On Monday, April 23, 2012 5:46:31 AM UTC+9, mtfe...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> <snip>The hotel was
> nice, and (like everywhere in Izu) had a very nice outdoor tub. I got
> to see the sun rise over the Pacific from said hot tub . More unusual,
> though the hotel was about 60% occupied, nobody else came out for it. Odd.

Maybe because there was a gaigin in it :-)
 
Sounds like you had a great trip. Not really sure why more people don't visit in spring. Much nicer IMO than the summer. Hokkaido excepted.