In shortIzu-coast French tasting menu at a hilltop auberge, overseen by Nishi-Azabu's Ao. You can book it online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request the table for you.
Price
Omakase course ¥24,200 per person, tax included, service charge extra; wine or sake pairing ¥10,450; OMAKASE adds ¥390 per seat
Hours
Dinner in two seatings — 17:30 and 19:30 on OMAKASE (the hotel site says 17:00 and 19:00); breakfast for hotel guests
Closed
Irregular; the hotel operates daily but the restaurant lists occasional closures
Seats
18, plus a private room for six
Payment
Cash and cards (Visa, Master, JCB, Amex, Diners, UnionPay); e-money and QR including Alipay and WeChat Pay
Getting there
Ajiro (JR Ito Line), hotel shuttle by prior arrangement; about 20–30 minutes by taxi from Atami Station up a steep hill
LAT.34°N by Ao opened in August 2025 as the dining room of NIPPON
RESORT Muishizen‑Atami, an eighteen‑room hot‑spring auberge on the
Ajiro headland south of Atami, every room with its own sea‑view
outdoor bath. The kitchen is overseen by Kosuke Minemura of Ao in Nishi‑Azabu, one of
Tokyo’s most decorated French restaurants, and run day to day by
Masaya Fukaumi, formerly head chef at the group’s Hotel Kawakyu, who
trained at Ao before taking this room. The hotel calls itself a
“destination auberge”; the line that matters to a traveler is on the
restaurant page: dinner‑only guests are
welcome.
What you eat
A single tasting course of about twelve dishes, ¥24,200 with tax and
a service charge on top, built on fish landed at Ito and Inatori and
Izu‑grown produce. The house publishes a sample sequence: a consommé
of local fish, cold fedelini with freshly boiled shirasu, three local
fish as sashimi, Ao’s signature gratin of Kitaakari potatoes aged two
years in a snow cellar, local fish fritters with yuzu‑pepper
vinaigrette, a mousse of new Shizuoka onion, galantine of Amagi shamo
chicken, and a risotto of Ito spiny lobster with bisque, ending with
fruit and Tanna‑milk ice cream. Contents move with the catch. A wine
or sake pairing is ¥10,450, and corkage starts at ¥3,300 a bottle.
Dress is smart casual. Note the allergy rules, which are strict: the
house cannot work around shellfish, dairy, alcohol or wheat, and its
stock always contains onion, carrot, celery, mushroom, kombu and
garlic.
The booking reality
The hotel’s restaurant page links straight to OMAKASE, which
carries the dinner book: on 11 September 2026 it showed dates
accepted through 5 October, with the next block opening on 1
October at 12:00 JST, no limit on how often you may book, a ¥390
fee per seat, and cancellation at 5 percent from the moment of
booking, 50 percent from seven days out and 100 percent from three.
Two seatings a night — 17:30 and 19:30 on OMAKASE; the hotel page
says 17:00 and 19:00, so confirm your slot. Arriving more than thirty
minutes late can void the table, and seats cannot be transferred. The hotel also lists an online form and a telephone; the front desk
number is 0557‑52‑6155, in Japanese. One visitor’s account puts the
last date for a dinner booking at four days before.
Our desk books this one either way: on the 1st at noon through
OMAKASE if you want a specific date in the coming block, or by phone
to the hotel in Japanese for a dinner‑only table and the shuttle.
The logistics are the real question — the hotel sits up a steep hill
20 to 30 minutes from Atami Station, the free shuttle runs only from
Ajiro Station and must be arranged in advance, and taxis back after
the second seating should be pre‑booked. We arrange that with the
house when we call.
You can book it online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request it for you. Request this table →
Go if you
Couples spending a night or two in Atami or on the Izu coast who
want one serious French dinner with the sea in front of them; guests
of other Atami hotels who would rather eat here; and travelers who
like a fixed monthly release they can plan around.
Free release-date alerts: the day before, on the morning of release day (08:00 JST) and about 30 minutes before when the time is known — or a weekly summary if the house opens a little every day.
LAT.34°N by Ao: common questions
Can you book LAT.34°N by Ao from abroad?
Yes. Dinner-only guests welcome — OMAKASE releases a block on the 1st of each month at 12:00 JST, or phone the hotel in Japanese. You can book online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request the table for you; our ¥6,000-per-seat fee is charged only if we confirm your table.
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Cite this page
Facts on this page were checked by our Tokyo desk. You are welcome to quote them with a link:
LAT.34°N by Ao — Ajiro, Atami, Shizuoka — SHOKU NOREN (checked September 2026). https://shokunoren.com/restaurants/lat34n-atami
