Amanemu
Ise-Shima National Park, Mie, Japan
Location
Ise-Shima National Park, Mie
The resort stands in the forested hills of the Osaki Peninsula, above Ago Bay — the Bay of Pearls — in Ise-Shima National Park, Mie Prefecture, near Japan's most sacred Shinto shrines and ancient pilgrim trails. It is around 300 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, remote by design, where wellness meets spiritual Japan.
Transfer
A scenic transfer
Reach it from Nagoya's Chubu Centrair airport — about two hours by train, or roughly 25 minutes by helicopter where offered. The setting is rural and secluded, so the transfer is a real part of the trip, and part of the sense of arrival.
Villas
24 suites & villas
Twenty-four suites and a handful of two-bedroom villas, minka-inspired and every one with its own hot-spring onsen. Suites of around 99 square metres come with a fireplace and a daybed terrace; the villas spread to 336 to 375 square metres, with two bedrooms, a kitchen and a separate indoor-and-outdoor onsen pavilion for up to six — hot water in private, whichever you choose.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples and wellness travellers drawn to private onsen soaking and a serious spa, families who want a villa with room for six, and anyone on a spiritual-Japan pilgrimage to the Ise shrines — the onsen-and-nature outlier that completes a Japan journey.
Board Basis
B&B / half-board
Booked on a bed-and-breakfast or half-board basis. The Amanemu Restaurant, the lounge and the bar are the dining, built on Mie produce — Matsusaka wagyu and Ago Bay seafood — with sake and cocktails to follow.
About the Resort
Aman’s first onsen resort
Amanemu was Aman's first onsen resort, and it sits where few resorts of its kind do — in the forested hills of Ise-Shima National Park, above Ago Bay, the Bay of Pearls, near Japan's most sacred Shinto shrines. The architecture is minka-inspired, low and quiet against the trees, and the point of the place is hot water: twenty-four suites and a handful of two-bedroom villas, every one with its own private onsen bath fed from the hot springs. The Aman Spa runs to around 2,000 square metres, with onsen pavilions, a thermal-spring garden of stone outdoor baths and daybed cabanas, Watsu suites, a lap pool and kampo treatments rooted in Japanese herbal medicine. Beyond the gate are the ancient pilgrim trails and the Ise Grand Shrine, Japan's holiest Shinto site; the dining turns on Mie produce, Matsusaka wagyu and Ago Bay seafood; and the bay itself, where pearls are still cultivated, is a boat trip away. It is remote — about two hours by train or twenty-five minutes by helicopter from Nagoya — and that is the appeal: the onsen-and-spirit chapter that completes a Tokyo, Kyoto and Ise-Shima journey.
Accommodation
Suites & villas
Twenty-four suites and a handful of two-bedroom villas, minka-inspired and every one with its own hot-spring-fed onsen bath. Suites run to around 99 square metres, with a fireplace and a 27-square-metre terrace of daybeds and an onsen tub; the villas spread to 336 to 375 square metres, with two bedrooms, a kitchen and a separate indoor-and-outdoor onsen pavilion, sleeping up to six.
Entry
Suite (Garden)
Sleeps two, king. Around 99 square metres with a private onsen tub, a fireplace and a 27-square-metre terrace of daybeds, looking onto the garden.
Private onsenGarden view
Sea
Suite (Sea View)
Sleeps two, king. A 99-square-metre suite with the same private onsen and terrace, angled at Ago Bay.
Private onsenBay view
Villa
Two-Bedroom Villa
Sleeps up to six. A 336-to-375-square-metre two-bedroom villa with a kitchen and a separate onsen pavilion, indoor and outdoor.
Onsen pavilionFamily
Apex
Top Two-Bedroom Villa
Sleeps six. A top two-bedroom villa with a sunken lounge and its own onsen pavilion — the signature address, with sea or garden views.
Sunken loungeSea view
Food & Drink
Dining
Dining turns on the produce of Mie. The Amanemu Restaurant builds Japanese and refined international menus around Matsusaka wagyu and Ago Bay seafood, with a lounge and a bar alongside for the quieter hours.
Signature
Amanemu Restaurant
Japanese and refined international cooking built on Mie produce — Matsusaka wagyu and Ago Bay seafood.
Lounge
The Lounge
An easy lounge for all-day refreshments and afternoon tea.
Bar
The Bar
The bar, for sake and cocktails as the light leaves the bay.
Wellbeing
Aman Spa
The Aman Spa is around 2,000 square metres and the soul of the resort: onsen pavilions, a thermal-spring garden of stone outdoor baths and daybed cabanas, four treatment suites, Watsu suites for weightless bodywork, a lap pool, a gym and yoga, and kampo rituals rooted in Japanese herbal medicine.
Thermal-spring garden
A thermal-spring garden of stone outdoor baths and daybed cabanas.
Watsu & kampo
Watsu water bodywork and kampo rituals drawing on Japanese herbal medicine.
Outdoor lap pool
An outdoor lap pool alongside the onsen pavilions.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Hot water and sacred ground. Soak in your own private onsen, spend a day in the spa's thermal-spring garden, walk the ancient pilgrim trails to the Ise Grand Shrine, take a boat across Ago Bay among the pearl rafts, and dine on Matsusaka wagyu — the wellness-and-spirit leg of a Japan journey.
Private onsen soaking
Soaking in your own private hot-spring onsen, in every suite and villa.
Aman Spa garden
A day in the 2,000-square-metre Aman Spa and its thermal-spring garden.
Pilgrim-trail walks
Walks along the ancient Ise and Kumano pilgrim trails through the hills.
Ise Grand Shrine
A visit to the Ise Grand Shrine, the holiest site in Shinto Japan.
Ago Bay
A boat trip across Ago Bay, the Bay of Pearls, among the cultivation rafts.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By train or helicopter
About 2 hours, or 25 minutes by helicopter
About two hours by train, or roughly 25 minutes by helicopter, from Nagoya's Chubu Centrair airport.
In the hills
Above Ago Bay
Set in the forested hills of the Osaki Peninsula, above Ago Bay in Ise-Shima National Park.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Amanemu. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Booked on a bed-and-breakfast or half-board basis.
Setting
- A secluded onsen resort in the hills of Ise-Shima above Ago Bay — the draw is wellness, hot springs and sacred Japan, near the country's holiest shrines.
Journeys
- The onsen-and-spirit chapter of a multi-Aman Japan journey, after Tokyo and Kyoto.
Getting there
- About two hours by train, or roughly 25 minutes by helicopter, from Nagoya's Chubu Centrair airport — the transfer is part of the planning.
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