Hotel Gozensui
ホテル御前水
Does Hotel Gozensui allow tattoos? In a private bath
The hinoki tubs on the balconies here take the spring straight from the source, and the hotel names the smell of the wood before it names the view. Downstairs there is a large bath and an open-air bath running the same water, and no rule published about who may use them.
Gozensui says nothing about tattoos anywhere on its own site, so treat the large bath and the open-air bath as an unknown and do not read the silence as a yes. The reason to come anyway is the room category the hotel calls 露天風呂付客室, which it describes as a hinoki open-air tub running 100 percent source water. That tub is yours, and it is the only answer this hotel gives a tattooed guest.
Show this at the front desk
源泉100％の檜のかおり漂う露天風呂
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Kushiro STN
Akan Bus, Akan line about 2 h
Sapporo STN
Hakodate STN
Asahikawa STN
Hotel locationAkanko bus center
JR Hokkaido Rail Pass Five, seven or ten days of unlimited JR trains on the island, which covers the Ozora limited express from Sapporo to Kushiro. The Akan Bus from Kushiro to the lake, 2,750 yen, is paid separately. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Skip the shared baths and reserve the private one the way this page describes. Once the door is closed, the bath is yours.
How we know
Confirmed from official site — bath structure, not a tattoo policy (the hotel’s own 客室 page; nothing on tattoos anywhere on the site)
Read on: gozensui.com/rooms
Best for: A traveler who wants source water on their own balcony without the price of the villa annex down the road
Three room families are published: 和室・和洋室, an 囲炉裏部屋 with a sunken hearth, and 露天風呂付客室. Only the last has the private tub, so ask for it by name when you book. The hotel gives the spring as 単純泉・中性低張性高温泉, colorless, and says the large bath runs 100 percent source water too. No reservable family bath is listed.
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