Izu’s Numazu Club: Heritage with modern comforts

Numazu in Shizuoka Prefecture, located at the base of Izu Peninsula, is a seaside resort town that boasts gorgeous views of Mount Fuji and once hosted an imperial villa, now a museum. Numazu Club was first built as a holiday house in 1913 by Zenbei Miwa, a businessman associated with Mitsuwa Soap. Toward the end of World War II, Numazu came under attack in air raids that damaged the villa but miraculously left Numazu Club unscathed. The facility was requisitioned for a time by the Allied Occupation forces immediately after the war. In 2008, a new accommodation wing was built, and it reopened as a boutique hotel with just eight rooms.

The facility includes three Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. The Nagaya Gate is located at the club entrance. There are also the North Building, a sukiya-style house incorporating the aesthetics of the tea ceremony that now houses a Chinese restaurant, and the South Building, which includes a guest lounge. One good thing about the facility is that the private guest rooms and spa are in a comfortable new building, while meals are enjoyed in luxurious sukiya-style buildings that are registered as cultural properties.

The registered buildings include several tearooms built using traditional techniques, and the views they offer of the garden are spectacular. This is definitely one for your bucket list.

〈沼津倶楽部〉は実業家の三輪善兵衛が1913年に建てた別荘だった。第二次大戦の空襲を免れ、戦後の占領下ではGHQに接収された時期もあったが、2008年に宿泊棟を新設し、わずか8室のみという隠れ家ホテルとして開業した。この施設の登録有形文化財は３つ。長屋門と、レストランが入る数寄屋造りの日本家屋「北棟」、宿泊者専用ラウンジなどを擁す「南棟」だ。快適性が求められる客室やSPAなどはモダンな現代建築内で、食事やお酒を楽しむパブリックな振る舞いの場は、文化財に登録されている贅を尽くした数寄屋建築内で味わえる。

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