Follow eight escalator sections for about ten minutes to MOA Square, then continue to the main entrance. Allow extra time for tickets and queues.
MOA: official escalator entrance/bus stop mapMOA: Art Street and escalator access
- MOA main building → Art and lunch
Explore your date’s exhibition, allowing separate time for lunch and rest. Usual hours are 09:30–16:30, with entry until 16:00. Closed Thursdays except public holidays, and during display changes. Check exhibited works, dates and the opening calendar together.
- MOA Museum of Art → Atami Station
Descend escalators to the stop for your selected return bus. Gallery–stop travel and waits are extra to the roughly seven-minute ride. Rest or eat dinner near the station.
Day three: station → Kinomiya Shrine → station-area hotel
- Atami Station → Kinomiya Shrine
Walk from Atami Station: official estimate about 1.6 km/18 minutes. Explore grounds and the large camphor tree during 09:00–17:00 worship hours. Separate prayer reception ends 16:30. Follow construction-period visiting routes on site.
Official shrine access and worship hoursAtami tourism: Kinomiya Shrine
- Kinomiya Shrine → Towards Atami Station
Return towards the station for lunch. Eighteen minutes covers station access; grounds, hillside rests and hotel approaches need extra time. If switching to buses, check stops, services and fares both ways separately.
Official shrine access and worship hoursAtami tourism: Kinomiya Shrine
Day four: station → Sun Beach → station
- Atami Station → Sun Beach coast
After breakfast, walk about 20 minutes from the station to the sand and promenade. Enjoy sea scenery on a separate day from architecture/art.
- Sun Beach coast → Atami Station
Shorten the visit in heavy rain or wind. The uphill station return takes about 20 minutes plus rests and boarding access. Lunch can be on the way or near the station. This is a coast walk; summer swimming/water park are separate.
Included: The subtotal includes Kiunkaku admission at JPY 610, MOA general admission at JPY 2,000 and two station bus rides at JPY 200 each. MOA and return buses total JPY 2,400.
Extra costs and conditions: Hotels, meals, storage, travel outside the prefecture, hotel transfers, experiences, cafés, shopping and facilities outside your ticket cost extra. Kinomiya general worship fees are excluded; confirm beforehand. The beach water park, rentals and parking are excluded.
Partial adult individual-ticket totals checked 8 October 2026. They use listed ordinary tickets, not a guaranteed cheapest discount combination. Recalculate for changed exhibitions, tickets or fares. Fare-query conditions do not establish an actual itinerary or secure seats.
Kiunkaku: admission and hoursMOA visitor guideTokai Bus: both directions
Ropeway suspension 1–21 December 2026
Equipment works prevent the ropeway shrine-return route then. Terrace-only views still require bus/opening checks.
Frequently asked questions
Does the four-day two-city route return between cities every day?
A stays one Shizuoka night then two Atami nights. Checked Kodama unreserved JPY 3,100 = base JPY 1,340 + express JPY 1,760. No daily return or Atami–Shizuoka train included. Check stops/arrival and walking before Kiunkaku 16:30 entry.
JR Central: Kodama dates, routes and faresKiunkaku: admission and hoursKiunkaku official tourism: 20-minute station walk
Official sources and confirmation dates
- Yume Terrace: visitor guide ·
- Yume Terrace: facilities ·
- Kunozan Toshogu: fees ·
- Shizutetsu Nihondaira Ropeway: visitor guide ·
- Shizutetsu: December suspension ·
- Kiunkaku: admission and hours ·
- Official shrine access and worship hours ·
- Atami tourism: Kinomiya Shrine ·
- Sun Beach seasonal use and station access ·
- Kiunkaku official tourism: 20-minute station walk ·
- MOA visitor guide ·
- Tokai Bus: both directions ·
- MOA exhibition list ·
- Opening calendar ·
- Weekday outward timetable ·
- Weekday return timetable ·
- JR Central: basic eastbound timetable ·
- Japan Travel and Tourism Association: Kiunkaku walk ·
- Nihondaira Ropeway: one-way ride time ·
- JR Central: Kodama dates, routes and fares ·
- MOA: official escalator entrance/bus stop map ·
- MOA: Art Street and escalator access ·
- Atami tourism: Kiunkaku closure exceptions ·
- Shizutetsu: section fares, outward checked/return unconfirmed ·
- JR Central/West: Fuji–Shizuoka mini-pass lines ·