Anda no Mori Izu with Kids: Play, Meals and the Stay

This guide answers what families get at Anda no Mori Izu with kids in tow: a resort on the shore of Lake Ippeki near Ito with free indoor and outdoor play (a Kids Room, a Train Room, a karaoke room, a mini go-kart track, and a tree deck), a buffet dinner and breakfast at the in-house restaurant Pasar where every drink — including alcohol — is included, and free baby food, formula, and bibs for infants. Anda no Mori Izu Ippekiko works best for a family willing to build its arrival time around the hotel's own reservation-only shuttle from JR Ito Station, rather than showing up on its own schedule. It suits you less well if you need lunch on site — it is not part of the stay — or would rather drive in on a loose schedule than plan around the shuttle's fixed departures.

What's included, who it's for, and what still costs extra

The table below groups only the items the hotel's own pages describe as free, because "free" at a Japanese resort usually means free for overnight guests rather than free for everyone who walks in.

Two things are worth separating from that list. First, none of the play areas come with a published age minimum, so a family with a toddler and a ten-year-old cannot tell in advance whether the go-kart track suits both; ask at check-in. Second, the free drinks are tied to eating at Pasar, not to the room itself — the hotel's dining page does not say whether every room plan includes the buffet or whether it is an add-on for some rates, so confirm that at the time of booking rather than assuming it. Families weighing a half-board stay here against other options can compare the trade-offs in our guide to booking dinner included in Japan.

The day by age looks different depending on the meal seating you pick

Dinner at Pasar runs in three seatings of up to 90 minutes each — 16:30, 18:00, and 19:30 — so the seating you choose sets the shape of the evening more than anything else at this hotel. A family with toddlers who eat and sleep early does better booking 16:30 and having the Kids Room or tree deck free for the hour before bedtime. A family with older kids or teenagers who want a full evening of karaoke or the go-kart track before dinner can take the 19:30 seating instead. Breakfast does not use seatings at all: it is free-flow from 7:00 to 10:00, with last entry at 9:30, which works whether your children wake at dawn or need to be coaxed out of bed. For infants, the free baby food and formula line-up covers ages 5 to 16 months by product, which suggests the hotel is genuinely set up for very young guests even though it does not publish a minimum age for its play rooms. Families dealing with a child's dietary restrictions rather than an infant's feeding schedule should start with our separate guide to food allergies in Japan with kids, since that is not something this hotel's own pages address.

Getting there means working around a shuttle timetable, not driving in on your own schedule

Anda no Mori Izu Ippekiko sits near the "Ippekiko Yuhodo-guchi" bus stop, with JR Ito, Kawana, and Izu-kogen as the nearest stations, but the hotel's own free shuttle is the practical way in for a family without a rental car. The Ito Station route runs about 30 minutes each way and requires a reservation: shuttles leave Ito Station at 10:30, 12:10, 14:10, 15:10, and 16:10, and leave the hotel at 10:00, 11:40, 13:40, 14:40, and 15:40. A second, shorter route connects the hotel to Izu-kogen Station in about 20 minutes, with hotel departures at 11:00 and 16:40 — the official access page does not publish times running the other direction, from Izu-kogen to the hotel. The hotel's own wording is worth repeating because it is a real constraint, not a formality: "seating is limited, so advance reservation is requested," and it warns that sudden cancellations or schedule changes can happen. In practice that means picking your shuttle time before you finalize a flight or shinkansen connection, not after. Families planning a Tokyo-based trip that adds this kind of resort night without a car should also read our wider comparison of resort breaks from Tokyo without a car, which sets this hotel's access against three others in the same bracket.

One night covers the basics; a second night is where the free extras pay off

This is an editorial suggestion based on the hotel's published amenities and schedule, not a verified daily itinerary. For one night, arriving on an early Ito Station shuttle (the 10:30 or 12:10 departure) gives a family time to settle in, try the Kids Room, karaoke, or tree deck before the earliest 16:30 dinner seating, and use the free-flow breakfast the next morning before catching a later shuttle out. A second night removes the pressure to fit everything in on one afternoon: you can spread the go-kart track, karaoke, and one of the seven private open-air baths across two evenings instead of one, and take the later 19:30 dinner seating on the first night without worrying about an early departure the next day. Whether that second night is worth booking depends on how much your family values unstructured time at the hotel itself versus using that night elsewhere in Izu — the hotel's own pages do not make that trade-off for you, and neither does this guide.

What we could verify free at this hotel, checked September 2026

Of the six things this guide could confirm as free on Anda no Mori Izu Ippekiko's own pages — the Kids Room and Train Room, the karaoke room, the mini go-kart track, the tree deck, baby food and formula for infants, and every drink (including alcohol) served with the dinner and breakfast buffet — none carry a stated age limit, an extra charge, or a note restricting them to a specific room plan (checked September 2026). That is unusually broad for a resort at this scale, and it is also why the missing details — age minimums for the play areas, and whether the buffet is bundled into every rate — matter more than they would at a hotel offering fewer free extras to begin with. For a wider look at how resorts across this cluster set up a similar "the hotel is the holiday" stay, see our pillar guide to Japan family resorts as the holiday itself.

Match what your family wants to a room, plan, and one thing to confirm

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FAQ: Staying at Anda no Mori Izu Ippekiko with kids

Do all meals cost extra at Anda no Mori Izu Ippekiko?

Dinner and breakfast are served buffet-style at the in-house restaurant Pasar, and every drink at those meals — including alcohol — is included. Lunch is not part of the stay and is not offered as an included meal on the hotel's own pages, so plan to eat lunch elsewhere or before you arrive.

What time is dinner, and can we choose when to eat?

Dinner runs in three seatings of up to 90 minutes each: 16:30, 18:00, and 19:30. Breakfast does not use fixed seatings — it runs free-flow from 7:00 to 10:00, with last entry at 9:30, so early risers and late sleepers are both covered.

Do we need to book the shuttle from Ito Station in advance?

Yes. Both the Ito Station shuttle and the Izu-kogen Station shuttle are free but reservation-only, and the hotel states directly that seats are limited and that sudden cancellations or schedule changes can happen. Book your shuttle time before you lock in onward travel.

Is there a separate charge for children's meals or baby supplies?

Baby food, formula, and kids' bibs are free and cover several infant age ranges by product. A separate child rate for the dinner and breakfast buffet itself is not published on the hotel's official pages, so confirm any child meal charge directly when you book.